Users Guide

○ A new Cloud Users report displays enrollment and remote wipe information about Dropbox for Business users.
○ New filtering options are available with the Cloud Edition Encrypted Files/Actions report to provide greater customization
of event and key management detail.
○ The Device Detail report now includes a field to indicate devices that have self-encrypting drives installed.
● Dell Enterprise Server v8.5 has been validated with VMware ESX/ESXi 5.5.
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.5
● If the iOS Web Clip URL policy value is specified after Enterprise Server installation and before all services are started,
services now properly start. [DDPS-162]
● In the Policy Template Editor, the following PBA Authentication policies now display in the Global Settings list instead of
under Self-Encrypting Drives: Non-Cached User Login Attempts Allowed, Cached User Login Attempts Allowed, and Self
Help Question/Answer Attempts Allowed. [DDPS-166]
● Server migration no longer fails if the DeviceData table in the database contains a locale value of more than 12 characters.
[DDPS-167]
● If the SQL database becomes unavailable, the Dell Core Server service now remains in the Running state. [DDPS-572]
● Searches for users in the Remote Management Console that include the wildcard character with other characters no longer
return additional users in the results. [DDPS-810]
● Optimizations have been made to inventory processing and related logging. [DDPS-819, DDPS-887, DDPS-888, DDPS-945,
DDPS-947]
● The Cloud Edition download page on the Japanese Dell Enterprise Server now correctly displays Japanese characters.
[DDPS-845]
● The Remote Management Console License page now consistently displays the correct license count, usage, and availability.
[DDPS-866]
● Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) now successfully activate against Dell Enterprise Server. Previously, in a few cases, SEDs did
not activate as expected. [DDPS-867]
● When a Device Lease Period expires, all user leases associated with the device now expire. [DDPS-900]
● The Cloud Edition download page on Dell Enterprise Server now correctly displays the OS versions supported with Cloud
Edition. [DDPS-908]
● Improvements have been made to device lease renewal after expiration of the Device Lease Period. [DDPS-949]
● Error handling following a failed Preboot Authentication attempt is improved. [DDPS-962]
● In the Portuguese Remote Management Console, the tool tip for the Inactivity Period for Device Lock policy now displays
the correct value range. [DDPS-965]
● Several previously unlocalized AdminHelp topics are now localized. [DDPS-972]
● During an upgrade, a Domain Required message no longer displays when a domain is already configured. [DDPS-1154]
New Features and Functionality v8.3.1
● Amended 11/2014 - Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard is supported with Dell Enterprise Server.
● Database indexing improvements provide optimization of inventory and inventory processing. [DDPS-579]
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.3.1
● Performance is improved with clients running Dropbox, Box, and WebEx. [DDPS-57, DDPS-488, DDPS-547]
● Amended 11/2014 - Enterprise Server Admin Help now correctly states, in the Cloud Storage policies topic, that an interval
of any length in minutes will be accepted by the Server for the Cloud Storage Server Polling Interval. [DDPS-462]
● Amended 11/2014 - Enterprise Server Admin Help now correctly states, in the Global Settings policies topic, that an unlimited
number of attempts can be set for Non-Cached User Login Attempts Allowed under PBA Authentication. [DDPS-465]
● On Shielded computers with multiple users, when user policy is overridden, all users now receive correct user policies.
[DDPS-603]
● Dell Manager v7.1 now successfully activates against Dell Enterprise Server. [DDPS-614]
● During database migration from v7.3 or v7.4, MAC user leases are now properly created. [DDPS-637]
● In Policy Template Editor, deleting a new template that was based on a default template no longer deletes the default
template. [DDPS-673]
Dell Security Management Server Technical Advisories
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