The following are the new features in this
release:
Private cloud
Wyse Management Suite installer
New, Simple and powerful private cloud installer to
install all the required components to run Wyse Management Suite within
5 minutes.
Wyse Management Suite Installer can be installed on
Windows 2012 R2 standard and Windows 2016 Standard servers.
Private cloud installer deploys all the components
required to support the Wyse Management Suite functionality. Following
Windows services are installed after successful installation of product:
Dell Wyse Management Suite: Tomcat Service – Application
Server that hosts Wyse Management Suite application.
Dell Wyse Management Suite: MariaDB – Relational Database
for structured data and normalization.
Dell Wyse Management Suite: MongoDB – No-SQL Database
for performance and scalability.
Dell Wyse Management Suite: Memcached – An application
to launch the server faster.
Dell Wyse Management Suite: Mosquitto – Used for
push notifications to devices.
Installer will configure the local repository to
store application and OS Images at the chosen path.
Getting started
Wizard (Private Cloud)
Getting started wizard allows you to select Licensing
model and optionally configure Wyse Management Suite to enable email
alerts and import certificate for secure communications.
Advanced App
Policy Engine
Installs multiple apps in same policy to avoid excessive
system restarts and to satisfy pre-requisite requirements of certain
packages.
Applies App and Image policies to devices based on
OS or HW platform types.
Auto publish app policies for new devices.
Application installations can be deferred by the
end-user for a configurable period of time.
Wyse Management
Suite Mobile App
Wyse Management Suite Mobile app available for Android
and iOS devices allows administrator to manage and monitor devices
from anywhere in real-time.
Following features are available through Mobile App.
View Dashboard, Device summary, Alerts, Jobs and
Events.
Execute real time commands.
Alerts through
Mobile App and Email
Administrator can configure Wyse Management Suite
to receive critical, warning and, informational Alerts through Mobile
App and/or Email.
Admin can set the alert classification for each available
alert from the Wyse Management Suite console.
Device-Auto
grouping capabilities
The administrator can create rules to automatically
create groups or assign devices to existing groups, based on device
attributes such as subnet, time zone, location, and custom values.
WES image pull
The administrator can choose to pull OS, BIOS or both
OS and BIOS from thin client from Wyse Management Suite Server.
NOTE:
WDA and Merlin should be upgraded on devices.
Existing customers must update their legacy on-premise
gateway to new Wyse Management Suite Repository to use this feature.
Wyse Management
Suite Repository
Wyse Management Suite Repository is a new component
to store, manage and deploy application and OS images to your thin
clients.
This Wyse Management Suite Repository replaces legacy
on-premise gateway.
In addition to new features, it is recommended that
you replace legacy on premise gateway with Wyse Management
Suite Repository for significant performance gains for existing features.
Please note that you cannot upgrade legacy on-premise
gateway to new Wyse Management Suite Repository.
Supported on Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2016 standard
server.
NOTE: A local repository
is automatically created as part of Wyse Management Suite Server installation.
ThinOS package
deployment from Wyse Management Suite Public Cloud
Push ThinOS add-on packages over the air from Wyse
Management Suite public cloud.
From Apps and Data > App Inventory > Thin Client, files included in app policies will show as thin client
managed apps (app is created when it is selected for the first time
on policy page.).
BIOS configuration
for WES Thin Clients
Wyse Management Suite gives the ability to configure
and read BIOS settings for the following platforms:
Latitude 3460 mobile thin client
Latitude E7270 mobile thin client
Wyse 7040 thin client with WES7P
NOTE: Dell Command
Monitor (DCM) should be installed to support BIOS configurations.
Simplified reporting
Ability to view data based on predefined filters and
the ability to export predefined canned report. Reports for following
information is available:
Active App policies
All App policies
Quarantined devices
Online devices
Offline devices
All devices
Audit Logs
Current Alerts
Alert History
Group Policies
Application Policies
Remote Connections
Remote Commands
Active Directory
integration
Wyse Management Suite supports import of Admin User
names from Active Directory, to enable authentication through Active
Directory.
Wyse Management
Suite server Setup from the Portal Admin
Following Server configurations can be done from the
setup page:
Enabling the CA validation
Updating the SMTP details
Updating the Domain/Well known certificate Authority
details.(.pem and .pfx certificates can be uploaded)
License can be imported from the Public cloud server.
WES Image Policy:
Apply to new devices
Push new OS image to the thin client automatically
during registration and when moved to a different group.
Rename thin
client
This option allows you to rename your thin clients
from Wyse Management Console.
Device Lockdown
Capabilities
This feature allows admin to configure the WES thin
clients by enabling and disabling the following options:
Disable/Enable USB Storage Device Access
Disable/Enable Print Screen
Disable/EnableTask Manager
Show device
offline/online status
Admin can filter devices by the online/offline status
from the Device page.
Admin can view the online/offline status from the
device details page.
Admin can export the online/offline status as part
of the device export functionality.
Thin Client
Send Message
This feature is supported in ThinOS version 8.4 Beta
where admin can send message to ThinOS devices.
This feature is supported on WES/Linux/ThinLinux
as well.
Thin client
log file pull
Thin client logs can be fetched from the Wyse Management
Suite server.
ThinOS will upload the syslog.
WES/Linux will upload the WDA agent and system logs.
Filter enhancements
Filtering based on Subnet, OS Type and Platform is
added on the device page.
Filtering based on Device Types, Status and Detail
status is added on the Jobs page.
Wyse Management
Suite localization (Preview)
Wyse Management Suite supports switching between English
and Canadian French.
Simplified registration
Simplified registration is supported on Windows Embedded
Systems and ThinLinux.
For public cloud, register your thin clients by providing
Wyse Management Suite URL and group token. You do not have to supply
MQTT server URL.
For private cloud, register your thin clients by providing
Wyse Management Suite URL and optionally a group token. Group token
is an optional parameter in a single tenant private cloud server and
the devices are registered to the unmanaged groups if the group token
is not provided.
Discover Thin
Clients using DNS SRV records
Auto discover Wyse Management Suite server using the
DNS SRV record with following info:
Wyse Management Suite Server URL
DNS Record Type : DNS SRV
Record Name : _Wyse Management Suite_MGMT._tcp.<Domain>
Example : Wyse Management Suite-betaserver.Dell.com
Group Token
DNS Record Type : DNS Text
Record Name : _Wyse Management Suite_GROUPTOKEN.<Domain>
Example : defa-defadefa
CA Validation
DNS Record Type : DNS Text
Record Name : _Wyse Management Suite_CAVALIDATION.<Domain>
Example : True
DHCP option tag for CA validation
Configure option tag 167 string value
NOTE:
Upgrading from WES WDA 12.1 to 13.0 fails if self-signed
certificate is not installed/imported on client devices.
Admin must install platform utility before installing
WDA agent on SUSE and Thin Linux platforms.
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