Users Guide

www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2364-1/). As a matter of best practice, customers (and field teams) should always take VE
updates or sustaining releases. [DDPS-1368]
Technical Advisories v8.5
● In Compliance Reporter, results of generated report views and plugin data are not retained after VE is updated. [DDPS-1155,
DDPS-1156]
New Features and Functionality v8.4
● DDP Enterprise Server - Virtual Edition now supports new Cloud Edition policies that offer expanded protection and
management options. When Cloud Edition is used with Dropbox for Business, the following features are now available:
○ The Dropbox for Business administrator can now remote wipe a Dropbox for Business account.
○ New policies offer multi-account support, providing the capability to distinguish between Dropbox for Business and
Dropbox personal accounts.
● Dell Compliance Reporter offers new reporting options:
○ 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.
Resolved Technical Advisories v8.4
● Dell Policy Proxy now activates normally when an iOS web clip URL is specified before activation. [DDPS-162]
● AdminHelp is now updated to reflect accurate default values and ranges of the following policies: Cloud Storage Server
Polling Interval, Self-Encrypting Drives Initial Access Code, User Group precedence default value, and Mobile-EAS Number of
Failed Passcode Attempts Before Device Wipe and Inactivity Period for Device Lock. [DDPS-462, DDPS-545, DDPS-559,
DDPS-636, DDPS-641]
● A few previously unlocalized screens of the Remote Management Console installer are now localized. [DDPS-477]
● It is no longer necessary to install a previous VE version before restoring from a backup created with a pre-v8.2.0.44 VE.
[DDPS-503]
● Compliance Reporter Help is now updated to reflect the functions currently available in the Compliance Reporter Admin
Functions pane. [DDPS-512, DDPS-513]
● Hidden endpoints no longer display as Visible on the Remote Management Console Endpoint Search page. [DDPS-554]
● The SFTP Config user can no longer configure or change the VE users, ddpuser, ddpconsole, and ddpsupport. [DDPS-598]
● All users now receive their correct policy on Shielded computers that have multiple users. [DDPS-603]
● Dell Manager v7.1 now successfully activates against VE. [DDPS-614]
● Remote Management Console login no longer fails when the user's display name in Active Directory is blank. [DDPS-615]
● In the VE Terminal, the <Esc> key now correctly cancels the operation and displays the next higher menu from these menu
options: Reboot Appliance, Shutdown Appliance, Start Application, Stop Application, and Last successful update applied.
[DDPS-619]
● Remote database access is now available immediately after it is enabled. A VE restart is no longer required. [DDPS-652]
● The email sent by VE to notify the administrator that a password has been changed for the ddpuser, ddpconsole, or
ddpsupport account now correctly displays the name of the recipient. [DDPS-667]
● When remote database access is enabled, a backup of VE is no longer initiated. The backup impacted no other VE process
but may have affected performance in installations with large databases. [DDPS-679]
● VE v8.4 is a security update addressing an OpenSSL vulnerability (OpenSSL CVE-2014-0224). Customers and field teams
should take v8.4, and all VE updates or sustaining releases, as a best practice. [DDPS-822]
Technical Advisories v8.4
● With Internet Explorer, if VE is configured with localhost self-signed certificates, authenticating Dropbox with Cloud Edition
fails. To work around this issue, use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox as the default browser if using self-signed certificates.
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