VMware EUC Newsletter - Week 4


Week 4 - 2023

 

 

 




Release Updates Week 04:

VMware Workspace ONE Boxer for iOS 23.01

Accept Proposed New Time

  • This feature is going to allow meeting organisers to answer with a single tap to new proposed times from the invitees of for the meeting they create
  • When an invitee declines or replies tentatively to an invite and proposes new time for the corresponding meeting, it's owner is going to receive an email with a prompt allowing him/her to accept or decline the proposed time
  • The organisers are going to be able to see their own availability during the proposed slot before they answer to it
  • If the organiser accepts the new proposed time the meeting will be moved to the proposed time slot, new meeting invites will be sent to all invitees and they are going to be prompted to answer to this new invites

Out of Office Notification Improvements

  • This feature improves the user experience when the users turn on automatic replies when they are out of office
  • Instead of a pop-up message appearing every 24h when the application is opened when OOO setting is turned on a banner shall appear on top of the email list for the period the automatic replies are turned on.
  • The setting can be turned off by a button on the banner.
  • The banner disappears when the period of the automatic replies is over or when the setting for them is turned off manually. 

Email Draft Improvements

  • Better error handling
  • Delegated accounts use case improvements
  • User experience improvements when there are attached files in the drafts

SDK Upgrade to 22.11

Enterprise Wipe User Flow Fixes

Quality Improvements

 

VMware Workspace ONE Boxer for Android 23.01 (staged rollout)

Deprecation of Old Create and Edit Event Screen 

  • The feature flag of this feature is deprecated and users won't be able to go back to the old version of these screens.

Intelligence User Flows Integration

SDK Upgrade to 22.11

Support of device passcode for authentication

  • This feature allows an end user to use device PIN for authentication instead of the SDK passcode or Username and Password.
  • This feature is available when "useDevicePinForAuthentication", type bool, is added as a custom SDK setting in the Workspace ONE UEM console (Groups & Settings > All Settings > Apps > Settings and Policies > Settings).
  • It can be also enabled from Groups & Settings > All Settings > Apps > Settings and Policies > Use Device Pin for Authentication in the Workspace ONE UEM console
  • By default, the feature is deactivated. To activate this feature, the value of the custom setting must be set to true.

Compromise device protection 

  • This is SDK feature which will wipe Boxer in case user is enrolled on rooted device.
  • This feature is available when Compromised Protection is enabled from Groups & Settings > All Settings > Apps > Settings and Policies in the Workspace ONE UEM console
  • By default, the feature is disabled. To enable this feature, the value of the setting must be set to enabled.

Accessibility improvements 

Quality improvements and crash fixes

 

Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub for Android 23.01 (staged rollout)

What's New

  • Enhanced Prompt to Meet Device/Work Profile Passcode Requirements
    • When the Device and/or Work Profile passcodes are not compliant with the organization's requirements, Intelligent Hub shows a screen prompting end users to update these. This screen has been enhanced to better explain the order in which passcodes should be set in cases where separate Device and Work Profile passcodes are required.
  • Prompt for Users to Enable Google Location Accuracy
    • When administrators enable location data collection from Workspace ONE UEM, Intelligent Hub requests that end users enable any required, missing location permissions. With Intelligent Hub 23.01, Workspace ONE UEM will also request that end users enable Google Location Accuracy. Enabling Google Location Accuracy allows Workspace ONE UEM to more reliably sample location data from Android by expanding the location data sources to include cellular and WiFi networks.
  • Enhanced failure scenarios for Hub Check Out flow
    • Hub's checkout flow now handles failure scenarios more gracefully by providing more information to the end user about what is happening and ability for the end user to take corrective actions in case of a failure.

KB Highlights Week 04:

MACOS-3545: New macOS models containing the M2 Pro or M2 Max chip are not properly characterized upon enrollment into Workspace ONE UEM (90675)

  • When enrolled into Workspace ONE UEM, the following device models may not be properly identified as their specific model.  Any resources such as profiles, applications, sensors, etc., that are assigned to these devices may not properly be deployed.
    • Mac Mini M2
    • Mac Mini M2 Pro
    • MacBook Pro 14" M2 Pro
    • MacBook Pro 14" M2 Max
    • MacBook Pro 16" M2 Pro
    • MacBook Pro 16" M2 Max
  • The Workspace ONE team is working on a patch to fully support these models. This KB will be updated as each patch is made available.

High Priority KBs

  • [Action Needed] - Refresh Old Android Enrollment QR Codes
    VMware is making changes to enhance the security posture of cloud-based endpoints related to this enrollment method on March 1st, 2023. As a result of this change enrollment using some older QR codes may fail. As a resolution, new QR codes will need to be generated as replacements for affected QR codes.
  • VMware Tunnel Proxy End of Support Life Announcement (87345)
    VMware is announcing End of Support Life for the Tunnel Proxy component of the VMware Tunnel solution. This will be effective January 30, 2023.
  • VMware Workspace ONE UEM New Control Plane SaaS Deployment Schedule (86243)
    Workspace ONE UEM has undergone a complete re-architecture to modernize the platform using microservices and containers to enable increased scalability and performance and increase the rate of innovation. Now after having conducted significant and careful testing, these architecture updates, including a new control plane, will be deployed to UEM SaaS environments over the next several weeks, with options available to on-premise customers after this roll-out (Later in 2022).
  • Support Access Policies for Customers with Expired SaaS EUC Licenses (89494)
    In alignment with VMware's Corporate Standards and those of the industry as a whole, VMware customers who have purchased SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) licenses for EUC (End-User Computing) products can expect the behavior outlined in the KB regarding Support access when their subscription has a status of Active Pending Cancellation or Expired/Cancelled.

 

Security Related KBs

 

Recently updated or added KBs (Links)

 

Digital Workspace Techzone, Blog and YouTube Updates

 

3rd Party Blog Updates & Industry News

 

Beta, Lab and Tech Preview Updates

  • Workspace ONE PIV-D Manager 23.01 for iOS 
    • Support for multiple sets of credentials.
    • Support XTec mobile app as a provider.
    • iOS 13 Support dropped.
    • Updating to vendor SDKs ( Entrust / Intercede / PSPDFKit etc).
    • Error Handling with Application Configuration.
  • Workspace ONE PIV-D Manager 23.01 for Android
    • UI revamp for Android PIV-D
    • Error Handling with Application Configuration
    • Integrate provider: ID Prime Virtual
    • Updating to vendor SDKs ( Entrust / Intercede / PSPDFKit etc)
  • WS1 Intelligent Hub 23.01 for macOS
    • Dark Mode Support in macOS Hub
    • User Bookmarks Support
    • on-demand workflow for macOS
    • DSM sync for macOS

 

January Software Releases

System

Component

Release

Announcement

Release Date

Windows

Assist

22.10.01

VMware Assist for Windows

05.01.23

Backend

UAG

2212

Unified Access Gateway

10.01.23

Backend

Console SAAS

22.12

Workspace ONE Console

11.01.23

iOS

Notebook

23.01

VMware Notebook for iOS

11.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Horizon Server

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Horizon Client for Windows

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Horizon Client for Linux

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Horizon Client for Mac

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Horizon Client for Android

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Horizon Client for iOS

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Horizon Client for Chrome

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Horizon HTML Access

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

App Volumes

12.01.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2212

Dynamic Environment Manager

12.01.23

Android

Hub

23.01

Intelligent Hub for Android

19.01.23

iOS

Boxer

23.01

VMware Boxer for iOS

23.01.23

Android

Boxer

23.01

VMware Boxer for Android

23.01.23

Backend

VIDM

3.3.7

VMware Identity Manager

27.01.23

Patch & Seed Script Updates Week 04-2023


 

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