We are thrilled to announce the release of BigFix Modern Client Management (MCM) and BigFix Mobile v3.4! This update is designed to streamline endpoint management, offering organizations enhanced control, visibility, and security across their Android and iOS devices.
This release focuses on improving user experience, strengthening security, and simplifying setup and troubleshooting for IT teams.
Smarter Activation Lock Management for iOS
Version 3.4 introduces upgraded Activation Lock management for iOS, now supporting both device-based and user-based configurations. This ensures consistency with enterprise security policies and empowers help desk teams to efficiently manage lost or stolen devices. IT administrators will benefit from increased flexibility in enforcing activation lock settings, reducing manual effort and improving device recovery workflows.
Customer-Managed Enterprise (CME) Registration for Android
BigFix Mobile now allows organizations to directly manage their Android enterprise registrations through the new Customer-Managed Enterprise (CME) feature. This eliminates dependency on EMM-managed workflows, giving you greater control over your device ecosystem.
Key Highlights:
- Domain/GWS Binding: Connect enterprise accounts with your Google Workspace domain.
- Direct Enterprise Account Management: Manage Android enterprise accounts without EMM workflow constraints.
- Seamless Integration: CME registration integrates effortlessly with existing BigFix Mobile workflows such as enrollment, policy management, and provisioning.
- Enhanced Support: Includes improved validation, error handling, and troubleshooting tools.
This feature simplifies setup and ensures organizations retain ownership and flexibility in managing Android enterprise configurations.
Health Check Dashboard Gets More Powerful
Troubleshooting is now easier than ever! The Health Check dashboard in BigFix MCM and Mobile v3.4 provides richer insights and a more interactive experience.
What’s New:
- Detailed Opstate Insights: View granular status for Apple, Android, and Windows MDM servers and plugins.
- Color-Coded Indicators: Instantly assess health with intuitive green, yellow, and red visual cues.
- Drill-Down Troubleshooting: Click any indicator for detailed diagnostics.
- Improved Analyses: Gain visibility into operational states, version reporting, and agent deployment readiness.
- UI Enhancements: Enjoy readable timestamps, scrollbars for long names, and a new section for ChromeOS servers.
These upgrades help administrators quickly identify and resolve issues before they impact users.
Private App Versioning for Android
Managing internal Android apps is now more efficient with Private App Versioning. Organizations can deploy and test apps in Alpha or Custom tracks before promoting them to production—all without rebuilding the APK.
Benefits:
- Controlled rollout of app versions
- Policy-based deployment targeting
- Ability to promote tested builds directly to production
- Greater app stability and smoother testing workflows
This improvement ensures that only stable, approved versions reach end users, saving time and enhancing quality assurance.
Enhanced MCM Server Installation
Installing the MCM server is now faster, simpler, and more reliable. The new installation process is designed to eliminate silent failures, reduce complexity, and provide clear guidance at every step.
Key Improvements:
- Environment Readiness Validation: Installation proceeds only when all prerequisites are met.
- Simplified Workflow: Fewer, more intuitive steps for setup.
- Post-Installation Guidance: Clear feedback on next actions and configurations.
- Optimized Speed: A typical installation now completes in under two hours.
These changes help administrators save time and reduce setup-related support tickets.
Other Enhancements and defect fixes
This release also includes several performance, UI, and stability enhancements across BigFix MCM and BigFix Mobile components, making the overall experience more consistent and user-friendly.
Enhancements
Automatic Mac User Account Creation During DEP Enrollment
- Introduced an option to automatically create a macOS user account during DEP enrollment. Disable this option to prompt users for manual account creation.
- Uses the password entered during MDM enrollment for account setup.
SCEP Certificate Enhancements
- Enhanced support for secure certificate enrollment and management. See KB5014754: Certificate-based authentication changes on Windows domain controllers
- Ability to deliver User-Scoped certificates at time of DEP Enrollment
Additional DEP Profile Skip Options
- More setup screens can now be skipped during macOS DEP enrollment for a faster, smoother setup experience.
Proxy Support for NDES and AD Connections
- Enabled secure communication with certificate and directory services through proxy servers.
Defect Fixes
- ODJ Connector Task Stability: Fixed an issue where ODJ stopped working after a few days due to task scheduling limits.
- ODJ Configuration OU Handling: Resolved issue with Organizational Units (OUs) containing spaces.
- VPP Initialization Failure: Fixed server crash when VPP API was unreachable due to firewall restrictions.
- BESAgent Installation via Rules Engine: Corrected blueprint file path for macOS app manifests
- Relay Info Loss in BESAgent Config: Fixed issue where relay settings were lost after editing Policy Groups.
- Unsigned Profiles via Rules Engine: Ensured all profiles are properly signed when delivered through the Rules Engine.
- User-Scoped FDE Policy Delivery: Fixed issue preventing FDE policies from deploying during DEP enrollment.
- .pkg App Deployment via Rules Engine: Resolved issue that blocked .pkg apps from installing during DEP enrollment.
Check out What’s new - Latest Features & Enhancements for more details.
Why Upgrade
The BigFix MCM and Mobile v3.4 release delivers:
- Greater control over device and app management
- Simplified workflows for IT and help desk teams
- Improved operational visibility and troubleshooting tools
- Stronger alignment with enterprise security standards
Upgrade today to take advantage of these new features and streamline your endpoint management experience!
To upgrade to BigFix Mobile and MCM v3.4, follow the Upgrade guide.
Published Site Versions
MCM version 3.4 (Build number 3.4.0.238, WebUI MDM version 24)
BESUEM Content site version: BESUEM v57
BESUEMMobile Content site version: BESUEM MOBILE v25