BigFix UEM / MCM v3.6 Release Notes
This new release focuses on strengthening zero trust and conditional access capabilities via geofencing, real-time remote visibility, and enhanced device integrity monitoring, along with expanded Chrome OS management features.
New Features and Major Enhancements
1. Geofencing
The platform has introduced location-based management, enabling Administrators to establish zones using geographic perimeters. This functionality automates the enforcement of Mobile Device Management Actions and Policies as devices enter or leave these specified areas.
● Policy Enforcement: Automatically triggers specific security rules, policy groups, and device actions (e.g., lock, restart) upon zone transition.
● Platform Support: Fully supported for iOS and Android devices.
● Integration: Features Web UI integration with Google Maps API for improved zone creation and visualization.
● Notifications: Provides real-time notifications to both administrators (Web UI) and end-users (UEM mobile app) during zone entry/exit.
2. Remote View (Android and iOS)
A view-only screen streaming feature that allows administrators to view the end user's mobile screen in real time from the BigFix Web UI for troubleshooting.
● View-Only: The feature is currently view-only and requires explicit user consent for every session.
● New Components: Requires the deployment of the MDM Broker (for session signaling) and a Coturn server (for media relay).
● Security: The solution focuses on integrity and authenticity with secret key transmission via calculated hash values and replay protection.
3. Jailbreak / Device Compromise Detection
Provides the ability to detect and report the status of compromised devices to reduce enterprise security risks.
● Supported Detection: Reports rooted Android devices and jailbroken iOS devices.
● Compliance Enforcement: Enables administrators to configure Compliance Enforcement Settings to apply automated remediation actions upon detection (e.g., deleting the work profile, or applying restriction policies to disable features like camera and screen capture).
4. Battery Health Monitoring
Enables integrated insights of corporate-enrolled hardware through proactive monitoring of battery health and performance, it assists in identifying and resolving potential hardware failures or productivity disruptions before they occur.
● Battery Data: Battery Health, Battery level, charging state, and temperature for Android and iOS/iPadOS devices.
● Visibility: Battery data is displayed in the Web UI on the Device page and Device Details page.
● Sync: Data synchronization is triggered by device events, periodic checks, and on-demand administrator refresh actions.
5. Chrome OS Management Improvements
Expanded support for Chrome OS policy control and device management.
● New Policies: New policy templates introduced for Kiosk Device Policy, User Restriction Policy, and User Password Policy.
● Kiosk Modes: Supports both Multi-App Mode, allowing users to switch between approved Kiosk apps, and Single App (Auto Launch Mode) automatically opening a single app after startup.
● Kiosk Device Settings: New policies allow for configuring device-level settings such as screen rotation, high contrast mode, dictation, and screen magnifier.
● Policy Backend: Added backend support for Chrome OS policy data restoration and policy tables in PostgresDB.
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