The SUSE Public Beta Program provides early access to pre-release SUSE products such as SUSE Linux Enterprise, SUSE OpenStack Cloud, SUSE Enterprise Storage, and SUSE Manager. Participation benefits all parties by improving quality, documentation, and allowing testing in various environments. Current beta products include SLE 12 SP5, Containerized SUSE OpenStack Cloud, and SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0. Upcoming betas are SLE 15 SP2 and new versions of SUSE OpenStack Cloud, SUSE Enterprise Storage, and SUSE Manager around mid-2020.

1. SUSE Public Beta Program
Intro - 2019 Review – what’s next?
Vincent Moutoussamy
Beta Program, SDK & JeOS Project Manager
vmoutoussamy@suse.com

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Why should I care?
Beneficial for all, not only SUSE, but our users, customers, and partners:
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Early access to pre-release products.
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Involvement in development cycle,
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PoC in your environment (HW, feature, deployement, migration, etc),
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Experience gained.
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Quality increased due to variety of testing in many different environments.
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Discuss with the SUSE Engineering and Product Management.
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Improved documentation.
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Opened to all and free of charge.

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Legal Notice
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SUSE Beta EULA:
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https://www.suse.com/documentation/beta/eula/suse_beta_eula.html
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Beta Code of Conduct:
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https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/codeofconduct/
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SUSE Login:
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https://www.suse.com/selfreg/jsp/createAccount.jsp
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Privacy Policy : https://www.suse.com/company/legal/

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List of SUSE Beta Products page :
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www.suse.com/betaprogram/beta/
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www.suse.com/betaprogram/sle-beta/
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www.suse.com/betaprogram/cloud-beta
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www.suse.com/betaprogram/storage-beta
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www.suse.com/betaprogram/manager-beta
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www.suse.com/betaprogram/caasp-beta

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SLE 15 SP1 (past)
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FCS : June 24th 2019
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SLE 12 SP5 (current)
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Start : June 14th 2019, FCS : Early December 2019
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Last SLE 12 Service Pack!
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SLE 12 General Support End October 31th 2024
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SLE 15 SP2 (upcoming)
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Start : Around end of 2019, FCS : Around mid 2020

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SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 (past)
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FCS : Avril 2019,
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Containerized SUSE OpenStack Cloud (current)
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Start : June 18th 2019,
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www.suse.com/betaprogram/containerized-cloud-techpreview/
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SUSE OpenStack Cloud 10 (upcoming)
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FCS : Around mid 2020,

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SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (past)
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FCS : June 24th 2019 !
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Joined Beta Program with SLE 15 SP1.
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SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 (upcoming)
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FCS : Around mid 2020,

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SUSE Manager 4.0 (past)
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FCS : June 24th 2019 !
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Joined Beta Program with SLE 15 SP1.
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SUSE Manager 4.1 (upcoming)
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FCS : Around mid 2020,

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SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 (past)
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FCS : June 28th 2018,
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SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (current)
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FCS : Mid September 2019,
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Joined Beta Program with SLE 15 SP1.

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Beta Program contact
• Do not hesitate to contact at : beta-programs@lists.suse.com
• https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/beta/

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