MobiControl[productSupport]
If you are using an older version of Cloud Link Agent (CLA) (e.g.,1.x,2.x or 3.x), you must upgrade to CLA v4.0. Before upgrading, you must uninstall the older version of CLA. If CLA 4.0 is not set up with MobiControl 15.4.x, any operation or functionality related to LDAP and ADCS will not work. For more information on CLA 4.0 setup, please refer to CLA 4.0 help.
We strongly recommend following the standard IT change control practices and testing of product upgrades in pre-production environments.
Contact SOTI's Professional Services and Support Team or visit the product documentation for information on proceeding with your upgrade.
This release includes the following new features:
You can now manage both legacy Windows CE/Mobile devices (compatible with SHA-1 certificates) and newer Android/iOS/Windows devices (compatible with SHA-256 certificates) on the same Deployment Server. By removing the need to have a dedicated Deployment Server for SHA-1 compatible devices, you now save on operational and maintenance costs.
When configuring an Android application within an App Policy, you can select how often you would like that application to be updated on the device. The following update modes are available:
With the new Android app update mode, you can prioritize critical app updates for the entire fleet, or postpone app updates that require testing before deploying them to devices.
The Users and Permissions page (formerly the Security page) is migrated to the next-generation user interface for a better user experience and overall consistency.
Users and Permissions logs can now be exported to a CSV file for further review and analysis.
You can restrict access to an individual App Policy to specific users and groups. This is an additional layer of access control on top of the App Policy permissions defined in the Users and Permissions page. This is similar to the granular permissions available for Profiles.
When configuring an application within an Android Enterprise App Policy, you can now view all the available versions (i.e., tracks) for an app, such as beta, test, etc. You can pick one of the tracks to deploy to devices.
The Android Authentication profile enables you to automatically revert devices to user mode after being in admin mode for a specified amount of time.
The Device Details page shows whether the device is in admin or user mode.
The Android Authentication profile lets you automatically revert devices to Kiosk mode after being in Non-Kiosk mode for a specified amount of time.
The Device Details page shows whether the Android Agent on a device is in Kiosk or Non-Kiosk mode.
You can now configure the wallpaper on Home and Lock screens of Android devices using Profiles in the SOTI MobiControl console.
You can deploy in-house or enterprise apps outside of the Google Play Store to your Android Enterprise devices through App Policies in the SOTI MobiControl console.
Whitelisting/blacklisting enables you to control available applications in the Personal Play Store for Android 11+ Corporate Personal devices.
You can limit how long the Work Profile may be disabled on an Android 11+ corporate personal device. Once the time limit is reached, personal apps for end users are disabled until they re-enable their Work Profile.
The use of camera and screen capture functions can now be blocked on Android 11 corporate personal devices.
Automatic update of App Store and Custom Apps on iOS 11+ devices now leverage the application’s version identifier.
SOTI MobiControl now supports Content Library for macOS devices, enabling file sharing with enrolled macOS devices.
In Assigned Access mode, you can now choose to provide users with access to specific folders, such as "Downloads," or to all folders on Windows machines. This provides the ability to create new files or access existing ones, which was not possible until now.
You can now preview files before downloading them to Android devices.
The SOTI Hub interface now has a modern user interface.
Mandatory content for an iOS device can now be synchronized to that device, even when SOTI Hub is not running in the foreground.
You can now allow or prevent file uploads and edits in a WebDAV repository.
The Enterprise Resource Gateway (ERG) installer is now redesigned to simplify the installation process.
The Settings Manager now has a modern user interface.
You can allow or disallow management of Wi-Fi network settings.
To ensure business continuity and maintain operational efficiency, you can now set two or more CLAs to handle large numbers of requests to access on-premise active directory and ADCS resources.
These additional CLAs will improve performance by load balancing the requests and ensuring all requests are handled, even when one CLA is down.
Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2019.
The following new REST APIs are included in this release:
| MCMR‑25777 | License counts for apps in the App Store License accounts were higher than expected |
| MC‑122175 | On iOS devices, screenshots were not available in the App Detail screen of the App Catalog web clip |
| MC‑120808 | The Application Policy report could not be generated in Microsoft Excel format |
| MC‑115260 | In the iOS App Policy, tooltips appeared empty for the "Request Device to Install Application (Unsupervised Device Only)" and "Maximum Installation Attempts" options |
| MCMR‑22186 | User permissions were not being saved |
| MCMR‑22252 | Time synchronization for Mexico time zones was not working |
| MCMR‑23334 | When a username was changed, logs still showed the old username |
| MCMR‑24376 | Custom Data items were duplicated in the Data Collection Rule creation wizard |
| MCMR‑24386 | Device target number in the Device Assignment dialog was not updated when a filter was applied |
| MCMR‑24632 | Incorrect values were displayed on the Device charts for custom attributes and dates |
| MCMR‑25160 | Ping Identity integration did not work with the standard SAML configuration |
| MCMR‑25252 | Explorer in Windows Modern does not show folders and files that were granted access through Assigned Access. |
| MCMR‑25334 | Feature control configuration failed to install on Windows Modern devices |
| MCMR‑25504 | Unable to set the time zone to Yukon when configuring the Time Synchronization policy for a Device Group |
| MCMR‑25600 | Cloud Link Agent 3.0 connection terminated after several minutes |
| MCMR‑25690 | The value of Relocate Devices To field in the Alert Rule was reset when the configured device group moved under another device group |
| MCMR‑25725 | When adding a new Identity user to MobiControl, object ID was displayed in the web console instead of username |
| MCMR‑25819 | Error message displayed when configuring user permissions |
| MCMR‑26143 | Unable to access WebDAV content through SOTI Hub using iOS devices |
| MCMR‑26213 | Deployment Server crashed unexpectedly |
| MCMR‑26270 | Assigned Access configuration was applied to the Windows Modern device only after multiple reboots |
| MCMR‑26307 | Personalized device name was not displayed in the web console |
| MCMR‑26351 | Disabling Allow Simple Password configuration for a Windows CE profile failed to save in web console |
| MCMR‑26643 | Linux Ubuntu 20.04 was stuck in boot loop after assigning a lockdown profile |
| MCMR‑26684 | Profile’s policy messaging value was saved with invalid Japanese character |
| MCMR‑27013 | Nightly maintenance failed due to the length of time it required to complete |
| MCMR‑27046 | Linux Agent failed to connect using HTTP proxy |
| MCMR‑27232 | SOTI Surf crashed when accessing a link on a Google form |
| MCMR‑27535 | An additional Self Service permission available in the Japanese UI was added to the English UI |
