VMware EUC Newsletter - Week 30



 

Weekly highlight:

Horizon Cloud Service next-gen 2307 (July 2023)

  • Horizon Control Plane
    • We have switched from using Azure Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) to Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) within the service. 
  • Horizon Edge
    • A certificate can now be used as the credential when connecting the Edge Gateway to a Horizon Connection Server. This certificate must be in .pfx format and we recommend password protection be used.
  • Desktops and Applications
    • Entitlements
      • Multiple users can now be assigned to a single dedicated desktop VM. This allows all of the assigned users to access the desktop individually. Only a single user can be connected to a multi-assigned desktop at one time.
  • Horizon Agent Update
    • Administrators can now perform a reinstall of the Horizon Agent on dedicated desktop VMs when a Horizon Agent update fails.
  • User Card & Search
    • Help Desk is now available for cloud-connected Horizon 8 Edges. Administrators can search for active sessions and entitlements for specific users, view session details, and address VM-related issues.

 

 

 

Upcoming EUC Events 

Event

Start Date

Link

Transform Your VDI Solution by Extending VMware Horizon on Amazon WorkSpaces Core

01-08-2023

https://www.vmware.com/learn/2100299_REG.html

VMUG Webcast – Intel: VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with Intel

09-08-2023

https://my.vmug.com/s/community-event?id=a1Y4x000002cVRFEA2

VMware Explore US

21-08-2023

https://www.vmware.com/explore/us.html

VMware Empower Frontline Workers Webinar

19-09-2023

https://www.vmware.com/learn/2140000_REG.html

Apps on Demand: Mastering the Eight Activities of Modern App Management

20-09-2023

UPCOMING: Look out for your invitation to the next VMware EUC Tech Insight Session!

VMware Explore EU

06-11-2023

https://www.vmware.com/explore/eu.html

 

Release Updates Week 30: 

 

Workspace ONE SDK 23.07 for iOS (Swift)

  • We made improvements to SDK diagnostics.
  • We updated third-party libraries.
  • We added bug fixes and stability improvements.

 

Workspace ONE Boxer for iOS 23.07

  • RSVP from email hero card redesign 
    • Users can now respond to their meeting invites with ease, thanks to a new, streamlined interface.
    • Meeting invites are now displayed directly in the visual scheduler, along with the rest of your events. This makes it easy to see all of your upcoming meetings at a glance and respond to the invite accordingly.
    • Users can now add reply messages at the same screen as the invite is. This makes it quick and easy to accept, decline, or tentatively accept an invite and add a message with a single click.
  • Quality improvements and crash fixes
  • Bug Fixes

 

Workspace ONE Boxer for Android 23.07

  • Quality improvements and crash fixes

 

VMware Horizon 2111.2

  • VMware Horizon 8 version 2111.2 is an ESB release which includes bug fixes on top of the Horizon 2111 release. Approximately once a year, VMware designates one VMware Horizon release as an Extended Service Branch (ESB). An ESB is a parallel release branch to the existing Current Releases (CR) of the product. By choosing to deploy an ESB customers receive periodic service packs (SP) updates which include cumulative critical bug fixes and security fixes. Customers can rely on a stable Horizon platform for their critical deployments. For more information on the ESB and the Horizon versions that have been designated an ESB, see VMware Knowledge Base (KB) article 86477.
  • WARNING: This Microsoft security update (KB5014754) will impact customers using certificate-based authentication such as smartcards. If you have applied this update to your Windows OS and if you have not mapped certificates to one of the strong mapping types described in the Microsoft KB, then users will be denied authentication when the full enforcement mode is activated by Microsoft, currently planned for November 2023. To address this issue the Horizon 8 2111.2 release allows administrators to configure certificate mappings to one of the strong types from the Horizon console. If you are using certificate-based authentication, then we recommend that you upgrade to this release to configure certificate mappings. See VMware KB 91595 for details.
  • See the Resolved Issues section for details on bug fixes.

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    • Horizon Console
      • Administrators can configure certificate mappings from the Horizon console. This addresses the impact of Microsoft security update (KB5014754—Certificate-based authentication changes on Windows domain controllers) on customers using Certificate-Based Authentication such as Smart Cards. See VMware KB 91595 for details.
      • Added support for SID-based Smart Card authentication.
    • Horizon Connection Server
      • Horizon Connection Server has been migrated from Azul OpenJDK to BellSoft OpenJDK.
      • Security configuration setting balancedHost can now accept a list for those with more than one load balancer. The syntax is exactly the same as portalHost.
    • Horizon Agent for Windows
      • Horizon Agent for Windows has been migrated from Azul OpenJDK to BellSoft OpenJDK.
    • Horizon Agent for Linux
      • Horizon Agent for Linux has been migrated from Azul OpenJDK to BellSoft OpenJDK.

 

EUC UX Research Updates & Opportunities   

Our goal is to gather insight into user behaviors, motivations, and goals, so we can use those insights to inform and strengthen product and design decisions.

Upcoming Opportunities - Who Wants To Join?

Interested in giving your opinion and making your voice heard? Check out what’s available!

  • WS1 Cloud: Identity Services Feature - which design do you prefer the most?
  • You'll be shown 2 designs and asked which you prefer the most and why 
    • If you qualify, you'll be provided the testing link to complete in your own time
  • Relevant for:
    • WS1 Cloud, UEM, and/or Access Admins
    • Admin involved in identity and user management 
  • Fielding: Week of 7/17
  • Admins will receive VMware swag upon completion

    SIGN UP HERE
  • WS1 UEM: Test a NEW device management feature
  • 10-minute, interaction with a Figma prototype through UserTesting.com. Play with a prototype, complete a few tasks, and share your thoughts on the design. 
    • If you qualify, you'll be provided the testing link to complete in your own time
  • Relevant for:
    • WS1 UEM Admins
    • Admin involved in device management 
  • Fielding: Week of 7/17
  • Admins will receive VMware swag upon completion

    SIGN UP HERE


KB Highlights & Announcements Week 30: 

Using Download action in Workspace ONE Marketplace Sensors/Scripts Templates (93512)

  • Sensors and scripts templates for popular and useful Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and Digital Employee Experience (DEX) solutions are available in Workspace ONE Marketplace Templates. After previewing the template details, the user can use the template by selecting the Deploy action, which validates the sensor or script before adding it to UEM. The user is transferred to the Scripts or Sensors page in the Devices section within Workspace ONE UEM (with Single Sign-On) where they can update the script or sensor as per business requirements before executing the sensor or script. 
  • However, users who do not access UEM through Workspace ONE Cloud Admin using Single Sign-On (SSO), do not see the Deploy action. These users need to use the Download Code option in the template’s Preview pane to download the script or sensor on their local machine and manually import them in UEM.

 

iOS Hub Enrollment Error - "Connection to the server could not be established" (93679)

  • While performing enrollment via the Hub application, an error pops up with the message "Connection to the server could not be established"
  • This error may occur if you have a device record for the same device on the WorkspaceONE console in an enrolled state.
  • Delete the enrolled record from the Workspace ONE console for your affected device and perform the enrollment steps again.

 

High Priority 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  

WS1 Intelligent Hub 23.07 for macOS

  • [HUBM-6663] - [Hub Health] Automatic log collection, workflow healing, configuration
  • [HUBM-7113] - Reset Hub App without reboot
  • [HUBM-7145] (related to HUBM-7113) Recover from the deadlock state
  • [HUBM-7142] (related to HUBM-7113) Self heal Hub app when secure channel communication is broken
  • [HUBM-6532] Upgrading third party frameworks (Keychain access)
  • Beta for DEEM for macOS v.23.07 is Coming Soon 

Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub 2302.5 for Windows

  • Updated the DEEM agent (DEEM 23.06) in the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub (23.02.5)

Bugs Fixed:

  • HUBW-10387 [Intelligent Hub for Windows] - Invalid Password Exception in Database
  • HUBW-10390 [Intelligent Hub for Windows] - Hub UI - Navigating to Favorites/Apps tab is showing a blank screen intermittently
  • HUBW-10224 [Intelligent Hub for Windows] - Fix issue where Scripts are not getting processed for brownfield devices
  • DCP-4732 [DEEM for UEM] Workspace ONE Intelligence cannot obtain system properties
  • DCP-4588 [Deem for Horizon Windows] Deem services are stopped after Hub uninstall
  • DCP-4566 [Deem for Horizon Windows] Deem for horizon doesn't support on Window Server OS
  • DCP-4544 [DEEM for UEM]"Publisher" is missing in app hang events
  • DCP-4390 [DEEM for UEM] Network adapters incorrectly reported

 

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July Software Releases 

 

System

Component

Release

Announcement

Release Date

Android

Hub

23.06

Release Notes

03.07.23

iOS

Web

23.06

Release Notes

03.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Horizon Server

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Horizon Client for Android

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Horizon Client for Chrome

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Horizon Client for iOS

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Horizon Client for Linux

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Horizon Client for Mac

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Horizon Client for Windows

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Horizon HTML Access

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

App Volumes

07.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2306

Dynamic Environment Manager

07.07.23

Backend

UAG

2306

Release Notes

07.07.23

macOS

Digital Experience

23.06

Release Notes

07.07.23

macOS

Hub

23.06

Release Notes

10.07.23

iOS

Hub

23.06

Release Notes

11.07.23

Android

Content

23.07

Release Notes

17.07.23

iOS

Content

23.07

Release Notes

17.07.23

iOS

Hub

23.06.1

Release Notes

17.07.23

Windows

Tunnel Win10

23.04

Release Notes

17.07.23

Backend

SEG

2.27

Release Notes

17.07.23

Backend

Hub Services SaaS

July 2023

Release Notes

20.07.23

iOS

Workspace ONE SDK

23.07

Release Notes

20.07.23

iOS

Boxer

23.07

Release Notes

24.07.23

Android

Boxer

23.07

Release Notes

17.07.23

Horizon

Horizon Cloud Service Next Gen

2307

Release Notes

28.07.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2111.2

Horizon Server

28.07.23

 

Patch & Seed Script Updates Week 30-2023 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Workspace ONE UEM 22.10
    • Patch level 22.10.0.22
    • AAPP-15902: Internal iOS app details display incorrect Bundle Identifier.
    • AMST-38845: Reduce traffic of empty sample for winRT devices.
    • FCA-205278: Device Search API is not returning Wi-Fi SSID in the response.
    • CRSVC-37275: Changes for correcting AppSequence workflow type in 2210.
    • AGGL-14559: Remove unwanted calls that are made to play.google.com when user saves a new application or edits the application assignment.
    • FS-3226: iOS and Android Workflows getting struck in 'InProgress' status.
    • CRSVC-37376: While creating new Compliance policy under view Device Assignment page pressing enter is saving the compliance policy.
    • PPAT-14136: Post Migration to AWS CloudFront - Tunnel Configuration Page does not load.
    • SINST-176112: Airwatch API Gateway file copy failed during deployment.
    • AAPP-15940: Device snc should not queue Remove Provisioning Profile Command if PP is shared by other assigned apps.
    • https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workspace-ONE-UEM/2210/rn/vmware-workspace-one-uem-2210-release-notes/index.html
    • Last Update: CW24

 

 

  • Workspace ONE UEM 23.02
    • Patch Level 23.02.0.15
    • AAPP-16246: VPP Applications are removed from the Workspace ONE UEM console upon syncing the asset and reappears with no assignments.
    • AAPP-16178: Renewed VPP stoken(ASM) does not sync the app details on the Workspace ONE UEM console.
    • AGGL-14958: Android Enterprise WiFi profile (WPA/WPA2 Enterprise) - Unable to save the Domain field.
    • ARES-25804: SDK or application crash logs were not purging.
    • UM-8188: Admin group name syncing in lowercase letters.
    • CRSVC-38146: Add compliance evaluation related events for troubleshooting.
    • ARES-25890: Deploying internal apps was stuck in “Pending Release” status.
    • CMCM-190593: Renaming folder and trying to sync is giving 404 or empty XML.
    • AGGL-14911: Custom admin role permissions for Android permissions payload.
    • ARES-25801: Blob Get Expired Device Logs stored procedure is causing low PLE on the database server.
    • AAPP-15443: Hub registered mode sample collection enhancements and fixes.
    • CRSVC-38141: Prioritize sample-based compliance evaluations.
    • https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workspace-ONE-UEM/2302/rn/vmware-workspace-one-uem-2302-release-notes/index.html#Resolved%20Issues
    • Last Update: CW30

 


 

 

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