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Feeling a bit of regret buying Sophos Central

I think that the detection is on par with other AV scanners, as far as I can tell, but what annoys me is the lack of simple QoL improvements on their Sophos Central Admin page. 

Off the top of my head there are three things that make me regret purchasing this system for our company.

1. Lack of notification customization.

This is such a basic feature it kills me. If you are going to make it so Admins get emails then make a way for them to limit the amount of emails they receive.

2. When searching clients you cannot enter in a partial name of a computer

For instance if the computer is Something-Computer I couldn't search comp and have it bring up something-computer. I would have to search some and then it would pull up everything with some in the beginning part of the computer name. This is a simple searching feature, basic UI stuff. 

3. UI lags when scrolling through or working with the computers in the list

The UI constantly hangs and lags as it's trying to pull the machines. I would love to search the machines so then it doesn't lag as much, but the search feature does not work as expected. 

 

Overall I'm frustrated with Sophos and their priorities on updates. We will be moving to a different solution after the end of our license term because of the difficulty I have experienced with the cloud management and lack of basic functionality. 



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  • Hello Garrett,

    I'm not a Central customer, just one thing: If search works similar to the on-premise version it silently appends * and a left-anchor to your argument - did you try *comp?

    Christian

  • Yeah I feel like on prem would be better for us in hindsight, but we saved a ton on licenses through the cloud model and I wanted to be able to access it without having to go through a vpn etc. 

    Just tested it and it does not function the same way. In regards to the search I asked a support representative about it and they stated that what I wanted is not possible. I am not aware of any quicker way of searching. The documentation on Sophos Central doesn't speak to that matter, or any matter really, in detail. I am just underwhelmed with the whole experience.

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  • Yeah I feel like on prem would be better for us in hindsight, but we saved a ton on licenses through the cloud model and I wanted to be able to access it without having to go through a vpn etc. 

    Just tested it and it does not function the same way. In regards to the search I asked a support representative about it and they stated that what I wanted is not possible. I am not aware of any quicker way of searching. The documentation on Sophos Central doesn't speak to that matter, or any matter really, in detail. I am just underwhelmed with the whole experience.

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