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Zekeout
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April 27, 2026
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Upgrading EMS to 7.4.6 and SSL VPN hidden by default

  • April 27, 2026
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Hello,

Planning to upgrade our EMS instance to 7.4.7 (currently on 7.4.5) and one of the ‘new features’ listed for 7.4.6 is hiding the SSLVPN feature by default (https://docs.fortinet.com/document/forticlient/7.4.0/new-features/483736/ssl-vpn-feature-select-option-is-hidden-by-default-7-4-6). With one of our Remote Access profiles including an SSLVPN profile, does anyone know the expected behavior or impact this may have?

IE, once the upgrade is completed, will re-connected endpoints lose their SSLVPN configuration from the remote access profile? We are planning to re-enable the SSLVPN feature post upgrade via the cli commands provided but want to plan accordingly if the upgrade may wipe out the configuration until the feature is re-enabled. 

I would anticipate we will have some sslvpn connections active during the upgrade and don't want active users to get booted unintentionally. 

Thanks!

Best answer by AEK

Hello

I already updated from 7.4.5 to 7.4.6 and from 7.4.6 to 7.4.7 and had no impact on SSL VPN, the profiles are still here and even the visibility didn’t change.

On the doc you shared I guess they mean this default behavior is on fresh installation, not on upgrade.

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AEK
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AEKAnswer
SuperUser
April 27, 2026

Hello

I already updated from 7.4.5 to 7.4.6 and from 7.4.6 to 7.4.7 and had no impact on SSL VPN, the profiles are still here and even the visibility didn’t change.

On the doc you shared I guess they mean this default behavior is on fresh installation, not on upgrade.

AEK
Zekeout
ZekeoutAuthor
Visitor III
April 27, 2026

Awesome, thank you for the information!Â