KACE® Cloud Mobile Device Manager
Release Notes
April 2022
These release notes provide information about the latest KACE Cloud release.
About this release
KACE Cloud Mobile Device Manager allows you to quickly enroll mobile devices, manage their inventory, and to apply required configurations and policies. You can interact with managed devices using a standard set of commands, such as resetting a password or locking a device, as needed. This cloud-based product helps you implement your entire device management solution quickly, and ensuring that managed devices follow your organization guidelines and standards, while protecting your data integrity.
This release contains one new feature and a number of resolved issues. See New features.
Supported platforms
MDM managed devices:
The following operating systems are supported for MDM managed devices:
Android
- Android 13.0+
Apple
- iOS, iPadOS, tvOS15+
- macOS 13+
Windows:
- Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, Education, 1709 or later
- Windows 11
Registered Devices:
KACE Cloud uses an agent to deliver some management functionality to Windows and macOS devices. Windows and macOS devices can be partially managed without an MDM connection through device registration. The following operating systems are supported:
Windows:
- Windows Server 2016 (Standard and Datacenter Editions with .NET Framework 4.7 or later)
- Windows Server 2019, 2022, 2025 (Standard and Datacenter Editions)
- Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, Education, 1709 or later
- Windows 11
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NOTE:32-bit versions of Windows are unsupported by KACE Cloud Agent. |
Apple:
- macOS 13+
Browsers:
The following browsers are supported:
- Google Chrome 109+
- Microsoft Edge 118+ (Not supported on mobile devices.)
- Mozilla Firefox 119+
- Apple Safari 12+ (Mac only)
- Opera 15.6+
System-provided mobile administrative applications are not currently available.
New features
New features in KACE Cloud:
- Automatically connect Azure AD and KACE Cloud MDM: With KACE Cloud MDM listed as a cloud-based MDM solution in the Azure AD app gallery, you can quickly connect KACE Cloud MDM to your Azure AD subscription. This automated process takes just a few easy steps to get started, and is recommended over the manual procedure.
NOTE: This functionality is currently released as a Beta feature.
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Review and manage Microsoft Defender configuration: Microsoft Defender Antivirus is a complex anti-malware security software that protects your managed Windows devices. You can view the details of the MS Defender configuration on each managed device.
The Defender view available through the device's Security tab indicates if any of the Defender features are enabled, such as the anti-malware service, along with the network, real-time, and tamper protection. It also provides information about the most recent scan, and allows you to initiate one, when needed. The view indicates if the anti-malware definition file is up to date and displays its version number. You can also update the signature file. If the managed device is enrolled in to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, the Defender view shows whether the device is onboarded to this service, the associated organization ID (tenant name), if the behavior sensor is turned on, and the date and time of the most recent device connection. Details of any threats appear at the bottom of the view.
For complete information about these feature, visit the KACE Cloud Mobile Device Manager Help Center.
See also:
Resolved issues
The following issues are addressed in this release.
Table 1: General resolved issues
| Resolved Issue | Issue ID |
|---|---|
| Policy Manager could not remove a previously added passcode configuration from a fully managed Android device. | 6180 |
| An error occurs if a security configuration is added to a policy without pushing the changes immediately. | 6109 |
| A web app is unable to be edited after it is created. | 6099 |
| For web apps, the Automatically keep this app up-to-date check box is incorrectly enabled and causes problems when selected. | 6100 |
| The Apple Silicon flag is not available in the filter view. | 6082 |
| The policy manager is not attempting to reinstall the location configuration on failure. | 6017 |
| Device passcode rule tab should have an option to add the rule to a work profile. | 5900 |
| Importing the same custom profile multiple times is not renaming correctly. | 5798 |
| Displayed error message when saving Azure AD settings was incomplete. | 5776 |
| Importing a Microsoft 365 profile with the minimal configuration was giving an incorrect error message. | 5737 |
| Device History screen is not showing changes to app configurations. | 5659 |
| Changing an Android app configuration through a policy creates an incorrect history record that is not closed. | 5658 |
| App settings were not being removed from the device when removed from a policy. | 5642 |
| Expired product subscriptions were being unnecessarily displayed. | 4595 |
Known issues
The following issues are known to exist at the time of release.
Table 2: General known issues
| Known Issue | Issue ID |
|---|---|
| Android app associated with a policy appears to be installed on a device before it is actually installed, for example when the device is unavailable. | 6182 |
| Re-uploading a previously deleted app to the library fails. | 6115 |
| Windows variable replacement does not remove spaces. | 5975 |
| An Android agent update causes the device to exit kiosk mode. | 5850 |
| Some types of option sets are not applied to Android COPE devices. | 5843 |
| Smart label is not automatically including new macOS 12 devices. | 5514 |
| The KACE Connect app occasionally fails to deploy with the configured settings. The root issue is that the app settings are not always imported from Google Play appropriately. Deleting the app from the library and re-importing typically fixes the issue. | 5510 |
| iOS restriction sets can occasionally get left behind on a device. This is rarely an issue when applied through policies, but can occur if a restriction set is manually deployed to the device before the policy manager has a chance to push it. | 4949 |
| Installing a VPP (iOS) app to device while assigning the license to the user (instead of the device) fails. | 4756 |
| Uploading an Android system app to the app library fails. | 4694 |
| An Android Web App cannot be deleted from the app library if it was unapproved from the Google Play store. | 4693 |
| Occasionally the policy details for a device may show success even if the entity in question did not successfully install. | 3286 |
Product licensing
Subscription and licensing information is managed from the Settings page in KACE® Cloud MDM. It includes information on paid and trial subscriptions, licenses, start and end dates, available licenses, and more. For details, see About subscriptions and licensing.
More resources
Additional information is available from the following:
- Online product documentation: KACE Cloud Mobile Device Manager Help Center
- Product videos: How-to Videos
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Updated - April 2022