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Release Notes

FortiClient EMS 7.0.2


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October 25, 2021


FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 Release Notes
04-702-744819-20211025
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 4
Endpoint requirements 4
Supported web browsers 5
Licensing and installation 5
Special notices 6
FortiClient EMS Microsoft Visual C++ installation 6
SQL Server Standard or Enterprise with 5000 or more endpoints 6
Split tunnel 6
Endpoint security improvement 6
What's new 8
Upgrading 9
Upgrading from previous EMS versions 9
Downgrading to previous versions 9
Product integration and support 10
Resolved issues 12
License 12
Upgrade 12
Zero Trust tagging 12
Administration 12
Other 13
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures 13
Known issues 14
Multitenancy 14
Dashboard 14
Endpoint management 14
Endpoint policy and profile 15
Zero Trust tagging 15
Deployment and installers 16
System Settings 16
Administration 16
Fabric devices 16
FortiGuard Outbreak Alert 17
System Settings 17
License management 17
Other 17
Change log 19

FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 Release Notes 3


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Introduction

FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) is a system intended to be used to manage installations of FortiClient. It 
uses the Endpoint Control protocol and supports all FortiClient platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android 
OS, Apple iOS, and Chrome OS. FortiClient EMS runs on a Microsoft Windows server.
This document provides the following information for FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 build 123:
 l Special notices on page 6
 l What's new on page 8
 l Upgrading on page 9
 l Resolved issues on page 12
 l Known issues on page 14
For information about FortiClient EMS, see the FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 Administration Guide.

Endpoint requirements

The following FortiClient platforms are supported:
 l FortiClient for Microsoft Windows
 l FortiClient for macOS
 l FortiClient for Linux
 l FortiClient for Android OS
 l FortiClient for iOS
 l FortiClient for Chromebooks
See Product integration and support on page 10 for FortiClient version support information.
FortiClient is supported on multiple Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms. EMS supports all such platforms 
as endpoints.

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Supported web browsers

Supported web browsers

The latest version of the following web browsers can be used to connect remotely to the FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 GUI:
 l Google Chrome
 l Microsoft Edge
 l Mozilla Firefox

Internet Explorer is not  recommended. You may need to enable remote access from the FortiClient EMS GUI. See To 
enable remote access to FortiClient EMS.

Licensing and installation

For information on licensing and installing FortiClient EMS, see the FortiClient EMS Administration Guide.

Ensuring that all installed software, including EMS and SQL Server, is up-to-date, is 
considered best practice.

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Special notices

FortiClient EMS Microsoft Visual C++ installation

The EMS installation includes installation of Microsoft Visual C++ (VC) 2015. If the server already has a newer version of 
VC installed, the installation fails. See VC++ 2015 Redistributable installation returns error 1638 when newer version 
already installed.
If you have a version of VC installed on your server that is newer than 2015, uninstall VC before installing EMS.

SQL Server Standard or Enterprise with 5000 or more endpoints

When managing more than 5000 endpoints, install SQL Server Standard or Enterprise instead of SQL Server Express, 
which the EMS installation also installs by default. Otherwise, you may experience database deadlocks. The minimum 
SQL Server version that FortiClient EMS supports is 2017.  See the FortiClient EMS Administration Guide.

Split tunnel

In EMS 7.0.2, you configure application split tunnel using per-tunnel configuration, not a global configuration. If you are 
upgrading from an older version that uses the global application split tunnel configuration, ensure that you change the 
configuration to per-tunnel.

Endpoint security improvement

EMS 7.0.2 adds an improvement to endpoint security that impacts compatibility between FortiClient and EMS, and the 
recommended upgrade path. The FortiClient 7.0.2 installer is not available on FortiGuard Distribution Servers (FDS). To 
use the FortiClient 7.0.2 installer, you must download it from Customer Service & Support. See Endpoint security 
improvement.
If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is disabled, EMS displays a popup that the SSL certificate is not secure even if 
the SSL certificate is publicly signed and trusted. The banner also displays the same message.
If the EMS server certificate is invalid, and FortiClient is upgraded to 7.0.2, by default, FortiClient displays a warning 
message on the GUI when trying to connect to the EMS. The end user should click allow to complete the connection. 
FortiClient does not connect to the EMS if the end user selects deny. If the end user selects deny, FortiClient retries 
connecting to the EMS after a system reboot. The same warning message displays while trying to connect to the EMS. 
The end user should click allow to complete the connection.

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Special notices

When the new Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control option is enabled and EMS is using a 


valid server certificate, FortiClient 7.0.1 and older versions will no longer be able to connect to 
the EMS.

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What's new

EMS 7.0.2 adds an improvement to endpoint security to follow industry standards. See Endpoint security improvement.

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Upgrading

Upgrading from previous EMS versions

You must upgrade EMS to 7.0.2 before upgrading FortiClient.

FortiClient EMS supports direct upgrade from EMS 6.2 and 6.4. To upgrade older EMS versions, follow the upgrade 
procedure outlined in FortiClient and FortiClient EMS Upgrade Paths.
With the new endpoint security improvement feature, there are backward compatibility issues to consider while planning 
upgrades. See Recommended upgrade path.
You cannot upgrade FortiClient EMS 6.4.7 to 7.0.2.

Downgrading to previous versions

FortiClient EMS does not support downgrading to previous EMS versions.

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Product integration and support

The following table lists version  7.0.2 product integration and support information:

Server operating systems  l Windows Server 2022


 l Windows Server 2019
 l Windows Server 2016
 l Windows Server 2012 R2
Minimum system requirements  l 2.0 GHz 64-bit processor, six virtual CPUs (6 vCPU)
 l 8 GB RAM (10 GB RAM or more is recommended)
 l 40 GB free hard disk
 l Gigabit (10/100/1000baseT) Ethernet adapter
 l Internet access is recommended, but optional, during installation. SQL 
Server may require some dependencies to be downloaded over the Internet. 
EMS  also tries to download information about FortiClient signature updates 
from FortiGuard.
You should only install FortiClient EMS and the default services for the operating 
system on the server. You should not install additional services on the same 
server as FortiClient EMS.
FortiAnalyzer  l 7.0.0 and later
 l 6.4.0 and later
Although EMS supports the listed FortiAnalyzer versions, confirming the 
compatibility between your FortiAnalyzer and FortiClient versions is 
recommended. Otherwise, not all features may be available. See the FortiClient 
Release Notes.
FortiClient (Linux) If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is enabled on EMS, EMS supports the 
following FortiClient (Linux) versions:
 l 7.0.2
If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is disabled on EMS, EMS supports the 
following FortiClient (Linux) versions:
 l 7.0.0 and later
 l 6.4.0 and later

FortiClient (macOS) If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is enabled on EMS, EMS supports the 


following FortiClient (macOS) versions:
 l 7.0.2
If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is disabled on EMS, EMS supports the 
following FortiClient (macOS) versions:
 l 7.0.0 and later
 l 6.4.0 and later

FortiClient (Windows) If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is enabled on EMS, EMS supports the 


following FortiClient (Windows) versions:
 l 7.0.2

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Product integration and support

If Use SSL certificate for Endpoint Control is disabled on EMS, EMS supports the 


following FortiClient (Windows) versions:
 l 7.0.0 and later
 l 6.4.0 and later

FortiOS  l 7.0.0 and later
 l 6.4.0 and later

FortiSandbox  l 4.0.0 and later (for detailed reports on files that FortiSandbox has detected)
 l 3.2.0 and later (for detailed reports on files that FortiSandbox has detected)
 l 3.1.0 and later (for detailed reports on files that FortiSandbox has detected)
 l 3.0.0 and later
 l 2.5.0 and later   

Installing and running EMS on a domain controller is not supported.

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Resolved issues

The following issues have been fixed in version 7.0.2. For inquiries about a particular bug or to report a bug, contact 
Customer Service & Support.

License

Bug ID Description

741560 Licenses for all tenants are retracted.

Upgrade

Bug ID Description

722394  Upgrading EMS fails on Windows Server Core.

740785 Upgrading EMS fails due to duplicate key found for the object name 'dbo.forti_


product_info'.

742359 Upgrading EMS fails due to 'FCM.dbo.admin_user_old_passwords' column not 


allowing nulls. 

Zero Trust tagging

Bug ID Description

740581  Cannot manage Zero Trust Network Access policy.

Administration

Bug ID Description

742168  Administrators page is empty after importing user from LDAP server.

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Resolved issues

Other

Bug ID Description

711352 Deadlocks on fcm_error logs.

743531  High CPU usage for sqlservr.exe on systems with deployment enabled.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Bug ID Description

721744 FortiClient EMS7.0.2 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference:
 l CVE-2021-41028
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.

746418, 751517 FortiClient EMS 7.0.2 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE Reference:
 l CVE-2021-3711
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.

752422 FortiClient EMS7.0.2 is no longer vulnerable to the following CVE References:
 l CVE-2021-42013
 l CVE-2021-41773
Visit https://fortiguard.com/psirt for more information.

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Known issues

The following issues have been identified in version 7.0.2. For inquiries about a particular bug or to report a bug, contact 
Customer Service & Support.

Multitenancy

Bug ID Description

722030  FortiGate cannot get endpoint record information from EMS 7.0 and FortiOS 7.0.

722144 FortiClient cannot connect with non-default site after deleting non-default site and recreating 
it.

722178  FortiGate cannot get notification from EMS to call host_tag API when EMS creates new Zero 
Trust Network Access tag or deletes an old one.

750711  With FQDN enabled, URL is incorrect when switching between different sites.

751261 Administrator cannot delete specific users when multitenancy is enabled.

751889 EMS fails to import certificate from local ACME server if managing multiple custom sites.

Dashboard

Bug ID Description

744018  Dashboard displays wrong license expiration alert. 

752664  Configure License page details go blank after adding FortiCare account for licensing on EMS.

Endpoint management

Bug ID Description

705010 EMS shows endpoints with incorrect username.

725170 Vulnerabilities that FortiClient has detected do not show in EMS.

728428  FortiClient Cloud does not have LDAP management option for administrator roles.

737217 EMS and FortiClient (Windows) report different management statuses.

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Known issues

Bug ID Description

744649 Domain endpoint does not reregister after deleting domain.

748306  Chromebook Status drilldown pages do not show all columns if URL is lengthy.

750415  Administrator cannot delete domains.

754794 Domain sync fails with Invalid Device data: invalid character error.

Endpoint policy and profile

Bug ID Description

708985  Exclude Selected Applications from Vulnerability Compliance Check gives error when adding 


an application.

720348 VPN settings hides Show "Always Up" Option when Auto Connect Only When Off-Fabric 


option is enabled.

726911 FortiClient GUI does not show tags.

736179 Profile must add support for using browser as external user agent for SAML SSL VPN.

736997  Testing XML fails with errors found in the following components during parsing: 
Sandboxing:'sbcloud'.

737592  XML configuration becomes overwritten.

739218  Removable media access XML settings are not updated to EMS GUI.

742325  User cannot access URL from endpoint when URLs are set as simple expression exclusion 
list in EMS Web Filter.

742843  Missing warn_invalid_server_certificate value crashes GUI after upgrade.

746469 When creating an SSL VPN tunnel manually with XML, the certificate check details do not get 
passed to the main XML.

750022 Real-time protection Delete option does not delete file or prompt for virus detection.

751718  Web Filter changes from FortiManager or FortiGate sync incorrectly.

Zero Trust tagging

Bug ID Description

718145  Endpoint record entries disappear from FortiGate when using EMS tags.

743765 Zero Trust tags do not save values.

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Known issues

Deployment and installers

Bug ID Description

700462  FortiClient download URL refresh button fails to get new IP address.

729978 EMS fails to create deployment package that includes Windows and macOS images.

733322  Wrong configuration in default configuration of FortiClient installer. Registration after 
deployment fails.

751917  Editing a deployment package results in multiple recreations of the zip file.

756267 Administrator cannot delete custom installer with name that includes a space.

756715 EMS defaults Invalid Cert Action to Warn for created FortiClient installer.   


Workaround: EMS administrator to select Allow for Invalid Cert Action when creating 
FortiClient installer.

System Settings

Bug ID Description

755166 Redirect HTTP request to HTTPS does not work.

Administration

Bug ID Description

737139  Total number of endpoints that EMS shows is less when logged in as a read-only 
administrator.

744566  SAML SSO user should have restricted permissions by default.

Fabric devices

Bug ID Description

682639 EMS never updates Fabric Devices state after authorizing the FortiGate. 

708672 FortiGate can only show one  FortiClient (latest connected via SSL VPN) in endpoint record list 
and only this FortiClient gets dynamic address.

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Known issues

Bug ID Description

744403 EMS sends sysinfo changed updates to FortiGate when data has not changed.

753719  Issues on EMS (httpd.exe) with one FortiGate connected.

FortiGuard Outbreak Alert

Bug ID Description

730007  Add EOAP package version info into FortiGuard Signature Information page.

732130  EMS must differentiate between FortiGuard Outbreak Alert rules and Zero Trust tagging rules 
when sending them to FortiClient.

System Settings

Bug ID Description

729499  Endpoints fail to update antivirus (AV) signatures, causing EMS to consistently send AV out-
of-date email notifications.

745913 SMTP configuration fails authentication.

751922  After deleting custom certificate, Chromebook port 8443 still holds same certificate.

License management

Bug ID Description

716126  FortiSASE instance uses next generation endpoint security licenses.

741773  Maximum amount of license seats used per tenant causes FortiClient to lose Application
Firewall and Malware Protection tabs.

Other

Bug ID Description

702712 Many Cannot enumerate AD Domain until email alert is sent for previous error warning errors 
in EMS logs.

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Known issues

Bug ID Description

720518  Memory error while compressing data errors in FCM error logs.

747752  Three FOS_Server.exe process restarts on EMS.

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Change log

Date Change Description

2021-10-25 Initial release.

   

   

   

   

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