Cannot uninstall Sophos Management Server

Issue

Cannot uninstall Sophos Enterprise Console Management Server component. All others components were successfully removed, but Management Server refuses to go away. Uninstaller progresses almost all the way, but at the end it rolls itself back and Management Server stays installed along with bunch of Sophos services.

Sophos Management Server

Resolution

The issue was resolved by running the uninstaller while logged in with built-in domain administrator account. Possible explanation would be that Sophos Enterprise Console was originally installed by this account… 

November 2018
Windows Server 2016
Sophos Enterprise Console


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