Release Notes Console (Version 1.4.1.0485)

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Tanium Console 1.4.1.0485

General Availability Release Date: January 28, 2020

Major Features

• Personas have been introduced to allow for users to have multiple profiles assigned to them that restrict the computers they have access to and the Roles that have been assigned.  Personas can be assigned to a User or User Group.  To learn more about this feature and how to implement, please review our documentation here: Manage Personas
• Filter Groups have been introduced to support a new type of computer group to be utilized for filtering and targeting.  Having access to these groups will not affect the machines that a user has access to.  To learn more about this feature and how to implement, please review our documentation here: Managing Filter Groups
  • With the introduction of this new feature, computer groups visible in drop downs will now be limited to the computer groups assigned to the User as management rights and the filter groups in content sets a user has been granted Read\Write Filter Group on. All Computers and No Computers computer groups will always be visible.
• New privileges added to support more granular Role-Based Access Control
  • Micro-Admin Privileges 
    • Import Signed Content allows for a user to be able to import signed content including accessing the Tanium Solutions page and importing content from there.  To understand what this new privilege provides, review the documentation here: Import Signed Content Permission
    • Read Action Group allows for a user to be able to view Action Groups.  Due to the privilege change, existing user permissions may need to be updated to include this new micro-admin privilege. To understand what this new privilege provides, review the documentation here: Action Group Permissions
    • Write Action Group allows for a user to be able to view and edit Action groups.
  • Advanced privileges - To learn more about these new advanced privileges, review the documentation here: Filter Group Permissions
    • Read Filter Group will allow a user to be able to see the Filter Groups in their assigned content set.  Due to the privilege change, existing user permissions may need to be updated to include this new Advanced privilege.
    • Write Filter Group will allow a user to view and create Filter Groups in the assigned content sets.  This permission was introduced to allow teams to create and share computer groups for filtering and targeting amongst themselves.
• The Results Grid has been enhanced to add an icon which links to Asset information if Asset is installed and privileges have been granted.  To learn more about this feature, review the documentation here: Results Grid Asset Details view
• Computer Groups can now be exported and imported from the Console. Review the documentation here: Import\Export Computer Groups
• To improve, simplify and accelerate the Tanium Solutions page has introduced new features.  To learn more about these features, review the documentation here: Solution Import
  • Multi-Solution import is now supported in environments with a Lab License
  • Import Signed Content privilege has been introduced to allow for administration of solution import to be grant to users other than the users with the Administrator Role
  • Ability to export the imported solution version to a URL from one environment and import that solution version from a URL into another environment
• Administration>Users page has been enhanced to be able to show and undelete users that have been previously deleted.  To learn more about how to use this feature, review the documentation here: Manage deleted users
• Additional configurations have been added to the console to help reduce direct server modifications
  
  • The ability to upload a license file and view what is licensed and when it expires.  To learn how to manage your license files from the console, review the documentation here: Manage Tanium License
  • The ability to manage Tanium Server trusts.  Review the documentation here:  Tanium Server Trusts
  • The ability to manage Tanium Zone Server trusts.  Review the documentation here: Zone Server Trusts
  • The ability to download infrastructure configuration keys for the client. Review the documentation here:  Infrastructure Configuration Keys
  • The ability to manage Root Keys. Review the documentation here: Key Management 
  • The ability to manage API Tokens. Review the documentation here: API Tokens
  • The ability to view and modify local server settings. Review the documentation here:  Console Tanium Server Settings
• A user preference has been added to support translating the console to Japanese or French.  Review the documentation here: User Preferences

Improvements

• General User Interface Improvements
• Console Color, Header Text, Logo and Help URL can all be customized from the new Configuration>Common>User Configuration page Console Customizations
• Content can be exported and imported as JSON or XML via the Export Content option on the Content and Tanium Solutions pages
• Multiple improvements to improve LDAP configuration and management Manage LDAP Sync
  • Ability to Import and Export LDAP connections
  • Ability to search and sync only the members of groups
  • Show Preview is no longer required when Pausing or Disabling an LDAP Connection
  • LDAP Connections can now be put into a paused state and not affect existing sync'd users and user groups
• Configuration>Common>Confirmation Prompt is automatically enabled if SAML is used for authentication
• Configuration>Common>Proxy Settings User Interface improvements
• Saved Question edit options modified to provide clarity
• Content>Sensors page user interface improved to avoid clicking on Sensor Thresholds when page first load

Bug Fixes

• General User Interface improvements
• Resolved an issue that caused the Question Bar to truncate typed text when pressing enter to soon after finishing typing
• Fixed Tooltip hover on Question Builder sensor selection modal
• Resolved an issue with drill down that caused console to become unresponsive if appropriate permissions were not in place
• Issue with exporting packages containing version numbers is resolved
• Issue with exports of large numbers of Saved Questions is resolved
• Resolved an issue with invalid Role Export\Import
• Resolved issue where All Content Sets that exist or will exist option could not be modified on existing Roles
• Resolved filtering issue on Permissions>Content Sets page
• Configuration>Miscellaneous>Confirmation Prompt will now have defaulted selection visible in UI
• Advanced Filtering on Administration>Users page has been fixed

Known Issues and Workarounds

• None

Additional Information

This version of Console will be shipped with Release_Notes_(Version_7.4.1.1939)

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