How to Identify the Dell Encryption Enterprise or Dell Encryption Personal Version

Knowing the version of Dell Encryption Enterprise (formerly Dell Data Protection Enterprise Edition) or Dell Encryption Personal (formerly Dell Data Protection Personal Edition) allows users to:

• Identify known issues
• Determine UI differences
• Understand workflow changes
• Verify system requirements

Affected Products:

• Dell Encryption Enterprise
• Dell Encryption Personal
• Dell Data Protection Enterprise Edition
• Dell Data Protection Personal Edition

Affected Operating Systems:

• Windows

Versioning can be determined either through the product user interface (UI) or through the product Installer. Click the appropriate tab for more information.

UI

1. Log in to the Windows computer.
2. In the Windows System Tray, right-click the Dell Encryption (formerly Dell Data Protection | Encryption) icon and then select Open Dell Encryption or Open Dell Data Protection | Encryption.
   • The following image shows the Dell Encryption option.
     
   • The following image shows the Dell Data Protection Encryption option.
     
3. In the product UI, click the question mark icon and then record the version number shown after About Version. The first three numbers are the most important digits to record. In the example, 8.15.0 are the first three numbers.
   
   Note: The version of your client may differ from the above screenshot.

Installer

1. Right-click the <INSTALLER> and then select Properties.
   
   Note: <INSTALLER> =

   • Dell Encryption Enterprise = DDSSetup.exe
   • Dell Encryption Personal = DDSSetup.exe
   • Dell Data Protection Enterprise Edition = DDPSetup.exe
   • Dell Data Protection Personal Edition = DDPSetup.exe
2. Click the Details tab.
   
3. Record the Product version. The first three numbers are the most important digits to record. In the example image, 8.15.0 are the first three numbers.
   
   Note: The version of your client may differ from the above screenshot.