Summary

Each release includes new or enhanced functions and methods in the Agent language (SCALE). Please refer to Tachyon SDK - Functions and Methods Reference for more details.

New features in

Tachyon Instruction Management Studio (TIMS) v5.2

1E Client 5.1

Tachyon client for Tachyon v5.1

• User surveys and notifications, and notification area icon called 1E Client UI. This is used by Tachyon Experience, please refer to:
  • Tachyon Experience 1.3 - Getting feedback via User Sentiment Surveys: What the end-user sees
  • Tachyon Experience 1.3 - Getting feedback via General Purpose Surveys: What the end-user sees
  • Tachyon Experience 1.3 - Getting feedback via General Purpose Surveys: Do not disturb...
• Support for user-centric features (user session reporting). This is used by Tachyon Experience, please refer to Tachyon Experience - Users page
• Support for Telemetry. Please refer to Tachyon 5.2 - Telemetry data and Tachyon 5.2 - Tachyon Setup: Telemetry for more details.
• A TemporaryDirectory configuration setting has been added that can override the default location for 1E Client temporary file storage
• Device information has been extended to include:
  • physical MAC address
  • inbound IP address (for NAT scenarios)
  • primary user (also displayed in Devices information popup from the Devices table in Explorer)
• Support for VDI features (device resource demand reporting) - this is a preview feature that is not enabled by default.
• New modules:  Interaction
• New methods: Security.QuarantineDevice, Security.ModifyQuarantineWhitelist, Users.GetPrimaryUser

• Support added for following Operating Systems:

  • macOS – Catalina v10.15
  • CentOS 8.1
  • Debian 10.4
  • Fedora 32
  • openSUSE Leap 15.1
  • RHEL 8.1
  • SLES 15.1
  • Ubuntu 18.04

Shopping client for Shopping v6.0

• WSA - Support for nested Task Sequences
• WSA - Autofill WiFi passcode on Connection page if available
• WSA - Option to disable the Location page

WakeUp client for NightWatchman Enterprise v7.2.500 and v7.3

• Creates a firewall exception for WakeUp with the name 1E Client (WakeUp) that is port specific.

Nomad client for Nomad v7.0.200

• Certificate-based client authentication for Nomad P2P communication
• Configuration Manager Enhanced HTTP support
• Support for multiple Certificate Authorities
• Improved PKI client certificate selection logic
• VMWare Workspace One support
• Handling download content for "expired" offer 
• Improved handling of updated Software Update content 
• Option to reduce election notifications in Nomad logs

PXE client for PXE Everywhere v4.0

• PXE Everywhere Agent is a client module of 1E Client 5.2
• PXE Everywhere Static Responder (to support DHCP Snooping) now has its own installer

1E Client 5.0

Tachyon client for Tachyon v5.0

• Uses OpenSSL 1.1.1c for secure communication with the Switch and Background Channel
• Tachyon.Performance.Metrics.exe is now included in the 1E Client, previously included in the Windows Endpoint Performance Integrated Product pack
• Tachyon activity record and storage features enhanced to include:
  
  • Software Performance
  • Operating System Performance
  • Performance data
• New modules: Http.post, Device.GetLocation, Device.SetLocation
• Now uses SQLite 1.29.0
• Windows support confirmed for Windows 10 1909
• Non-Windows now supports Red Hat v8.0 and v6.0
• MacOS now supports Catalina 10.15.1

Shopping client for Shopping v5.6

• No changes - only hotfixes

WakeUp client for NightWatchman Enterprise v7.2.500 and v7.3

• Now creates WakeUp firewall exception with name '1E Client (WakeUp)' and it's now port specific.

Nomad client for Nomad v7.0.100

• No changes - only hotfixes

1E Client 4.1

• Tachyon Agent renamed as 1E Client
• Enhancements:
  
  • Optimize ProcessUsage Minutes storage
• Improvements to 1E Client on macOS 
  
  • Reading certificates from the macOS keystore
  • DMG file installations
• Agent Historic Data Capture feature renamed as Tachyon Activity Record
• WSA enhancements:
  • Applications page includes all installed, normalized applications
  • Allow conditional download of Windows 10 upgrade packages
  • Check Windows 10 version readiness checks before upgrading
  • Perform In-place Upgrade compatibility check in WSA readiness checks
  • Allow Windows Servicing Assistant to exclude user state migration
  • Required for environments where TLS 1.0 is disabled.
• 1E module library renamed as Nomad, replacing NomadBranch client, and extended to support Nomad 7.0
• Nomad provides an efficient file transfer mechanism that integrates with Microsoft Systems Center Configuration Manager, providing a host of features that maximize download efficiency and minimize WAN link bandwidth usage, and reduction in the number of servers.