Endpoint Protection

I have downloaded the Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_12.1.2_MP1_Win64-bit_Client_EN.exe, just to test it out. I do not want to upgrade my SEPM server until the next release of SEP comes out. How can I make this a managed client package that I can push out with my current SEPM server which is hosting SEPM 12.1.2015 2015. The server is Windows 2008 and the clients are Windows 7 64 Bit clients.

Just replace the sylink file with the one from the SEPM. Use can use a few different methods. Easiest is to push from the SEPM using the Communication Update Package Deployment

Restoring client-server communications with Communication Update Package Deployment

Converting an unmanaged client to a managed client

I want to be able to add it to SEPM so I can push it from there. Replacing the Sylink means I have to have SEP already installed, I want to eliminate this step. I just want to add the newest package to the SEPM so I can push it out as a managed client.

My fault. misunderstood. Add per this KB article:

Adding client installation package updates

This article tells you how to import a newer client into your SEPM:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO81175

Essentially, you need to download the SEPM install from Fileconnect (see attached screenie) and import the .dat file(s) in from the below folder:

<DownloadLocation>\SEPM\Packages

Into the ADMIN -> Install Packages section of your SEPM

#EDIT#

Brian beat me to it 

Hello,

Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_12.1.2_MP1_Win64-bit_Client_EN.exe is for unmanaged SEP clients.

In your case, you may have to download the "Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_12.1.2_MP1_SEPM_EN.exe"

OR

Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_12.1.2_MP1_Part1_Installation_EN.exe

which includes the packages which you would have to import to the SEPM.

Symantec sends you client installation package updates, and then you add them to the Symantec Endpoint Protection database to distribute them from the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager.

You can optionally export the packages during this procedure to make the package available for deployment to computers that do not contain client software.

Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_12.1_RU1_MP1_SEPM_EN\Packages

OR

Symantec_Endpoint_Protection_12.1_RU1_MP1_Part1_Installation_EN\SEPM\Packages

An installation package that you import consists of two files. One file is namedproduct_name.dat, and the other file is named product_name.info.

Adding client installation package updates

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO81175

Hope that helps!!

Thank you, if not for this I would have been going crazy trying to find the .info file(s)