公开(公告)号：US20180276000A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15466830

申请日：2017-03-22

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Jason Roszak ,  Craig Newell ,  Shravan Shantharam ,  Varun Murthy ,  Kalyan Regula ,  Blake Watts

IPC: G06F9/44 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L12/24

CPC classification number: G06F9/4416 ,  G06F8/61 ,  G06F9/4401 ,  G06F9/452 ,  G06F11/14 ,  H04L67/34

Abstract: Systems and methods are included for causing a computing device to install a management agent prior to an operating system completing its first boot. A bootstrap loader is flashed into firmware, such as the BIOS, of a computing device. The bootstrap loader installs an enroller that identifies a management agent. This can include downloading the management agent from a management server. The enroller can find or contact the management server by contacting an address provided in a WINDOWS Platform Binary Table (WPBT). The management agent is installed prior to the user logging into the operating system to prevent circumvention of management policies.

公开(公告)号：US20180173517A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15658421

申请日：2017-07-25

Applicant: VMWARE, INC.

Inventor： SHRAVAN SHANTHARAM ,  Vijay Narayan ,  Kalyan Regula ,  Varun Murthy ,  Jason Roszak ,  Achyutha Bharadwaj ,  Abheesh Kumar Thaleppady

IPC: G06F9/445 ,  H04L29/08

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.

公开(公告)号：US20180152439A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15365524

申请日：2016-11-30

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Yogesh Govind Hande ,  Shravan Shantharam ,  Kalyan Regula ,  Varun Murthy ,  Bhuvanesh Shanmuga Sundaram ,  Jonathon Deriso

IPC: H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L63/0815 ,  H04L63/0435 ,  H04L63/083 ,  H04L63/10 ,  H04L67/02

Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for providing single sign-on capabilities for a user on a client device. A user's credentials can be authenticated by an identity provider application. The identity provider application can facilitate single sign-on capabilities for browser-based applications and native applications on the client device.

公开(公告)号：US20170118647A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15401147

申请日：2017-01-09

Applicant: VMware, Inc.

Inventor： Erich Peter Stuntebeck ,  Varun Murthy

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04W4/14

CPC classification number: H04W12/06 ,  H04L51/18 ,  H04L67/06 ,  H04W4/14

Abstract: Disclosed are various examples of transmitting management commands to a device using a short message service (SMS) message or voice call. A device may lack network connectivity with a management service. Network capabilities of the device may be disabled or impaired. The management service can generate a SMS message or voice call that includes the management command. The SMS message or voice call can be transmitted to the client device over a cellular network. The SMS message or voice call can include an authentication string with which the authenticity of the SMS message or voice call can be verified. The device can then execute the management command.