Release Notes
KACE® Cloud
Release Notes
January 2025
These release notes provide information about the latest KACE Cloud release.
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About this release
KACE Cloud allows you to quickly enroll mobile devices, manage their inventory, and to apply required configurations and policies. You can interact with managed devices using a standard set of commands, such as resetting a password or locking a device, as needed. This cloud-based product helps you implement your entire device management solution quickly, and ensuring that managed devices follow your organization guidelines and standards, while protecting your data integrity.
This release contains one new feature and a number of resolved issues. See New features.
Supported platforms
MDM managed devices:
The following operating systems are supported for MDM managed devices:
Android
Apple
- iOS, iPadOS, tvOS15+
- macOS 13+
Windows:
- Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, Education, 1709 or later
- Windows 11
Registered Devices:
KACE Cloud uses an agent to deliver some management functionality to Windows and macOS devices. Windows and macOS devices can be partially managed without an MDM connection through device registration. The following operating systems are supported:
Windows:
- Windows Server 2016 (Standard and Datacenter Editions with .NET Framework 4.7 or later)
- Windows Server 2019, 2022, 2025 (Standard and Datacenter Editions)
- Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, Education, 1709 or later
- Windows 11
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NOTE:32-bit versions of Windows are unsupported by KACE Cloud Agent. |
Apple:
Browsers:
The following browsers are supported:
- Google Chrome 109+
- Microsoft Edge 118+ (Not supported on mobile devices.)
- Mozilla Firefox 119+
- Apple Safari 12+ (Mac only)
- Opera 15.6+
System-provided mobile administrative applications are not currently available.
New Features
The new feature is introduced in KACE Cloud:
Feature Preview for Scripting in KACE Cloud
We are thrilled to announce a feature preview for our upcoming Scripting functionality in KACE Cloud. While not all potential capabilities will be available in this upcoming preview, this new feature will give you a taste of how to automate tasks, streamline workflows, and enhance your productivity like never before.
How to Participate:
To ensure this feature meets your needs, we invite you to share your use cases for Scripting. Your feedback is invaluable to us! We will review the use cases carefully to check if you qualify for access to this exclusive preview.
Interested in Joining?
If you are interested in participating in the Scripting feature preview, send an email to KACE_BETA@quest.com with your use cases and details on how you plan to utilize this feature.
We look forward to hearing from you and working together to make KACE Cloud even better!
For complete information about these feature, visit the KACE Cloud Mobile Device Manager Help Center.
See Also: Resolved Issues
Enhancements
The following is a list of enhancements implemented in KACE Cloud.
- Improved Restart and Snooze Functionality
- KACE Cloud now offers more flexibility in device restarts triggered by patch installations. Users can snooze the restart according to rules set by the admin.
- Enhancements to Patching Rules to improve flexibility for setting the rules . The changes are as follows:
- Renamed Notification Rules to Patch Deployment Notification.
- Renamed Reboot Rules to Device Restart Notifications.
- Users can now preview the restart notifications that Windows and macOS users get when prompted for installing updates.
For more information refer to Configure patching rules and client notification options.
- Remote Restart for Registered Devices
Admins can now remotely restart Windows and macOS registered devices, similar to MDM-enrolled Windows devices.
- Improved Patch Reporting
Optimized Patch reporting to improve reporting efficiency, reduce load on the database, and enhance scalability for large patch datasets.
- Support for Android 15 restrictions:
KACE Cloud now supports key Android 15 restrictions for work profiles and COPE devices, improving security and usability.
- Google’s Support for AMAPI Devices
KACE Cloud now allows Android Management API (AMAPI) devices to authenticate with a Google Managed account (work profile only).
- To integrate with AMAPI, KACE Cloud must be configured with a Google Workspace admin account. If AMAPI was not initially set up with a Google-managed account, devices must be unenrolled, and a new enterprise created, as existing enterprises cannot merge with Google Workspace. For more information refer AMAPI : Enable Google Managed Authentication
- The result is seamless authentication for AMAPI devices, simplified setup without recreating Google Console projects, and better device management with improved Google Workspace integration.
- New Policy Editor:
Try the beta version of our new policy editor, which makes it easier to understand the content of the policy and easier to configure it. Feedback is welcome!
Please submit your feedback for this feature to kace_beta@quest.com
