VMware EUC Newsletter - Week 43



 

 

Weekly highlight:

 

Upcoming Workspace ONE UEM Change Freeze

  • November Freeze: November 17th, 2023 at 6:00 PM – December 4th, 2023 at 1:00 AM EST
  • December Freeze: December 15th, 2023 at 6:00 PM – January 4th, 2024 at 1:00 AM EST

Announcing General Availability of VMware Horizon 2309

  • Horizon Server & Instant Clone
    • Session load distribution across CPA pods (load Index approach)
    • Persistent disk phase 2
    • Published Apps on Demand option to accept App Volumes Manager certificate thumbprint when adding to Horizon
    • Allow Edge Gateway to consume events from Horizon Connection Servers
    • Forensics - enable protection of held VMs from accidental deletion
    • Leverage sysprep workflow to create computer accounts and perform domain join
    • OpenSSL 3.0 upgrade for Connection Server
  • Horizon Clients & Agents
    • RDSH application launch limit
    • Per-RX bandwidth reporting
    • Separate screen recording from screen capture blocking
    • Volume improvements
    • ARM Windows support for USB
    • OpenSSL 3.0 upgrade for all clients/agent/etc.
  • App Volumes
    • vSphere 8: True Read-only Feature enablement per Center
    • AVM credential support for file shares
    • Published Apps on Demand option to accept AVM cert thumbprint in Horizon
    • Persistent Desktops - Private Beta
    • App Volumes in AVD Remote Apps
    • App Volumes in Amazon AppStream 2.0
    • Upgrade Ruby from 2.7 to 3.2.x
  • Dynamic Environment Manager
    • Dynamic configuration of Horizon FIDO2 web authentication redirection for users
    • Dynamic configuration of Horizon storage drive redirection for users
    • Support for configuring non-policy locations in ADMX-based settings

 

VMware Unified Access Gateway 2309

  • VMware Unified Access Gateway 2309 provides the following new features and enhancements:
    • Certified support for deploying UAG on Azure in FIPS mode with Smart Card authentication with the Blast Secure Gateway.
    • Added disk usage statistics to the log archive for troubleshooting purposes.
    • Logging improvements.
    • Updates to Photon OS package versions and Java versions.

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming EUC Events 

Event

Description

Date

VMware EUC TechInsight - Revolutionize ITSM with Workspace ONE Intelligence

Sander Noordijk (Solution Engineer Digital Workspace) will walk you through this process using an example for an ITSM Solution. [REGISTER HERE]

31 October 2023

EUC Customer Success Quarterly Webcast Series

Next EUC Customer Success Quarterly Webcast Coming Soon!

Watch our latest webcasts:
Managing, Automating, and Supporting a Frontline Device Fleet
What’s New with Horizon Cloud Service next-gen and Improving VMware Horizon User Experience with Workspace ONE Intelligence
Windows 10 Multi-User Support for UEM & Revolutionize your IT Environment with Freestyle Orchestrator

Watch all additional previous webcasts On-Demand here.

VMware Digital Workspace Virtual Customer Success Roundtable

Next VMware Digital Workspace Virtual Customer Success Roundtable Coming Soon!

VMware Explore 2023

VMware Explore US

Watch 2023 EUC session replays here. 

VMware Explore Europe 

Barcelona | Fira Gran Via

Register Now

Watch replays from VMware Explore Europe 2022 here. 

6-9 November 2023

VMUG

Watch On-Demand webcasts here.

Register for upcoming live webcasts here.

Register for Regional VMUG events here.

End User Computing Webinars

Sign up for upcoming webcasts and watch VMware On-Demand webcasts here

 

Release Updates Week 43: 

 

Workspace ONE Boxer for Android 23.10 (staged)

  • Quality improvements and crash fixes

 

Workspace ONE Access & Hub Services Updates available now

  • Customize the Dark Mode Navigation Bar Background and Font Color for Workspace One Intelligent Hub
  • Admins can customize the Dark Mode navigation bar background and font color from the Branding tab in the Hub Services admin console. When the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub Web is set to dark mode, it will reflect the colors defined in the console.
  • Note: This feature is currently supported only on the Hub Web platform. For other Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub platform support, please refer to their release notes..

 

Workspace ONE Access FedRAMP is updated.

 

Apple Platform Deployment updates - October 2023

Updated deployment guides:

New Apple Builds Are Now Available

New builds of the following software are now available:

  • iOS 17.2 Beta 1 (21C5029g)
  • iPadOS 17.2 Beta 1 (21C5029g)
  • macOS 14.2 Sonoma Beta 1 (23C5030f)
  • tvOS 17.2 Beta 1 (21K5330g)
  • watchOS 10.2 Beta 1 (21S5331f)

VMware EUC Security Advisories: 

 

EUC UX Research 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.
  • Interested in giving your opinion and making your voice heard? Check out what’s available!
  • Bonus: We give VMWare swag to Customers who participate (smile) 

EUC Product/Feature

Topic

Opportunity Type

Signup Link
(Less than 5 mins)

Horizon Next-Gen (V2)

EUC Design wants to improve the experience when onboarding the new Next-Gen Horizon Cloud Service Console. Whether you’ve partially or fully onboarded, we want to better understand areas of challenge specifically with Pools, Pool Groups, and Entitlements.  

45-minute, 1x1 conversation via Zoom where we will walk through the onboarding flow via a staging environment and discuss the experience. 

Interviews begin the week of Oct 16. SIGN UP HERE

WS1 Assist

EUC Design wants to learn about your helpdesk/servicedesk roleand what you like, dislike, and wish could improve in your day-to-day when using Assist.

60-minute, 1x1 conversation via Zoom. 

Interviews + focus groups begin the week of Nov 6.SIGN UP HERE

 

KB Highlights & Announcements Week 43: 

VMware Best Practices Update – Workspace ONE UEM SaaS IP ranges – updated recommendation for customers to transition to DNS based allow lists by January 15th, 2024 (95271)

  • As part of our ongoing journey to enhance the quality and security of the Workspace ONE UEM SaaS service, VMware is migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the network ingress service for all UEM SaaS environments. Note, the migration to AWS CloudFront has been placed on hold indefinitely as described here.  Moving to AWS will further improve the security posture of Workspace ONE UEM as well as help align the SaaS platform to better adopt newer industry standards and needs in the future.  

 

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 

Intelligent Hub 23.10 for macOS

  • Updates to Hub Health feature
  • Improvement to Logs - removal of unnecessary entries
  • Drop support for macOS 10.15
  • Upgrade to Sparkle and JWTDecode
  • Bugs Fixed :
    • HUBM-7573 : Logout Deployment type scripts are not working
    • HUBM-7571 For You tab doesn’t show notifications for P0(Urgent) notifications
    • HUBM-7523 :Hub not sending profile response to WorkflowEngine
    • HUBM-7115 : Appearance issue in ForYou tab empty view
    • HUBM-7356 : Internal application not being removed when removing tag on Mac if device offline

 

WS1 Boxer 23.10 for iOS

  • Propose new time
    • Instead of leading long conversations about the time of a meeting, all users will now be able to decline or accept a meeting tentatively and propose a new time to the organizer with a single click.
    • Visual scheduler can be used to select an appropriate time slot.
    • The availability of all invitees within someone’s organization is going to be visible so that the proposer of the new time can choose a slot that suits everyone’s schedule
    • Pre-req: EAS v16.1+
  • Email Search improvements
  • Quality improvements and crash fixes

 

Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub 23.10 for iOS

  • HUBI-10310: [Coming in a later beta build] Device Friendly Name for iOS 16+
    • Apple removed the ability for apps to know what the device name was in iOS 16, we are bringing some of that functionality back for MDM devices.This is specifically useful for customers using Check-in/Check-out and identifying their devices.
  • HUBI-10148: Always enable usage analytics for TestFlight builds
    • Hub App usage Analytics will always be collected for TestFlight versions of Intelligent Hub to help us understand beta usage better.
    • Users who do not wish to send this anonymous data can wait until the GA release of Hub to get access to these features
    • As a reminder, app usage analytics do not contain personal information and are anonymized, so we are unable to identify a specific device.
  • HUBI-9932: Lock Device Quick Action in the support tab is now available to lock your device or lock another device on your account.
  • Accessibility Improvements

 

Workspace ONE Content 23.11 for iOS

  • Support to preserve bookmarks in a PDF document whenever there is an update to the document
  • Bug fixes

 

Sign up or LogIn [HERE] to get access to the latest Beta versions.

 

October Software Releases 

System

Component

Release

Announcement

Release Date

Android

Boxer

23.09

Release Notes

02.10.23

Backend

Console DSAAS

23.06

Release Notes

03.10.23

iOS

VM Tunnel

23.06.2

Release Notes

03.10.23

Android

Hub

23.09

Release Notes

17.10.23

macOS

Hub

23.09

Release Notes

10.10.23

iOS

Content

23.10

Release Notes

18.10.23

Backend

UAG

2309

Release Notes

26.10.23

Android

Boxer

23.10

Release Notes

staged

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Horizon Server

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Horizon Client for Windows

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Horizon Client for Linux

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Horizon Client for Mac

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Horizon Client for Android

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Horizon Client for iOS

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Horizon Client for Chrome

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Horizon HTML Access

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

App Volumes

27.10.23

Horizon

Server Components and Clients

2309

Dynamic Environment Manager

27.10.23

 

Patch & Seed Script Updates Week 43-2023 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Workspace ONE UEM 23.02
    • Patch Level 23.02.0.26
    • FS-4534: Seed Mac Workflow Host in canonical 23.02 release.
    • FS-4501: Fix performance and workflow status reporting issues in workflow for profile installation.
    • AAPP-16470: Create a script to delete DEP Enrollment Profile on Global Organization Group with expired token.
    • FCA-206100: Unable to send template message to device from public app details device tab.
    • AAPP-16461: Database patch upgrade is failing with patch 23.2.0.21.
    • AMST-39761: Workaround for OEM update profile fails to install on device.
    • CRSVC-42584: Errors related to AWDeviceSampleData private queue still present after patching the environment.
    • AAPP-16539: VPN profile values are changing after publishing profile.
    • AMST-39845: WNS disconnected for multiple Windows devices.
    • ARES-26706: App details view page crashes when filters are selected.
    • MACOS-4088: All workflows show status: In Progress.
    • https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workspace-ONE-UEM/2302/rn/vmware-workspace-one-uem-2302-release-notes/index.html#Resolved%20Issues
    • Last Update: CW42

 

  • Workspace ONE UEM 23.06
    • Patch Level 23.06.0.7
    • CRSVC-42633: Enable Microsoft conditional access device registration for shared device mode.
    • AAPP-16575: VPP V2 compatibility updates.
    • AAPP-16588: During iOS Native Check-Check-out, the devices do not get assigned to end user after logging in with Apple ID on the device. The console shows the device is still tied to the staging account.
    • ARES-26763: Smart group publish not triggering internal application assignment reconciliation.
    • AAPP-16596: Unable to edit existing iOS Wi-Fi device profile.
    • RUGG-12553: [File Action] Upload fails for large files with exception.
    • ARES-26453: Inactive update profiles getting removed from machines automatically causing the devices unnecessary upgrade to Win 11.
    • AMST-39803: Windows updates are not getting updated in device details page under updates for Windows 11 devices.
    • AAPP-16534: VPP Auto Update failing with specific country code.
    • FCA-206101: Unable to send template message to device from public app details device tab.
    • MACOS-4090 : All workflows show "In Progress" status.
    • PPAT-15393: [Unmanaged Flow] SDK flow is not authenticated when using Third Party CA for Client authentication.
    • RUGG-12565: Products are showing "In progress" after UEM upgrade.
    • PPAT-15164: MFA option is visible for other VPN types as well.
    • AMST-39705: Bios Verification status sent incorrectly as a part of Windows Security information sample.
    • AAPP-16569: Sync is stuck in progress and apps do not get added.
    • AGGL-15900: All internal Android apps uploaded to the console are getting the default Android icon.
    • AGGL-15894: Android VPN profile throws "Failed to save profile" error when trying to modify it or add a version to it.
    • FS-4502: Fix performance and workflow status reporting issues in workflow for profile installation.
    • CRSVC-42635: Migration tool application migration custom batch.
    • AAPP-16540: VPN profile values are changing after publishing profile.
    • FS-4540: Seed Mac Workflow Host in Canonical - Release 23.06.
    • https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workspace-ONE-UEM/2306/rn/vmware-workspace-one-uem-2306-release-notes/index.html#Patch%20Resolved%20Issues
    • Last Update: CW43

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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