New features and enhancements summary

This section provides summaries of new features and enhancements available in this release. References to documentation describing these features and enhancements are also provided, when available.

• General features and enhancements
• Android and Android Enterprise features and enhancements
• iOS and macOS features and enhancements
• Windows features and enhancements
• Mobile Threat Defense features

For new features and enhancements provided in previous releases, see the release notes for those releases.

General features and enhancements

This release includes the following new features and enhancements that are common to all platforms.

• Maximum password length now enforced throughout Core: Core now verifies that every password falls within the configured maximum allowed length, set in the Settings > Security > Password Policy > Maximum Password Length value. This provides better protection against Denial of Service (DOS) attacks. Password minimum length can be between 6-16 characters, and password maximum length between 21-32 characters. For information about configuring passwords, see Local user password complexity enforcement details in Getting Started with Core.

• Content changes for rebranding and distribution: Product documentation has been rebranded to align with Ivanti standards and is now available on the Ivanti documentation website.

This release does not include new Android-specific features or enhancements.

• New restrictions added for iOS 14.5 devices: Three new iOS restrictions have been added:

  – Join only WiFi networks installed by a WiFi payload
  – Allow auto unlock
  – Allow putting into recovery mode from an unpaired device

  For more information, see iOS and tvOS restrictions settings in the Core Device Management Guide for iOS and macOS Devices.

• New policy added - eSIM Refresh Cellular Plan: Embedded SIMs ("eSIM") make it easier to switch from one cellular carrier to another. This new feature allows administrators to configure an eSIM Refresh Cellular Plan policy using the carrier's URL. Applicable only to iPads with iPadOS 13.0+ and iOS 14.0+ that have a cellular plan.

  For more information, see Configuring an eSIM refresh cellular plan policy in the Core Device Management Guide for iOS and macOS Devices.

• Configure Encrypted DNS settings: Encrypted DNS allows administrators to enhance security without needing to configure a VPN. These settings can be managed via MDM. This feature is supported on iOS 14.0+ and macOS 11.0+ devices. For more information, see Configuring encrypted DNS settings in the Core Device Management Guide for iOS and macOS Devices.

This release does not include new Microsoft Windows-specific features or enhancements.

Mobile Threat Defense features

Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) protects managed devices from mobile threats and vulnerabilities affecting device, network, and applications. For information on MTD-related features, as applicable for the current release, see the Mobile Threat Defense Solution Guide for your platform, available under the MOBILE THREAT DEFENSE section on the Ivanti Product Documentation page.

Each version of the MTD guide contains all Mobile Threat Defense features that are currently fully tested and available for use on both server and client environments. Because of the gap between server and client releases, new versions of the MTD guide are made available with the final release in the series when the features are fully functional.