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title: "Bacula Enterprise 18.0.4 released!"
published_at: "2024-10-10T15:29:21+00:00"
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# Bacula Enterprise 18.0.4 released!

Updated 10th October 2024, Ludovic Piquerez

18.0.4 is the new Bacula Enterprise reference release. We have brought many new features, focusing on security, among others:  
 – BGuardian Poisoning Detection & Configuration Assessment  
 – BWeb Security Center Dashboard  
 – OpenStack VM Plugin  
 – Kubernetes CSI Snapshot Support  
 – Hyper-V WinAPI Plugin  
 – Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Plugin (EC2 VMs)  
 – Microsoft Exchange EWS Single Email Level Plugin

More information can be found here: [https://docs.baculasystems.com/misc/newfeatures.html#newfeatures18](https://docs.baculasystems.com/misc/newfeatures.html#newfeatures18)

This is also an important release for Deduplication Engine version 2 users, Kubernetes plugin users, and M365 plugin users.

The release notes can be reviewed here: [https://docs.baculasystems.com/misc/releaseNotes/18.0.html](https://docs.baculasystems.com/misc/releaseNotes/18.0.html)

About the author

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludovic-piquerez/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludovic-piquerez/)

Ludovic Piquerez is the Director of Support at Bacula Systems. He worked in the IT support domain in various demanding industries specialized in healthcare, energy, technology and media. He founded his own company in IT services and developed it into a sustainable business in which open-source software integration was one of the main activities. In his late experience as IT Manager Europe, he implemented healthcare regulations. Ludovic has mentored teams of experts in three different continents. He has successfully resolved issues in challenging environments and succeeded in managing many parallel projects in a multi-customers environment. Ludovic holds a bachelor in Computer Science, major in Management Systems and a Master degree in Social and Political Sciences. He is certified in IT service management (ITIL) and IT governance (COBIT).

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