N-central 2024.3.0.16

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What’s New in N-central 2024.3 

The June release of N-central in 2024 is packed with updates to help our partners stay secure as well as get the most out of N-central in their daily operations.  From the improvements to performance, enhanced usability in multiple areas, Device Management for Apple at the Customer level, and continuing to expand our growing set of REST API’s.

Security Enhancements

This update includes a critical security fix. The details of this fix will be outlined on July 3rd, 2024, in CVE-2024-28200 and CVE-2024-5322. We encourage all partners to upgrade to this version as soon as possible.

REST API Endpoint Additions

There are several new REST API endpoints included in 2024.3:

• Create Device Access Group
• Create Org Unit Access Group
• Custom Device Property Modify
• Custom Org Property Modify
• Create SO
• Create Customer
• Create Site
• Get User Role by role ID
• Add User Role
• Device List by OrgUnitID
• Users List

After upgrading to 2024.3, you can view the updated list of REST API endpoints by navigating to your Swagger Documentation page located at https://Your_FQDN/api-explorer/. Note that new endpoints are initially released in a preview state so they will have ‘Preview’ prepended to the endpoint description.

Device Management for Apple Updates

N-central continues to improve the DMA feature set with the following additions:

• Improved overall UI view and terminologies for Mac devices
• Two new columns in Mobile Device view (‘Status’ to show still enrolled, ‘Managed By’ to show if it’s DMA or Old MDM)
• OS Update monitor: Added a new monitoring service to detect whether new OS updates are available for a device
• Symlink to allow download of latest Mac Agent without needing to know the version for improved use within custom scripting
• DMA added at Customer level: DMA is currently tied to the SO level, this version now allows you to deploy and manage at the customer level.     

Usability Improvements

N-central continues to introduce more usability improvements in our latest release with some notable mentions:

• Add Device count to service template ‘Associated Devices’ table
• Add search bar to Dashboard Filters
• Split Password Status and Last Reset Date into two separate columns in Domain User Management
• Additional Device Class “Servers – Linux” support for AMP based services
• Add Serial Number column to All Devices and Active Issues views

Performance Improvements

This Release includes many server performance improvements around Submit queue processing, API response times, and more! The end result is less errors, lower CPU utilization, improved load times on the All Devices screen and better all around performance. See for yourself with some real world examples!

Analytics Updates

Analytics in 2024.3 comes with a ton of fixes, with a focus on UI, performance, and most importantly ensuring data is properly sent to the analytics warehouse so that reports will accurately generate with the essential data our partners need within their dashboards. But wait, there’s more:

New Data Domains in Analytics Direct Data Access

In the last few weeks several new data domains have been made available to users of Direct Data Access allowing for more N-central insights by either querying the data directly or connecting it to your own BI tool.

Some highlighted use cases to report on include:

• Last agent check-in by device
• Last logged in user by device
• OS version by device
• AV Status and product by device
• CPU Core count by server
• Managed devices by OS

The new domains cover data related to:

• Antivirus Status and Threats
• Device Logins
• Firewall Incidents
• Network Bandwidth traffic
• Patch Compliance
• Remote Access
• Usage

Learn more about the schemas, table relationships and get started with basic SQL for each here. The data dictionary has been updated to reflect the changes as well.

New Integrations added:

N-central continues to expand on its its N-able Ecoverse vision to be open and unify common technologies that our partners are using today. Since the previous release of N-central we are proud to announce 3 new integration partners:

DeskDay – CSA (Conversational Service Automation) is a unified next-gen PSA with built-in customer ticketing apps for MS Teams, Mobile, and Desktop. Click here to learn more.

Pixm – Pixm stops phishing attempts at the point-of-click in the browser with effortless computer vision AI and catches the stealthiest spearphishing campaigns when they are clicked through email, Slack, Teams, SMS, and QR codes. Click to learn more.

Hudu – Hudu Technologies, Inc., the Modern IT documentation software, provides MSPs a centralized platform to organize and manage standard operating procedures, devices, passwords, IT infrastructure, and more. By integrating with N‑able’s products, you can map, manage, and relate everything you need in one place. Click to learn more.

In addition:

In addition to the feature enhancements, there are many exciting fixes in this build, including nearly 30 partner reported bug fixes and 90 overall bug fixes. These changes encompass improvements in performance, EDR, Analytics, Patching and more! Be sure to review the full list of included updates below for more details. Detailed Release Notes