Users Guide

Technical Advisories v9.5
● Amended 7/2017 - The Remote Management Console Login button may be disabled in Google Chrome or Internet Explorer
on Server 2012. To work around this issue, clear the browser cache and then attempt login or use Mozilla Firefox 41.x or
later. [DDPS-4558]
● Advanced Threat Prevention policies are not properly validated if their values are not enclosed in double quotes (") and
contain wildcards or special characters, including commas (,), brackets ([ ]), and tildes (~). To force validation, enclose
strings in double quotes ("). Do not use wildcards and special characters, which are not allowed. [DDPS-4589]
● Added 2/2017 - Policy validation beginning in v9.5 may result in an "Error Validating Policy " message in the Remote
Management Console when attempting to view policy when the value of the policy is incorrectly formatted. To work around
this issue, correct the formatting of affected policy values. To identify the affected policies, follow these steps:
1. Open <Core Server install directory> PolicyService.config.
Enterprise Server - Program Files\Dell\Enterprise Edition\Core Server
VE - /opt/dell/server/core-server
2. Change the StrictValidation property value from true to false: <property name="StrictValidation"
value="false"/>
3. Restart the services.
4. In the Remote Management Console, navigate to view policy at the level where the Error Validating Policy previously
occurred, and note the policy name identified in the error.
5. Correct the policy value formatting, and click Save.
6. In the left pane, click Management > Commit, enter the policy change description, and click Commit Policies.
7. If desired, change the StrictValidation property value from false back to true, to re-enable policy validation.
[DDPS-4779]
New Features and Functionality v9.4.1.11
● DDP Enterprise Server - VE now supports Advanced Threat Prevention on Mac computers. Advanced Threat Prevention
provides real-time threat detection by analyzing potential file executions for malware in both the operating system and
memory layers to prevent the delivery of malicious payloads. Control of execution at the endpoint allows for accurate
and effective detection of malicious threats - even those that have never been seen before. Advanced Threat Prevention
uses machine learning techniques that allow detection of new malware, viruses, bots and unknown future variants, where
signatures and sandboxes fail. Memory protection strengthens basic operating system protection features by providing an
additional layer to detect and deny certain behaviors that are commonly used by exploits.
New Features and Functionality v9.4.1
● A new Advanced Threat Prevention Agent Auto Update feature is available and can be enabled from Services Management
in the left pane of the Remote Management Console. Enabling Agent Auto Update allows clients to automatically download
and apply updates from the Advanced Threat Prevention server. Updates are released monthly.
● New Advanced Threat Prevention policies allow the administrator to configure automatic handling upon detection of a
malicious payload and extended Script Control settings for Active Scripts, PowerShell, and Office macros.
● The Advanced Threat Events Report can now be exported as an Excel or .csv file from the Advanced Threat Events tab in
the Remote Management Console.
● A new policy allows the administrator to hide encryption icons in File Explorer for managed users.
Resolved Technical Advisories v9.4.1
● Dell will continue to support current versions of Virtual Edition on third-party software platforms as long as it is technically
and commercially reasonable for Dell to do so, when there is no external dependency. Due to external dependency, VMware
ESXi 5.1, VMware Workstation 9, and VMware Workstation 10 are no longer supported as of the v9.4.1 release. For
more information, see http://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/support/product-lifecycle-
matrix.pdf.
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