Important KB Articles and Release Updates

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  • CRSVC-25521 – App Icons do not render in the Workspace ONE UEM console when searched for on SaaS environments (86423)
  • Certain sections of the Workspace ONE UEM admin console do not consistently render App Icons (any device platform) when searched for on SaaS environments. Affected sections thus far include Application Management, Profile Management and App Groups.
  • Our Product team has been notified and is actively working to resolve this issue.
  • KB-Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/86423?lang=en_US
  • Email Notification Service 2 for on-premises v1.11 and older support notice (86338)
  • All customers of Email Notification Service 2 (ENS2) for on-premises v1.11 and older are advised to migrate to a more recent versions before October 2022. Per VMware Workspace ONE UEM support release policy, on-premises releases are supported for 18 months after general availability.
  • Older versions of ENS2 on-premises distributions rely on the older VMware Workspace ONE Cloud Notification Service and should be upgraded at the earliest convenience to take advantage of the more robust notification framework afforded by VMware Workspace ONE Cloud Notification Service 2, available starting in ENS2 v21.04.
  • Customers using on-premises ENS2 have several upgrade options:
    • Customers preferring to stay with an on-premises ENS2 deployment can upgrade to the latest version of ENS2 on-premises.
    • Customers may also select to migrate to a SaaS-hosted version of ENS2 at no extra charge.
    • High security US Federal Government customers now have an option of SaaS-hosted ENS2 deployed in a FedRAMP High environment.
  • KB-Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/86338?lang=en_US
  • USB logs collection enhancement for VMware Horizon Client and View Agent 2012 and later (86349)
  • USB DCT enhancement after Horizon 2012, updating USB log set/check/collect by the enhanced commands.
  • Update the USB logs collection commands after Horizon 2012
  • Instructions for different clients in https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/86349?lang=en_US
  • Week 47 Software Updates
  • Component: Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub for macOS
  • New Release: 21.11
  • Changes:
  • This release of macOS Intelligent Hub is primarily focused on backend improvements and bug fixes. The new feature for this release includes:
  • Microsoft Conditional Access (Tech Preview) 
    • Admins can now use Azure Identity provider to authenticate access to Microsoft Office applications. The Workspace ONE UEM console would authorize this authentication based on the compliance state of the device, allowing for improved security posture. For more information on this integration, check here
  • Release Date: 24.11.21
  • Release Notes
  • Component: Workspace ONE Assist for Linux
  • New Release: 21.11
  • Changes:
  • Introducing Workspace ONE Assist for Linux platform. Assist for Linux will empower your IT and Help Desk staff to troubleshoot and fix Linux and IoT device issues in real-time, directly from the Workspace ONE UEM Console with tools like File Manager and Remote Shell. Console users can now experience the same consistent workflow available on other platforms like Android, Windows 10 and macOS, now on Linux. To provision a Linux device with Assist, simply install the Workspace One Assist agent on a Workspace ONE managed Linux device.
  • The following functionalities are available in this release:
    • Ability to manage the file system on the remote device using the File Manager Tool
    • Ability to run commands on the remote device using the Remote Shell Tool
    • Role based access controls to File manager and Remote shell functionality
  • Please Note: Assist sessions on Linux devices will support Unattended access only in this release.
  • Release Date: 19.11.21
  • Release Notes
  • Component: Workspace ONE Content for iOS
  • New Release: 21.10.2
  • Changes:
    • Bug Fixes and general Improvements
  • Release Date: 25.11.21
  • Release Notes
  • Component: Workspace ONE Hub Services (SaaS)
  • New Release: October Release
  • Changes:
  • Introducing VMware Workspace ONE Experience Workflows (Released November 4, 2021)
  • Workspace ONE Experience Workflows is a framework built within the Hub Services platform that connects between different business systems to orchestrate microapps that enable end users to quickly complete tasks. For example, users can quickly approve expense reports, requisition tickets, help desk tickets, and more all within the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub application.
  • Workspace ONE Experience Workflows is integrated with Boomi and enables you to quickly configure out-of-the-box integration packs with commonly used business systems or you can utilize AtomSphere to build your own integration or customize an existing out-of-the-box integration pack. You’ll also be able to quickly deploy and host your integrations on the Boomi Atom Cloud to minimize your infrastructure requirements.
  • Note: There is a known issue where certain notification cards will not render line items on Intelligent Hub for Android. This affects integration packs for SAP Concur, Coupa, and ServiceNow. This issue will be addressed in an upcoming Android Hub release.
  • Bookmark Your Enterprise Websites on Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub with Hub Web Links  
  • Update: This feature is available now in the Hub web.
  • Users can bookmark their favorite website links in Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub. When Favorites and Web Links are enabled in the admin console, the Favorites tab will present a new section called Web Links where users can add, update, and remove website bookmarks. This feature will allow users to access all their saved enterprise bookmarks across Intelligent Hub platforms.
  • Note: This is currently not supported on all platforms.
  • Release Date: 04.11.21
  • Release Notes
  • Component: VMware Horizon Cloud Service
  • New Release: 2110
  • Changes:
  • Horizon Universal Console now supports narrow scope permissions to desktop assignments and farms for the built-in predefined roles.
  • Administrators can now select to use either 8443 or 443 as the TCP port for Blast Extreme on the Unified Access Gateways which are deployed as part of the Horizon Cloud pod on Microsoft Azure.
  • Universal Broker now supports the ability to restrict the launching of virtual desktops, published desktops, and published applications to specific clients and versions and provide warning messages to clients.
  • Universal Broker and multi-cloud assignments now support brokering of desktops and apps on Google Cloud VMware Engine.
  • Universal Broker now supports the ability for end users to connect to their VDI desktops and published desktops using the RDP protocol from within the Horizon Client.
  • Horizon Cloud Connector adds support for Google Cloud VMware Engine and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), enabling customers to deploy Horizon Enterprise with a federated architecture on these cloud platforms.
  • Release Date: 12.10.21
  • Release Notes
  • Component: Workspace ONE UEM
  • New Release: 21.5.0.31
  • Changes:
    • Patch Update
  • Release Date: 23.11.21
  • Release Notes
  • Component: Workspace ONE UEM OS Seed Script
  • New Release: xxx
  • Changes:
    • Most recent updates: IOS 15.1.1 macOS 11.6.1
  • Release Date: 23.11.21
  • Release Notes

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