We’re pleased to announce that we’re lining up our next Feature Release, in which we have the following two updates:

• Detailed patch information: Double click installed, missing, ignored and pending patches to see detailed info for the patch, and a summary status for the selected client. Use the information at your fingertips to decide whether to approve or ignore the patches.

• Brand new Managed Online Backup reports: The three Managed Online Backup reports are getting a make-over, so you can see at a glance exactly what the backup status is for all your devices, with new graphical summaries, granular filtering options, CSV export, and more.

In addition to these two enhancements, the release also contains a few smaller improvements, including a trio of updates to Automated Tasks, so that it’s clearer you can trigger Tasks automatically when Checks fail, a workflow improvement to make the descriptive name field optional, and better handling of double quotes in custom scripts for Tasks.

Here’s a preview of what’s coming:

Patch Management:

• On the Patches tab in the south pane, double click a patch (1) to see detailed information (2). Then pick your next step: have the Patch inherit its action from the policy for the Site, approve it, ignore the patch, or take no action.

• View Microsoft and non-Microsoft patch info alike, for any patch status, whether it’s installed, pending, failed, etc. (4)

Managed Online Backup Reports:

To see the new and improved Managed Online Backup Reports on release, go to the Reports menu and select any of the three Managed Online Backup reports. They all benefit from the following improvements:

• A new, modern look and feel
• Graphical summaries to quickly see the backup status across clients, sites and devices
• More granular filtering options for more detailed reports
• ‘Client Group’ aware: Only see clients in a user’s client group
• CSV export, Print button, and column selection as standard

And finally…
The staging release notes are below. Please note that staging release notes are subject to change. Final release notes will go out with the release.

Summary for Service Release
– Service release focused on new features, bug fixes and performance
– Dashboard v6.12
– Agent v9.13.6 RC, no change to GA agent

Dashboard v6.12
FEATURE: Show detailed patch information when clicking a patch on the Patches tab on the south pane
FEATURE: New UI design for all three Managed Online Backup Reports with CSV export and Print function
UPDATE:  Active Discovery now has an “Activities” tab in the south pane showing discovery agent promotion
UPDATE: Update label from “Event” to “On Check Failure” when selecting a Check-triggered Automated Task
UPDATE: Update the Descriptive Name field in Automated Tasks to be an optional field instead of required
UPDATE: Add support for Client Groups to the three Managed Online Backup Reports so they only show client in the user’s client group
BUGFIX: Ensure the location tab loads correctly for Mobile Device Management
BUGFIX: Improved handling of double quote characters in Automated Tasks
BUGFIX: Correct a Norwegian language display issue for Client Reports

Agent v9.13.6 RC
BUGFIX: Improved handling of double quote characters in Automated Tasks