Release Notes Deploy (Version 1.1)

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Tanium Deploy 1.1.4.0040

Release Date: 11 December 2018

New Features

• Report deployment error messages in the console
• Provide reasons for applicability in the software package applicability status drill down

Enhancements

• Update applicability now also checks install requirements
• Improve registry-typed value comparison
• Rename Best Practices section to Getting Started
• Improve logging when the software package catalog is missing on an endpoint
• Add deployment name to deployment status json file
• Rename the deployment "installing" status to "running"
• Differentiate stopped deployments in the home page activity section
• Add info-level logging to endpoint deployment downloading step
• Add software package/deployment name to drill down headings

Resolved Issues

• Fix issue causing number of machines running Deploy home page statistic to go to 0
• Fix issue adding target questions to deployments
• Fix issue causing only the first filter in a target question to be added to a deployment
• Exclude gallery packages from number of packages home page statistic
• Fix issue with page not scrolling to the top on navigation to a new page
• Fix issue where the user is not prompted to distribute the catalog after deleting a software package
• Disable the stop button for finished deployments
• Prevent deleting operating systems that are used in any software package
• Hide download status for gallery software packages
• Fix issue preventing clicking in the command-line input box in Firefox
• Fix issue causing deployment status to be set to "Waiting" instead of "Download Complete Waiting"
• Fix issue causing saved questions to be created with incorrect max age
• Handle [Current Result Unavailable] errors during status updating
• Fix issue causing old versions of bundles to be displayed

Known Issues and Workarounds

• IE11 has some known visibility issues. Certain icons do not display in the Deploy workbench.

Tanium Deploy 1.1.3.0001

Release Date: 13 November 2018

Resolved Issues

• Fix issue causing large software package file uploads to fail to fully upload

Known Issues and Workarounds

• IE11 has some known visibility issues. Certain icons do not display in the Deploy workbench.
• When using Target Question for Deployments on Tanium Server 7.3 you cannot use and/or logic in a single filter. You must use multiple target questions to achieve the or logic.

Tanium Deploy 1.1.2.0049

Release Date: 6 November 2018

New Features

• Add “Install or Update” deployment operation
• Add Deploy history for deployment operations on endpoints
• Add ability to run software package commands as the current active user
• Add ||ACTIVEUSERPROFILE|| and ||ACTIVEUSERREGISTRY|| variables to software package applicability rules
• Add WMI query to software package applicability options
• Add download file as a software package operation type
• Software packages can be saved and you can come back and edit them later without losing progress

Enhancements

• Add minimum required catalog version to deployments
• Add endpoint counts to deployment status charts
• Add ability to undo changes to software package operations when editing a software package
• Add filter for software package applicability status
• Change Deploy saved action reissue time to hourly
• Run applicability scan if the applicability results are missing
• Add description attribute to software packages

Resolved Issues

• Wait for software package files to be cached on the Tanium Server before allowing deployment
• Don’t show fractions in scan age graph on home page
• Fix issue fetching third-party gallery when using a non-standard Tanium Console port
• Fix handling of operating system definitions for software package import and export
• Add validation for operating system properties
• Allow negative success codes for software package commands
• Deactivate Add button in the target question dialog until the target group is ready
• Handle errors while cleaning deployment files on the endpoint
• Adjust RBAC permissions to ensure Deploy Admin has permissions required to initialize endpoints, and increase minimum required version of EUN to 1.4.0.003
• Make deployment issue time local time on deployment index page
• Fix issue causing some ongoing deployments created with templates to error when creating
• Loading a deployment template will fully overwrite notification values

Known Issues and Workarounds

• IE11 has some known visibility issues. Certain icons do not display in the Deploy workbench.
• When using Target Question for Deployments on Tanium Server 7.3 you cannot use and/or logic in a single filter. You must use multiple target questions to achieve the or logic.

Security Update

This release includes security updates. Details of the issue, including affected versions, and mitigation information, can be obtained within Tanium's Support Portal, or by contacting your TAM.

Tanium Deploy 1.1.1.0001

Release Date: 3 October 2018

Resolved Issues

• Fixed issue that prevented the use of images within deployment notifications and deployment notification templates

Tanium Deploy 1.1.0.0111

Release Date: 2 October 2018

New Features

• Add third-party software packages gallery
• Add ||PROGRAMFILES|| and ||PROGRAMFILES32BIT|| variables for software package command lines and applicability rules

Enhancements

• Improved error messages for authentication errors
• Prevent deletion of software packages and bundles in active deployments
• Allow already started deployment to be stopped
• Add text filter for computer group selections
• Alphabetize software bundles by name
• Allow software package files to be renamed
• Allow deployment from software packages list by using the operation icon
• Update API to follow Tanium best practices
• Show created-by details for software packages
• Add software package and bundle IDs to the UI
• Display remote file location when importing a software package
• Add software package file cache status indicator
• Automatically select first deployment template from list when using a deployment template
• Disallow quotes in file paths in applicability rules
• Use CRLF EOL in endpoint JSON files
• Support Tanium confirmation prompt setting
• Show pre/post notification details in deployment template list
• Add TDL logs to Deploy support bundle
• Add validation of deployment notifications
• Add link to whitelist configuration page to whitelist configuration error
• Omit N/A values from software package applicability graphs

Resolved Issues

• Fix issue causing deployments to incorrectly be categorized as inactive
• Fix issue accepting software packages with empty install verification as valid
• Disallow deployment of undistributed software packages
• Improve validations and error messages for software package applicability rules
• Fix issue adding deployment target questions when using Tanium 7.3
• Fix issue causing saved questions to be created more often than necessary
• Support UTF-8 in deployment notification body and title
• Fix uploading local files during software package import
• Fix clearing of old temporary files
• Fix verification of service credentials to allow DOMAIN\User
• Fix issue causing targeting groups and questions to not be visible to users with limited permissions
• Fix windows file version applicability checks returning incorrect values for Windows executables
• Suppress initialization required error notification

Known Issues and Workarounds

• IE11 has some known visibility issues. Certain icons do not display in the Deploy workbench.

Supported Tanium Platforms

Tanium Server 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

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