New Features released in Mobile Device Management!

(imported topic written by jeremylam)

IBM has released several new features in the Mobile Device Management Fixlet Site for IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager.

  1. Nitrodesk Touchdown support

The TEM Agent now integrates with Nitrodesk Touchdown. This allows TEM to control a richer set of configurations on Android devices, such as selective wipe, and security polices like password length, encryption etc.

  1. Google Cloud Messaging

The Android agent can now use Google Cloud Messaging to provide much quicker response times to action commands.

  1. Proxy Agent enhancements

The Proxy Agent now supports almost all ‘Take Action Dialog’ constraints, action locking as well as custom site subscription.

  1. Data Usage Reporting

The iOS app can now report a device’s data usage information for the past 3 months.

  1. Expanded Configuration Options for Authenticated Enrollment

Authenticated Enrollment and the Self Service Portal can now be configured to filter access according to group membership, and now supports additional advanced LDAP configurations (such as anonymous binding).

  1. Numerous other fixes and improvements.

To take advantage of these new features, please take the following actions:

  • Update any deployed Trusted Services Provider with Fixlet ID 200: Upgrade Trusted Services Provider.
  • Update any Exchange or iOS Management Extenders using their associated upgrade Fixlets (ID 94 or 93).
  • Run Fixlet 191: Upgrade Proxy Agents on any Management Extenders not previously updated.
  • Let users know to upgrade their Android or iOS apps in the Google Play Store or Apple App Store respectively.

Published site version:

Mobile Device Management, version 40

Application Engineering Team

Tivoli Endpoint Manager

IBM Tivoli Software

(imported comment written by rheng)

In this release, the Mobile Device Management Fixlet Site was updated to use standardized encryption components that are shared by other sites.

Please take the following action for encryption content to function correctly:

Activate Encryption Analysis for Clients (ID 977) in BES Support

After taking this action, the site will also be compatible with other sites that have encryption content.

Mobile Device Management, version 41

BES Support, version 958

Application Engineering Team

Tivoli Endpoint Manager

IBM Tivoli Software