[BESAdmin-Announcements] IBM BigFIx Self Service Application and Profile Management are Now Available!

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

The latest versions of Windows and Mac OS provide a variety of new features
and functions that optimize security and enhance the end-user experience.
As these Operating systems evolve, BigFix is keeping pace by delivering two
new categories of operational control, available to All BigFix Lifecycle
customers: The BigFix Self Service Application and BigFix Profile
Management
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The IBM BigFix team is excited to announce the release of The BigFix Self
Service Application!

Our new Self-Service Application provides a simple, modern graphical
interface for end-users to initiate software installs, re-configure
settings, remove software, or select from any other BigFix action deployed
as an Offer.  The Self-Service Application includes live search, icon
support, enhanced progress reporting, category filtering; and effectively
replaces the existing Software Distribution Offers Client Dashboard and the
ClientUI Offers & Progress tabs.

The WebUI Software Distribution, Custom and Common apps have also been
updated to enable attaching icons to Software packages and additional Offer
deployment options to facilitate use of new Self-Service Application
capabilities.

Our new Self Service Application provides value for customers in several
ways:
· Allows for re-use of pre-existing BigFix automation
· Empowers end-users and increases productivity
· Improves the efficiency and delivery of software and services
· Reduces Helpdesk requests for commonly requested apps/services

For additional Self-Service Application info and documentation, see:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Self%20Service%20Application


Discuss this announcement on the forum at:
https://forum.bigfix.com/t/ibm-bigfix-self-service-application-and-profile-management-are-now-available/19489

Actions to take:
Updated WebUI and SWD sites will be gathered and loaded automatically. To
deploy the Self-Service Application, run the Self-Service Application
deployment Fixlets located in the IBM BigFix Software Distribution, site 77

Published Site Versions:
Software Distribution, site 77
WebUI Common, site 37
WebUI Custom, site 12
WebUI SWD, site 13

Thank you.

IBM BigFix Team.
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The IBM BigFix team is very pleased to announce the release of BigFix
Profile Management!

BigFix Profile Management is an automated, simple, WebUI-based feature that
allows Administrators to enforce security settings on Windows 10 and Mac OS
X desktop and laptop devices.  Security settings are divided into four main
categories (Password/Passcode, Device Security, App Security, and
Restrictions) allowing for maximum flexibility.  Administrators define
profiles that enforce one or more categories of settings and deploy them to
devices to ensure continuous compliance.

More specifically, Profile Management is a high value solution that offers
the following features:

   ·	Security Administrators can establish and enforce different levels of
      security: the security posture of the entire organization is enforced
      by creating and deploying corporate profiles containing the minimal
      set of common security settings.  At the department level, local
      Administrators can create and deploy additional profiles with
      settings that are more restrictive than the minimal set enforced at
      the corporate level.

   ·	Supports creation and deployment of profiles to Windows 10 and Mac OS
      X devices

   ·	Ensures continuous enforcement by automatically reapplying profiles
      to devices that become noncompliant

   ·	Administrators can reset the security configuration on specific
      devices when they must be assigned to different departments or when
      security policies change at the local or corporate level

   ·	 Administrators can create new copies of existing profiles to change
      a subset of security settings.



You can find more information about BigFix Profile Management at the
following link:

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS63NW_9.5.0/com.ibm.bigfix.lifecycle.doc/Lifecycle/Profiling_Users_Guide/c_profile_ug_intro.html



Discuss this announcement on the forum at:
https://forum.bigfix.com/t/ibm-bigfix-self-service-application-and-profile-management-are-now-available/19489

Actions to take:
BigFix Lifecycle customers will automatically gather and enable the WebUI
Profile Management site. Operator access to Profile Management can be
adjusted via Operator and Role definitions in the BigFix Console.

Published Site Versions:
WebUI Profile Management, site 1


Thank you,

IBM BigFix Team





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