Provisioning Devices

Features Supported on iOS and Android Devices

This section provides information about the features supported by Pulse Secure Client on iOS and Android devices.

For iOS devices, the Pulse Secure Client requires iOS v10 or later.

Features supported on iOS v10.0+ Devices

•VPN + Workspace: The client supports any of the following connectivity modes:

•VPN only – connects to Pulse Connect Secure (PCS).

•Workspace only – connects to Pulse Workspace (PWS).

•VPN+Workspace – connects to PCS for VPN and PWS for Mobile management.

•Seamless onboarding to PCS and PWS: The Pulse Secure client:

•Enables the end user to enter a connection URL on the Welcome page.

•Can automatically detect the type of server (PCS or PWS) by validating the user-entered connection URL.

•Provides a seamless onboarding to the corresponding server.

•PWS onboarding using SAML based authentication: Pulse Secure client supports SAML based authentication for onboarding a user to PWS. For this feature, PWS acts as the SAML Service Provider (SP) and PCS acts as SAML Identity Provider (IdP). For this release, IdP support is restricted only to PCS. The third party IdPs are not supported.

•Compliance reporting: Pulse Secure client can detect the compliance status of a device. If the device is non- compliant, additional actions are provided to the end-user.

•Apple Volume Purchase Program: The Volume Purchase Program (VPP) allows businesses to purchase apps in volume and distribute them within their organizations.

•Blacklisting of iOS Package Names: This policy controls the user's ability to install and use apps that are flagged as blacklisted.

•Device Location – Registered iOS devices can now be located from Pulse Workspace via the Apple Push Notification (APN) service, see Working with Device Location.

•Application Visibility: These policies enable the collection of app usage and version metrics from devices. These metrics are used for the App Visibility Report.

•Modifying Bluetooth Settings policy: This policy controls the user's ability to change Bluetooth settings.

Features supported on iOS v7.0+ Devices

•Kerberos authentication - Registered iOS devices can use Kerberos-based authentication over HTTP, see Configuring Kerberos-Based Authentication.

Features supported on Android v8.0+ devices

•Device Location – Registered Android devices can be located from Pulse Workspace, see Working with Device Location.