FEATURES
Expand your freedom to choose

Unlike other solutions that lock you into a Microsoft-only back end, ZENworks® Configuration Management runs on both Windows and Linux, supports Microsoft Active Directory and NetIQ® eDirectory, and works with your database of choice (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or Sybase).

This flexibility keeps costs low and does not force you to abandon your current IT investments. ZENworks Configuration Management also offers you a wide range of deployment options for more freedom.

Enjoy a truly unified and integrated solution

Centralize the management of all your devices into a single unified and easy-to-use web-based ZENworks console—called ZENworks Control Center.

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New core capabilities

Streamline and automate configuration management across your whole environment with a long list of expanded and enhanced core capabilities.

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Integrated endpoint security management for Windows

Manage the security settings of all your Windows systems through the central web-based ZENworks console.

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Integrated desktop management for Linux endpoints

Unify your desktop environments by managing all of your Windows and Linux endpoints through a single unified web-based ZENworks console.

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Power management

Configure policies for setting up Windows power management settings and performing out-of-band power management tasks using Intel vPro. Then, run reports that show the results of your efforts and policies.

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ZENworks reporting server

Get actionable information about your IT environment with an enhanced reporting service that lets you run a wide range of canned reports and build custom reports as you need them.

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Comprehensive, integrated configuration management

Manage your whole Windows environment with a comprehensive set of fully integrated configuration management tools.

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Device discovery and agent deployment

Find all the devices on your network, classify them, add them to the ZENworks Database, and quickly deploy the appropriate management agents.

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Policy-based automation

Use a unique policy-based approach to automate software setup, updates, healing, and migration for desktop computers.

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Role-based administration

Give administrators and helpdesk personnel just the level of control they need to do their jobs.

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Software packaging and deployment

Simplify and automate the packaging, deployment, and management of all your applications throughout their lifecycles.

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Imaging and pre-boot services

Perform automatic imaging tasks and manual imaging operations quickly and efficiently.

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Windows 10 migration

Use a unique policy-based approach—together with advanced imaging and personality migration features—to accelerate the Windows 10 migration process.

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Auto content replication and distribution points

Place applications and content close to your end users.

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Flexible, non-intrusive deployment options

Choose to install only the capabilities you need—or deploy the whole solution at once.

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ZENworks virtual appliance

Deploy ZENworks Configuration Management more quickly than ever before with a new virtual appliance option.

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Web services architecture

Simplify administration and reduce infrastructure and training costs with an elegant, easy-to-use web services architecture.

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Setup Commander for ZENworks

Lower costs by automating repeated steps for new applications.

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Device configuration and standardization

Create a more compliant and standardized IT environment.

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Eliminate IT effort

Streamline and automate the process of giving users all the resources they need.

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Integrated patch management for Linux endpoints

Keep your whole enterprise compliant with cross-platform patch management for Windows and Linux.

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Boost user productivity

Accelerate time-to-value and boost the productivity of your IT staff by up to 45%.

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UPDATES IN LATEST VERSION
What’s New in ZENworks 2017 Update 3

Micro Focus is pleased to announce the availability of ZENworks 2017 Update 3. This update is all about unifying IT operations—from tracking assets and configuring devices to implementing security and protecting your workforce.

ZENworks 2017 Update 3 includes the following new features and enhancements:

Actionable Dashboards
Actionable Dashboards
  • A new, actionable dashboard framework provides a visual representation of the data in your zone, helping you to identify problems faster.
  • You can quickly build dashboards to access the information that’s most important to you. And once you identify an issue from the dashboard, you can often address it right from there.
  • Within the dashboard framework, you can customize and save dashlets to give you a filtered view of your data.
Intune App Protection Policy
Intune App Protection Policy
  • This policy enables restrictions to be enforced on Microsoft Intune-based Apps, using MS Graph API.
  • You can enforce secure access controls, secure app data, wipe compromised app data, secure Office 365 apps from ZCC, and secure Office 365 apps on managed or non-managed devices.
Android Enterprise – Work-Managed Device
Android Enterprise – Work-Managed Device
  • The entire Android Device can now be managed using the Android Enterprise Work-Managed mode (similar to the “Supervised” mode for iOS devices).
  • Bundles and policies can be applied to the base device, without the need for a Work Profile. In addition, only approved applications are allowed to run on the device.
Locate a Lost or Stolen Devices
Locate a Lost or Stolen Devices
  • Admins can now locate lost or stolen devices, supervised iOS devices, Android Enterprise Work Profile devices, and Android Enterprise Work-Managed devices.
Branding Policy enhancements (ZAPP Display Size)
Branding Policy enhancements (ZAPP Display Size)
  • Enhancements include a new Display Size attribute in ZENworks branding policy and ZAPP, a Display Size option, and the ability to place more icons on devices where spacing and size can be reduced.
Office 365 App Protection Policies (Intune App Management)
Office 365 App Protection Policies (Intune App Management)
  • This capability enables admins to manage Office 365 App Protection Policies from ZENworks using the InTune GraphAPI.
  • You can enforce secure access controls, secure app data, wipe compromised app data, secure Office 365 apps on managed or non-managed devices, and secure Office 365 Apps from ZENworks Control Center.
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Variable Support
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) Variable Support
  • You can now customize MDT deployments from a single bundle, enabling you to upload customsettings.ini and bootstrap.ini in MDT bundle action and to resolve ZENworks variables in INI files at runtime. This eliminates the need to rebuild deployment share due to bootstrap.ini changes.
  • You can maintain a limited number of boot WIM files (often 1). And, you can customize your boot time configuration with ZENworks variables set at zone, folder, device, or preboot rule.
Support for BIOS Type-based Imaging Rules
Support for BIOS Type-based Imaging Rules
  • The enhanced preboot rules enable you to create hardware rules that boot different images based on firmware type: UEFI-32/UEFI-64/BIOS.
  • You can use variables specified at the rule in your image scripts or scripted OS deployments.
Platform Support
Platform Support

This release supports the following new platforms:

  • Windows 10 April 2018 Update, version 1803
  • openSUSE Leap 43 and 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (SLES 15)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 (SLED 15)
  • iOS 11.4

What’s New in ZENworks 2017 Update 2
Android Enterprise support for Android 5.x or higher
Android Enterprise support for Android 5.x or higher

This support enables IT can to create a secure work profile on the device and then deploy applications to that secure space. All of the data used by those applications is kept separate and can be managed and wiped from the ZENworks Configuration Management console.

Windows PE support in ZENworks Imaging
Windows PE support in ZENworks Imaging

This enhancement addresses the #1 priority of customers: support for the latest Windows hardware. The addition of this support ensures that any device that runs Windows 10 can be imaged with our solution.

Management of removable storage using BitLocker
Management of removable storage using BitLocker

A new ZENworks Endpoint Security Management policy allows you to manage USB devices using the BitLocker capabilities built into Windows, providing enhanced usability for encrypted USB devices.

Multi-disk encryption
Multi-disk encryption

ZENworks Full Disk Encryption can now encrypt all of the devices on a managed device rather than only the first one, which fully secures the device.

Support for mobile inventory
Support for mobile inventory

ZENworks is now able to identify applications installed by users as well as those installed by ZENworks. This means your IT organization will know which applications are being used and which ones are managed.

Support for iCloud activation lock bypass
Support for iCloud activation lock bypass

When a user leaves the organization, if their iOS device is registered with Find My iPhone, you typically need their iCloud credentials to wipe and re-enroll the device. Activation lock bypass allows you to reset the device by providing a code generated by Apple, so that the device isn't bricked if you don't know the user's credentials.


What’s New in ZENworks 2017 Update 1
Manage Enterprise iOS Capabilities
Manage Enterprise iOS Capabilities

With ZENworks Configuration Management 2017 Update 1, you can now pre-provision mobile device management profiles for DEP (Device Enrollment Program) devices, integrate with the iOS Configurator for non-DEP devices, use added Device Control settings to restrict Supervision-enabled devices, and preconfigure ZENworks-distributed managed apps.

Encrypt Modern Windows Hardware
Encrypt Modern Windows Hardware

With ZENworks Full Disk Encryption 2017 Update 1, you can now implement FDE on newer Windows devices that use UEFI-based firmware and GPT-based disks. And with improved auditing, you can even prove that lost or stolen devices were encrypted.

Support Your Next-Generation Network
Support Your Next-Generation Network

ZENworks 2017 Update 1 now allows your users to experience more seamless access to corporate information via Microsoft DirectAccess capabilities. It also now enables your managed devices to access servers over IPv6, helping you move into the future of IP with confidence.

Find Rogue Software Installs
Find Rogue Software Installs

With ZENworks Configuration Management 2017 Update 1, you can now quickly identify rogue application instances that users have installed on your PCs outside of ZENworks. So you can now prevent these applications from putting your organization at risk.

Access the Patch Management Dashboard from Anywhere
Access the Patch Management Dashboard from Anywhere

ZENworks Patch Management 2017 Update 1 allows you to access the dashboard without cumbersome plug-ins, so you can now view patch-status snapshots from any modern browser on both traditional and mobile devices. It also prevents vendor-superseded patches from being automatically disabled in the system.

ZENworks Configuration Management vs. Micro Focus Mobile Management

With the release of ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 2017, ZCM now includes Mobile Device Management (MDM) capabilities for iOS, Android and ActiveSync devices. As the first release, ZENworks 2017 offers a base set of capabilities that are critical to our customers. Over the next several updates additional capabilities will be added to the ZCM product, making it a robust Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solution.

Update 1 introduced Apple’s Device Enrollment Program (DEP) and Configuration for iOS Applications.

Update 2, which will be released beginning of January 2018, will introduce Android for Work Containerization, mobile Device Inventory and supports OS Activation Lock bypass code management. Upcoming features with Update 2 are marked blue.

As you may be aware, Micro Focus also sells a standalone MDM solution—Micro Focus Mobile Management (MFMM). This solution provides an alternate architecture, management console, and capabilities. Because not all of the capabilities in MFMM are currently available in ZCM, both products will be offered for some time to come. This purpose of this feature chart is to help you understand the capabilities of each of these solutions so that you can identify the one that meets your needs. Going forward the majority of MFMM capabilities are expected to be integrated into the ZCM product.

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