Trying to get EnCase v8 ..

On the dreaded Guid portal  "Customer Community knowledge base" new version of EnCase is listed

Software

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EnCase v8 - 8.01
EnCase v7 - 7.13
EnCase v6 - 6.19.7
Portable - 4.06.02
eDiscovery - 5.13
Endpoint- 5.13

But ... when you'll get only v7.12 when you try to download it ..

also customerservice@guidancesoftware.com. does not exist

KB is almost empty with one article about codemeter problems with v8


12. July 2016 today we just get announcement of v7.13 release, intead of 8 :)

It starts to be scary .. I suppose everyone is dead scared of version 8, Guid because of disaster with 7, customers because of getting something completely different and no one knows what from Guid.

It looks like a lost-lost situation

A than suddenly on completely unexpected account v8 arrived
looks like there is a v8.0.1 in wild

13. July 2016 v8 is not working with our edu dongles :)

It means no way to try and test trainign scenarios to see how it works. It is our practice for each release, since v7 get out into public, too see how trainign scenarios behave with new EnCase.
We always tried from EnCase Essentials,  Forensic 1 and Forensic 2 with some examples from Advanced Forensics training.  Encase essential is perfect since each dongle can open tdirden evidence file and customer can do test in environment.

2. August 2016

This morning we have announcement about v8 version of former EnCase Forensic I and EnCase Forensic II. Now there are new names:

EnCase Computer Forensics I is DF120-Foundations in Digital Forensics with EnCase Forensic.

EnCase Computer Forensics II is DF210-Building an Investigation with EnCase Forensic

What worries me my educational dongles are still not working with v8 and there is no official policy or announcement what and when this will happen. Looks like all training partners are in same trouble.

8.8.2016

looks like it is possible now to get a extension certificate for edu dongles, we will see if this will work
basically procedure is to contact customer support as ATP, send request for update with dongle id and order id.

20.8.2016

Still same, no version which can run on educational dongles

26.8.2016 

Finally organised and negotiated we will get a educational v8 dongles, our v7 dongles will get usual extension certificates for one year more, but we will get no NAS licence.
I feel tired it takes us as ATP almost a month to get v8.
As collateral looks like it is again possible to get demo versions of enterprise and related tools.
I am so tired and fed up of commercial forensic vendors and products
It is quite obvious why any attacker can wreck havoc ...

12.9.2016

Finally we get v8 dongles and it works !

20.10.2016 
There was announcement of new licencing server for integration of dongles or better to say NAS replacement with EnCase v7,14, instructions are extremely long and look complex, not a promising sign.