Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell Wyse Management Suite Version 1.2 Administrator’s Guide
- Introduction to Wyse Management Suite
- Getting started with Wyse Management Suite
- Wyse Management Suite dashboard
- Managing groups and configurations
- Adding a group
- Editing a group
- Removing a group
- Editing an unmanaged group
- Configuring global level policy
- Configuring group level policy
- Configuring device level policy
- Editing ThinOS policy settings
- ThinOS—Wizard mode
- ThinOS—Advanced mode
- Configuring general settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring general settings—ThinOS
- Configuring security settings—ThinOS
- Configuring keyboard settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring display settings— ThinOS
- Configuring visual experience settings—ThinOS
- Schedule shutdown or reboot settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring device information
- Configuring BIOS settings—ThinOS
- Configuring firmware upgrade
- Configuring global INI settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring central configuration settings—ThinOS
- Configuring advanced settings—ThinOS
- Configuring remote connections—ThinOS
- Configuring global session settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring USB redirection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring third party authentication settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring citrix broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring citrix HDX connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring VMware broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring VMware PCoIP connections—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring Microsoft broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring Microsoft RDP connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring vWorksapce broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring AWS broker connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring direct RDP connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring direct ICA connection settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring global printer settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring printer settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring WLAN global settings—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Configuring WLAN connections—ThinOS 8.5 and later versions
- Editing Windows Embedded Standard policy settings
- Configuring system personalization
- Configuring desktop experience
- Configuring network settings
- Configuring security and lockdown settings
- Configuring other settings
- Configuring remote connection settings—Citrix
- Configuring remote connection settings—VMware
- Configuring remote connection settings—RDP
- Configuring remote connection settings—Browser
- Configuring Latitude mobile thin client BIOS settings
- Configuring Wyse 7040 thin client BIOS settings
- Configuring device information
- Configuring Wyse Easy Setup settings
- Configuring VNC settings
- Configuring domain settings
- Configuring BIOS settings for Wyse 5070 thin client with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise
- Editing Linux policy settings
- Configuring system personalization
- Configuring desktop experience
- Configuring login experience settings
- Configuring network settings
- Configuring security settings
- Configuring central configuration settings
- Configuring other settings
- Configuring VDI global settings
- Configuring remote connection settings—Citrix
- Configuring remote connection settings—VMware
- Configuring remote connection settings—RDP
- Configuring remote connection settings—Browser
- Configuring advanced settings
- Editing ThinLinux policy settings
- Configuring system personalization
- Configuring desktop experience
- Configuring login experience
- Configuring network settings
- Configuring security settings
- Configuring central configuration settings
- Configuring other settings
- Configuring VDI global settings
- Configuring remote connection settings—Citrix
- Configuring remote connection settings—VMware
- Configuring remote connection settings—RDP
- Configuring remote connection settings—Browser
- Configuring advanced settings
- Configuring device information
- Configuring Wyse 3040 thin client BIOS settings
- Configuring BIOS settings for Wyse 5070 thin client with ThinLinux
- Editing Wyse Software Thin Client policy settings
- Configuring system personalization
- Configuring desktop experience
- Configuring network settings
- Configuring security and lockdown settings
- Configuring other settings
- Configuring remote connection settings—Citrix
- Configuring remote connection settings—VMware
- Configuring remote connection settings—RDP
- Configuring remote connection settings—Browser
- Configuring device information
- Configuring VNC settings
- Configuring domain settings
- Managing devices
- Methods to register devices to Wyse Management Suite
- Searching a device using filters
- Saving the current filter
- Querying the device status
- Locking the devices
- Restarting the devices
- Unregistering the devices
- Resetting to factory default settings
- Changing a group assignment
- Sending messages to devices
- Activating the devices
- Viewing device details
- Managing device summary
- Viewing system information
- Viewing device events
- Viewing installed applications
- Renaming thin client
- Configuring remote shadow connection
- Tagging devices
- Device compliance status
- Pulling Windows Embedded Standard or ThinLinux image
- Requesting a log file
- Troubleshooting your device
- Apps and data
- Configuring app inventory
- Deploying applications to thin clients
- Creating and deploying standard application policy to thin clients
- Creating and deploying advanced application policy to thin clients
- Adding Windows Embedded Standard operating system and ThinLinux images to inventory
- Managing ThinOS firmware inventory
- Managing Windows Embedded Standard and ThinLinux image policies
- Managing file repository
- Changing wallpaper for all devices belonging to marketing group
- Managing rules
- Managing Jobs
- Managing Events
- Managing users
- Portal administration
- Adding the Active Directory server information
- Alert classifications
- Creating an Application Programming Interface-API accounts
- Accessing file repository
- Configuring other settings
- Enabling Two-Factor authentication
- Generating reports
- Enabling multi-tenant accounts
- Enabling custom branding
- Managing license subscription
- Managing system setup
- Configuring Wyse Easy Setup by using Wyse Management Suite
- Configuring Wyse Converter for PCs by using Wyse Management Suite
- Registering Wyse Software thin client to Wyse Management Suite
- Registering Windows Embedded Standard thin clients to Wyse Management Suite by using Wyse Device Agent
- Registering devices by using DHCP option tags to Wyse Management Suite
- Registering Wyse Software thin clients by using DNS SRV record to Wyse Management Suite
- Configuring the Wyse Software thin client by using Wyse Management Suite
- Troubleshooting Wyse Management Suite
- Installing or upgrading Wyse Device Agent
- Wyse Management Suite feature matrix
- Wireless profiles password editor
- Create and configure DHCP option tags
- Create and configure DNS SRV records
About this task
To configure the external application service, do the following:
Steps
1. Log in to the Wyse Management Suite portal and click the Portal Admin tab.
2. Select External App Services under Console Settings.
3. Select the Add tab to add an API service.
The Add External App Services dialog box is displayed.
4. Enter the following details to add an external application service.
● Name
● Description
5. Select the Auto Approve check box.
If you select the check box, approval from the global administrators is not required.
6. Click Save.
Accessing file repository
File repositories are places where files are stored and organized. Wyse Management Suite has two types of repositories:
● Local Repository—During the Wyse Management Suite private cloud installation, provide the local repository path in
the Wyse Management Suite installer. After the installation, go to Portal Admin > File Repository and select the local
repository. Click the Edit option to view and edit the repository settings.
● Wyse Management Suite Repository—Log in to Wyse Management Suite public cloud, go to Portal Admin > File
Repository and download the Wyse Management Suite repository installer. After the installation, register the Wyse
Management Suite repository to Wyse Management Suite Management server by providing the required information.
To use Wyse Management Suite repository, do the following:
1. Download the Wyse Management Suite repository from the public cloud console.
2. After the installation process, start the application.
3. On the Wyse Management Suite Repository page, enter the credentials to register the Wyse Management Suite repository
to Wyse Management Suite server.
4. If you enable the Register to Public WMS Management Portal option, you can register the repository to Wyse
Management Suite public cloud.
5. Click the Sync Files option to send the sync file command.
6. Click Check In and then click Send Command to send the device information command to the device.
7. Click the Unregister option to unregister the on-premises service.
8. Click Edit to edit the files.
a. From the drop-down list of Concurrent File Downloads option, select the number of files.
b. Enable or disable Wake on LAN option.
c. Enable or disable Fast File Upload and Download (HTTP) option.
● When HTTP is enabled, the file upload and download occurs over HTTP.
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When HTTP is not enabled, the file upload and download occurs over HTTPS.
d. Select the Certificate Validation check box to validate the file repository certificate to download the files.
e. Add a note in the provided box.
f. Click Save Settings .
Configuring other settings
You can use the following settings to enforce the APNS Warnings, License Expiration Warnings, and other Self Service
Legal Agreements.
● Dismiss License Expiration Warning on Dashboard page—Select this check box to disable the warning for a license
expiration from displaying on the Dashboard page.
● Enable Advanced Dell Wyse Cloud Connect options in Android Settings policy configuration page (Note:
Professional Tier Only)—Select this option to enable Advanced Dell Wyse Cloud Connect options in the Android Settings
policy configuration page.
● Heartbeat interval—Enter the time. The device sends heartbeat signal every 60 to 360 minutes.
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