We are pleased to present the new acmp Intune Connector. With this connector, mobile devices can now also be integrated into the familiar acmp interface with some control actions. Below are the most important changes in acmp 6.5.0.
acmp Intune Adapter
With the new Intune Adapter, acmp can act bidirectionally with Intune via the aesb and already offers the following functions in the first version:
- Import Android and iOS devices with some client details
- Delete from Intune management and reset devices to factory settings (Wipe)
- Retire configuration profile and settings (Retire)
- Force synchronization to retrieve and apply settings and policies
- Lock devices remotely (Remote Lock)
- Send notifications to mobile devices
- Rights for Intune actions for your acmp users
acmp Client Commands
Client commands can now be provided with parameters. With this feature, it is now possible, for example, to package software with the Package Wizard and, if desired, to provide it in a container or the acmp Kiosk with the parameters Install or Uninstall and make it available. Many other use cases can be mapped and realized with this feature.
New command in the Client Command Editor: "Enqueue acmp Job" - With this command it is possible to execute additional Client Commands, Managed Software Packages and Job Collections within a Client Command. This allows you to start additional client commands depending on the client command process.
Further granular selection options for string comparisons with the "IF" and "WHILE" functions. The so-called "Natural sort order" can now optionally be used for comparisons.
In addition, an occasional scaling problem in the Client Command Editor has been fixed where no scrollbars were displayed.
acmp File Repositories
We now support WebDAV for connecting online storages as file repositories. In addition, the SFTP protocol can now be used.
acmp Client Status
One of the most frequently expressed customer wishes has been implemented: The visualization of the client status. By default, it is determined over a period of 40 minutes whether a client has reported to the acmp server with a request (scanner, job execution) during this time window. If the client was not required to send such a message during this period, it actively reports itself to the server as available. The time can, of course, be adjusted, taking into account the size of the client landscape, among other things. If the client is available, it is shown in queries with a green circle, otherwise with a gray triangle.
acmp Helpdesk
With the new helpdesk permissions, two new options have been added to allow a user to use the "Go to ticket no." field or not.
Linked to this is the permission and restriction of "Search in all tickets", which can now also be activated or deactivated for a user. If deactivated, the user still has the possibility to search in the query results released for him.
Both authorizations are activated by default if a user has at least one right in the helpdesk.
Both the printing of tickets and the printing of knowledge base articles have been revised with this update and outsourced to the report engine of acmp. This means that the layout of the printouts can be customized and they can also be sent by e-mail. You can use ready-made reports or create your own. The function also supports embedded images in the tickets and therefore offers a wide range of possibilities and options.
acmp Asset Management
It is now possible to set which user can change and create the number profiles in acmp Asset Management.
In addition, the display fields have been expanded to display the asset history in the best possible way. This function can be used, for example, to create monthly destruction overviews and send them regularly using the familiar functions in the reports.
A bugfix in acmp Asset Management relates to the client details, which now also display and make asset links usable on Linux & macOS devices.
acmp OS Deployment
When automatically generating client names, number profiles can now be used for a unique client name
UEFI diskpart scripts are now used by default. This can be switched in the response file in the partitioning area.
A further optimization improves performance, especially in connection with a UEFI PXE boot. Among other things, the default values of the block sizes have been adjusted here, which enables a significantly faster transfer of the WINPE.
acmp license management
It is now possible to display the respective license ID in the product in the license overview. This is particularly useful if, for example, you enter the location of the stored license in the license ID.
If a product appears in the compliance view that you do not want or need to manage, you can now delete the product directly via the context menu in the compliance view.
The management of user CALS has been optimized so that several manual consumers can now be deleted at the same time. In addition, the software scanner has been enhanced to detect installed Microsoft SQL Server 2022 instances and take them into account in license management.
acmp Defender Management
To better differentiate between the Microsoft Defender function "Scheduled System Scan" and our in-house "Scheduled Scans", the "Scheduled Scans" are now called "Scan Collections".
acmp BitLocker Management
With this update, it is possible to save the Microsoft BitLocker recovery password in the Active Directory. This applies to both the classic Active Directory (AD) and Azure AD. A direct link to the online help with important information on this topic can be found in the profile dialog.
acmp CAWUM
In acmp CAWUM, Update Collections can now be easily copied or duplicated to avoid the manual transfer of all other settings for granular changes.
acmp General
As of acmp 6.5.0, the basic elements of acmp are also available in English in the manual. The English help will of course be continuously expanded and completed.
A global user for the scan can now be individually defined for vSphere servers.
The mail service can be switched to the "OAuth Token" option. Furthermore, the mail service can now only send mails and not receive them if this is desired.
The agent tasks "Restart agent regularly" and the "Agent update & installation time window" have been removed.
acmp Console
acmp Quick Launch (Ctrl+Q) can now search tags and descriptions of documents in acmp.
Descriptions are now also searched in the acmp Kiosk. This significantly increases the accuracy of hits for the user.
Queries have been optimized in this version so that acmp now always determines and displays the optimal column width based on the contents of the individual fields.
Queries can now be copied as SQL commands via the context menu and then used in other places.
In addition to the improved display, many grid views can now also be exported directly as CSV files via the context menu.
acmp Gateway
If the acmp gateway and the acmp server were running on the same system, performance drops and timeouts could occur. These problems have now been resolved.
acmp Jobs
acmp jobs, e.g. from acmp Managed Software or acmp CAWUM, now first check whether updates are available before a delay dialog is displayed to the user. This avoids unnecessary disruptions.
The start condition can now be viewed in the job details in the job monitor.
The start conditions of jobs have been further optimized to improve load distribution in large environments. There is now an additional combination with the "Time window" for the "Specific date" start condition. Among other things, the time interval and the start behavior ("Start as soon as possible at the beginning of the time window" or "At a random time within the time window") can be set here.
The view of the job collections has been revised to improve performance. The actual jobs are now displayed in a separate area after selecting a folder or collection.
acmp Reports
You can now copy planned reports including the email text and recipient group. This allows you to make small changes with little effort.
acmp container
For a quick and easy overview, it is now possible to select a client in a container and start a search via the context menu to find out in which containers this client occurs.
Containers can be provided with additional information in the new description field.
An "in filter" can now be created to make it easier to select managed software packages.
acmp Inventory & Client Details
Optional features of a client as well as Windows Server features are now displayed in separate, new areas in the client details.
The new search bar allows you to conveniently search and filter the tree in the client details.
acmp compatibility & security
With this update, all acmp-internal PowerShell scripts are signed and no longer conflict with the GPO, which prevents the execution of non-signed PowerShell scripts.
acmp is now compatible with Microsoft SQL Server 2022. In addition, some backward compatibility has changed for products that are barely or no longer supported by Microsoft. Read more about this in our systemrequirements:System requirements - aagon GmbH
With acmp 6.5.0, the OpenSSL version used is updated to 1.1.1u.
The acmp hardware scanner has been updated to support and recognize the latest hardware.
acmp build numbers are now counted as a number range for the respective version: At the start of development of 6.5.0, for example, the build number 1 was used and this is now incremented continuously.
With a future version 6.6.0, the build number 1 will be used again.
aesb 1.8
With acmp version 6.5.0, the new version of aesb 1.8.0 is also released. This is mandatory if you want to use the acmp Intune Connector.
Some other functions in this update are the display of the connection status of the workflow instances; these must all be updated once after a successful update so that the status display works correctly.
Components to be updated:
The aesb must be updated separately after the update of acmp.
The Helpdesk web interface must be updated if you are using these components.
Please also note our updated system requirements: System requirements - aagon GmbH
Changelog:
As always, you can find out what has been corrected and improved in detailat in our changelog.