R81 - When will it be released?

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

At one and the other place you can find hints for R81!

For example, there is a video attached to this article that gives hints about R81:
migrate_server instead of migrate export/import

The video shows the following picture:

Therefore my question:

- Will R81 be the next release?
- When can we expect this?
- When will there be an Eval version?

[Harry_Morgan]

This is an interesting question from @HeikoAnkenbrand.

Is there anything known about this topic?

[Jonas_Nyquist]

The plan, AFAIK, is that R81 should be released I Q420 if I’m not misinformed. 

There is no public EA available at the moment. 
If we do one, I would expect that to be, perhaps in Q3 as it usually comes relatively close to the GA release. 

Mind you, these are no official certainties, they’re merely guesstimates based on what information has been communicated in regards to different products and features  

Stay safe!

Regards,

Jonas

[HeikoAnkenbrand]

Hi @Jonas_Nyquist 

Nice info.

[RickHoppe]

A very public hint about R81 can be found on the Smart-1 Cloud product page.

https://www.checkpoint.com/products/smart-1-cloud-security-management/

** Available H2 2020.

[JozkoMrkvicka]

R81 is mentioned in following SKs:

https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solut...

https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solut...

https://supportcenter.checkpoint.com/supportcenter/portal?eventSubmit_doGoviewsolutiondetails=&solut...

[JozkoMrkvicka]

R81 EA Production:

https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Product-Announcements/R81-EA-Program-Production/bc-p/86956

[RickHoppe]

R81 GA sk is publicly available since yesterday: sk166715

However, the downloads section states “COMING SOON”.