Configuring a computing device using managed operating system images

    公开(公告)号:US10740109B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US15466841

    申请日:2017-03-22

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods are included for causing a computing device to assemble and boot from a managed operating system. When the computing device is powered on, it can execute firmware that specifies a server to contact. The server can identify an operating system (OS) to boot, and the location of a pre-enrollment installer for assembling the OS image. The pre-enrollment installer can download base OS images in one or more pieces from multiple locations determined based on ownership information of the computing device. The multiple OS images can relate to enterprise management and company-specific applications and drivers. Once the pre-enrollment installer has combined the base OS images, the computing device reboots using the combined OS image.

    Offline sideloading for enrollment of devices in a mobile device management system

    公开(公告)号:US10530865B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-07

    申请号:US15491973

    申请日:2017-04-19

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Systems herein allow an administrator to efficiently enroll computing devices into a mobile device management system, even when those computing devices are offline and not connected to the system. A management server can include a console that allows the administrator to enroll an offline computing device by selecting an offline enrollment option on a registration record. This option can cause the management server to create a device record, indicating the computing device is enrolled. The management server can also create and save a provisioning file onto a storage device, such as a USB drive. Assets, such as graphics and applications, specified by the device record are also saved onto the storage device. The storage device can be physically connected to the computing device, at which point the provisioning file guides automatic installation of the assets and implementation of device settings and compliance rules specified by the device record.

    CO-EXISTENCE OF MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS AND MULTIPLE USER DEVICE MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20190392135A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-26

    申请号:US16526002

    申请日:2019-07-30

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Various examples for performing automated enrollments of client devices with a management service after being accessed by a staging user account are described. A client device can be configured to identify a user account active on the client device and determine whether the user account is a staging user account or an end user account associated with an intended recipient of the client device. In an instance in which the user account is the staging user account, the client device can create an event listener on the client device that monitors a subsequent login of a user account performed through an operating system of the client device, the subsequent login of the user account being the end user account. In an instance in which the subsequent login of the user account is detected by the event listener, the client device can perform an automated enrollment with a remote management service.

    OFFLINE SIDELOADING FOR ENROLLMENT OF DEVICES IN A MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180309832A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-25

    申请号:US15491973

    申请日:2017-04-19

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Systems herein allow an administrator to efficiently enroll computing devices into a mobile device management system, even when those computing devices are offline and not connected to the system. A management server can include a console that allows the administrator to enroll an offline computing device by selecting an offline enrollment option on a registration record. This option can cause the management server to create a device record, indicating the computing device is enrolled. The management server can also create and save a provisioning file onto a storage device, such as a USB drive. Assets, such as graphics and applications, specified by the device record are also saved onto the storage device. The storage device can be physically connected to the computing device, at which point the provisioning file guides automatic installation of the assets and implementation of device settings and compliance rules specified by the device record.

    DYNAMIC RUNTIME INTERFACE FOR DEVICE MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20180176326A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-21

    申请号:US15379901

    申请日:2016-12-15

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Various examples for providing a dynamic runtime interface for device management are described. In one example, a computing environment can access metadata that describes a configuration of a user interface made in a profile template designer application. The computing environment can identify a request for a profile creator that provides at least one setting for a desired configuration of a client device enrolled with a management service, and, in response to the request being identified, dynamically generate the user interface using the metadata, where the user interface includes a configured to receive the at least one setting for the desired configuration of the client device. The computing environment can generate a configuration profile accessible by the client device that causes an agent application executable on the client device to configure the client device in accordance with the configuration profile.

    Dynamic runtime interface for device management

    公开(公告)号:US11272030B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16832664

    申请日:2020-03-27

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Various examples for providing a dynamic runtime interface for device management are described. In one example, a computing environment can access metadata that describes a configuration of a user interface made in a profile template designer application. The computing environment can identify a request for a profile creator that provides at least one setting for a desired configuration of a client device enrolled with a management service, and, in response to the request being identified, dynamically generate the user interface using the metadata, where the user interface includes a configured to receive the at least one setting for the desired configuration of the client device. The computing environment can generate a configuration profile accessible by the client device that causes an agent application executable on the client device to configure the client device in accordance with the configuration profile.

    Operating system update management for enrolled devices

    公开(公告)号:US10572240B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-25

    申请号:US15658421

    申请日:2017-07-25

    Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

    Abstract: Operating system update management for enrolled devices is disclosed according to various examples. In one example, a computing environment can receive an identifier from at least one of a multitude of client devices enrolled with a management service, where the identifier is indicative of a software update available for the at least one of the plurality of client devices. The computing environment can query a service using the identifier to identify information pertaining to the software update and cause a display of the information in at least one user interface. In response to a specification of a subset of the client devices being received, for example, by an administrator, the computing environment can cause the subset of the plurality of client devices to perform an installation of the software update.

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