What's new in Performance Manager?

In addition to code enhancements and bug fixes the following features are included:

Install to custom location option is removed

The option to install to a custom location has been removed.

Prerequisite

Before you begin the upgrade, ensure you upgrade to the latest version of Performance Manager and move to the default install location for custom location.

If you do not move to the default location, you must secure the installation folder by following the guidance provided in the Community article.

In addition to code enhancements and bug fixes the following features are included:

Updated Microsoft Branding

Performance Manager has been updated to reflect Microsoft's branding change from Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID.

Ability to deploy through Ivanti Neurons

Customers with both Ivanti Neurons and Performance Manager now can use the Ivanti Neurons agent to deploy the Performance Manager engine and deploy policies via the Ivanti Neurons agent management feature. Learn more about Integrating Performance Manager with Ivanti Neurons.

File Menu Alteration

The ‘Unlock without saving’ option has moved to the top level of the file menu to remove the confusion of it being in the ‘Save’ menu.

Support for Azure Active Directory

New rule nodes have been added to represent Azure Active Directory (AAD) groups and users. Like other types of rule, the standard behaviour is available, including:

• Display of the rule and normal interactions

• Configuration profiler

• Snippet import

• Search

• Undo/redo

• Signature rescan

• Library group in-use checking

• Cut/copy/paste between rules within this rule type

These rules apply on the agents of both AAD-joined and hybrid-AAD-joined machines. If a device is not connected to the network at logon then the last known Groups apply. User group assignment changes can only apply at logon. Device group assignment changes can only apply at restart.

Further, when creating custom rules in the console, they can be created with conditions for AAD User Name, AAD User Group, AAD Computer Group and AAD Client Computer Group.

Configuration for AAD is via the global settings.

Preset Configuration Updates

The out of the box Performance Manager policies have been refined in order to deliver the most optimal user experiences across the most modern and commonly adopted client types. The policy templates are compiled and peer-reviewed by User Workspace Manager Engineers and field representatives, with real world exposure to typical customer environments and requirements.

Refer to the Online Help for further information.

Session Idle Timeout Range Updated

In order to increase the flexibility of the timeout period, the maximum value of the Session Idle Timeout has been extended to 24hr \ 1440min value. The previous max value was 60mins.

There are no new features.

Online help has been removed because this release is no longer supported. These functional updates are for reference only.

Product Rename to User Workspace Manager

DesktopNow has been rebranded to User Workspace Manager.

Online help has been removed because this release is no longer supported. These functional updates are for reference only.

In addition to code enhancements and bug fixes the following features are included:

Console rebrand to Ivanti

The Performance Manager console has been updated to reflect the new company name of Ivanti.

You may still see references to the AppSense name used in certain areas, such as the Registry or Windows Services.

Console refresh

The Performance Manager console has an icon set update in response to customer feedback on the 10.0 console.

Online help has been removed because this release is no longer supported. These functional updates are for reference only.

In addition to code enhancements and bug fixes the following features are included:

Removal of Memory Optimizer

The following console functionality has been removed:

• User Memory tab.
• Optimizer and User Memory references from the Features Usage tab.
• The Resource Configuration tree view > Global Resources > Memory Optimizer node.
• The Memory Optimizer view.

Removal of Optimizer Monitor

The following console functionality has been removed:

• Optimizer Monitor navigation bar.
• Monitoring references within the Performance Manager ribbon.

Removal of Disk Scheduling

The Disk Scheduling functionality has been removed.

Removal of Performance Manager Agent Driver

The removal of the driver from the agent means that no reboot is required on installation.

Support for Windows Server 2016

Performance Manager is compatible with Microsoft Windows Server 2016.