Remote Desktop & Mobile Device Management Software for MSPs

ManageEngine Desktop Central MSP 8 Hotfix Readme

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 80226 and 80234

Enhancements

1. Desktop Central now supports patch management for Mac operating system and applications.
2. Support for approving/declining patches for multiple customers at a time, has been introduced
3. Desktop Central will now have a new theme for the UI to bring consistency across all products from ManageEngine.
4. In Inventory, under Configure Prohibited Software section, computer names listed under exclusion list is now sorted.
5. Automatic patch management can now be scheduled to be perfomed only once.
6. A new filter has been introduced to sort configurations by category.
7. A new template has been introduced to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 10
8. Maximum number of patches that could be deployed from Missing Patches view has been increased to 1000 from the earlier 500.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in removing the corporate data (corporate wipe) from devices has been fixed.
2. Issue in using Search option under Configuration Reports View has been fixed.
3. Issue in generating scheduled reports has been fixed.
4. Issue in generating Custom reports based on Warranty and Shipping date has been fixed.
   
5. While a configuration is in progress and the user tries to reboot/shutdown the computer, an error message will be displayed. Issue in displaying the "Ok" button in the error message has been fixed.
6. Issue in rebooting computers after deployment of patch/software while the user is inactive has been fixed.
7. Issue in searching the local group members under inventory reports section has been fixed.
8. Issue in fetching Warranty date under inventory section has been fixed.
9. While creating help desk tickets from agent tray icon, issue in displaying special characters in the subject line has been fixed.
10. Issue in installing the hotfix when MS SQL is used as the backend database has been fixed.

 

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 80215 and 80226

Enhancements

1. Patch Scanning has been optimized to reduce the CPU/memory usage and scanning time
2. Patch Deployment has been optimized
3. USB Audit, a new feature, has been added to audit the usage of USB devices in the network.
4. System Manager, a new feature, is added to view the currently running process and services of remote computers.
5. You will now be able to query the Postgres database used by Desktop Central programatically.
6. Query Report has been enhanced to fetch reports for the current month.
7. You will now be able to customize the email content for Enrollment and App Distribution notifications.
8. A new profile to configure the Access Point has been added for iOS devices.
9. You will now be able to restrict the access of data based on its ratings has been included for iOS devices.
10. ServiceDesk Plus can now share the warranty information from Desktop Central inventory in integrated mode.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in deploying patches to a "dynamic custom group" has been fixed
2. Issue in showing a long number for the "Next Inventory Scan" in Desktop Central Tray icon has been fixed
3. Issue in sending truncated content in a help desk ticket when the content has a colon (':') has been fixed
4. Issue in showing duplicate computers in SoM page has been fixed.
5. Issue in fetching scheduled report for computers with/without a specific software has been fixed.
6. When a configuration is modified and redeployed, the configuration was saved as a draft instead of getting deployed. This has been fixed
7. When a custom group is chosen as one of the targets to a configuration, issue in retaining the target when the configuration is modified has been fixed.
8. Issue in saving a configuration with failed targets from an existing configuration has been fixed
9. Issue while installing the hot-fix has been fixed.
10. When you have integrated Desktop Central with ServiceDesk Plus MSP, issue in displaying the Software Packages under the Software Deployment tab has been fixed
11. Now, software configurations can be installed/uninstalled using logged on user's privilege.
12. While executing batch file in Software Deployment, "incorrect function" issue has been fixed.
13. Issue in displaying duplicate printers in Inventory has been fixed.
14. Issue in wrongly detecting computers in "Global Exclusion list" under Prohibited Software has been fixed.
15. Invalid entries found in Desktop Central event message under "Windows Event Viewer" has been fixed.
16. Issue in removing an Email or Exchange Active Sync profiles from a device has been fixed.
17. Issue in fetching machine type for Lenovo computers to verify the warranty details has been fixed.
18. Issue in distributing paid Apps to more than one device has been fixed.
19. Issue in removing one of the domains from the target by modifying a deployed patch configuration has been fixed.
20. While using Windows XP operating system, issue in not displaying chat window and configuration in progress window has been fixed.
21. When a user has logged on to multiple computers, issue in fetching the list of computers has been fixed. Ability to search computers from the list is also added.
22. Issue in applying cookie settings for Safari browser has been fixed.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes between 80200 and 80214

Enhancements

1. Mobile Device Management now supports Android.
2. Software details in inventory are enhanced to fetch edition type for MSSQL server and its components.
3. Remote Desktop Viewer role will now have full control for Chat.
4. Desktop Central agent service now do not require "Allow service to interact with desktop" option be selected.
5. New configurations templates for Windows 8 have been added.
6. Desktop Central can now automatically assign software as commercial, based on details shared by the user to community.
7. Active X Viewer component download location of remote control has been changed to %UserProfile%.

Bug Fixes

1. Issue in transferring files from a remote computer has been fixed.
2. Issue in viewing the remote control sessions has been fixed.
3. When you have scheduled a software deployment configuration to a custom group, there was as issue in deploying the software when a computer is added to that group after deploying the configuration. This has been fixed.
4. Issue with "continue on error" option in File Folder configuration has been fixed.
5. Issue while migrating Desktop Central database from MYSQL to MSSQL server 2012 has been fixed.