Deep Freeze Server Enterprise Feature History

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Version 10 (February 2025)

Deep Freeze Enhancements

  • Reporting: Introducing a robust reporting feature within the Enterprise Console, designed to enhance visibility into workstation performance and management. – Customizable Grids: Organize data by dragging column headers, and show or hide specific report types for a tailored view, making report analysis more efficient. – Search and Filter: Use filtering options (e.g., ‘Equals’, ‘Contains’) to locate specific data and refine report content quickly and precisely.
  • Available Reports: – Current Status: Monitor Deep Freeze status and track time in Thawed state. – Actions History: Review actions applied to workstations, including updates and configuration changes. – Security and Compliance: Identify workstations that require updates or have been in a Thawed state for an extended period. – Workstation Utilization: Analyze workstation usage over a chosen period. – Top Thawed & Online Workstations: Identify workstations with the most time in Thawed state or highest uptime. – Recently Offline & Online Workstations: Track workstations that have recently connected to or disconnected from the Console. – Longest Since Admin Action: Highlight workstations with the longest time since the last administrative action. – Anti-Virus Reports: review below Faronics Anti-Virus Enhancements.
  • Tags: Easily categorize workstations by applying custom tags, such as department names or functions. Quickly find related items through tag-based browsing and search, improving organization and asset tracking.
  • Notes: Add detailed notes to individual workstations for context and additional information, helping administrators keep comprehensive records and ensuring that essential details are visible at a glance.
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Deep Freeze Standard Feature History

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Version 9.0 (June 26, 2024)

Enhancements

  • Core Isolation Support: Enhanced compatibility with Windows 10 & 11. Deep Freeze now supports computers with Core Isolation enabled by default, ensuring customers can use this important Windows security functionality.
  • DF Local Event Logs: Informative event logging in the local Windows Event Logs. Logs include the state of Deep Freeze (Thawed, Frozen, Locked, in Maintenance), the identity of users changing the status locally, and the source of changes (Console, User, Command Line) for better oversight and transparency.

 

Version 8.71 (November 29, 2023)

Enhancements

  • Modern Standby & Hibernation Compatibility – Deep Freeze workstations now support Modern Standby, Hibernation, and Fast Startup power options, which can save energy and improve battery life. Requires compatible systems.
  • Deep Freeze Log Files – Automatically back-up Deep Freeze logs on the client side for optimal performance.
  • Manage Virtual Memory – Enable this option during command line installation allows Deep Freeze to manage paging file size to better handle performance issues on workstations with limited RAM.

 

Version 8.61 (June 26, 2020)

New Features for Deep Freeze

  • Support for Latest Boot Camp Deep Freeze supports Boot Camp v6.1.7748 and up.

New Features for Cloud Connector

  • Update WSUS Server Implemented mechanism to forcibly update Windows Update status to WSUS server during Windows Update task.

 

Version 8.60 (January 17, 2020)

Enhancements

Deep Freeze Server Standard Feature History

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Version 9.0 (June 26, 2024)

Enhancements

  • Core Isolation Support: Enhanced compatibility with Windows 10 & 11. Deep Freeze now supports computers with Core Isolation enabled by default, ensuring customers can use this important Windows security functionality.
  • DF Local Event Logs: Informative event logging in the local Windows Event Logs. Logs include the state of Deep Freeze (Thawed, Frozen, Locked, in Maintenance), the identity of users changing the status locally, and the source of changes (Console, User, Command Line) for better oversight and transparency.

 

Version 8.71 (November 29, 2023)

 Enhancements

  • Modern Standby & Hibernation Compatibility – Deep Freeze workstations now support Modern Standby, Hibernation, and Fast Startup power options, which can save energy and improve battery life. Requires compatible systems.
  • Deep Freeze Log Files – Automatically back-up Deep Freeze logs on the client side for optimal performance.
  • Manage Virtual Memory – Enable this option during command line installation allows Deep Freeze to manage paging file size to better handle performance issues on workstations with limited RAM.

 

Version 8.61 (June 26, 2020)

New Features

  • Support for Latest Boot Camp Deep Freeze supports Boot Camp v6.1.7748 and up.

 

Version 8.60 (January 17, 2020)

Enhancement

Deep Freeze Mac Feature History

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Version 7.70.220.0230 (October 15, 2024)

  • Support for macOS Sequoia 15.

Version 7.60.220.0202 (October 5, 2023)

  • Support for macOS Sonoma 14.
  • ARD tasks set to run as root by default.
  • On macOS 13 (Ventura) or higher: Deep Freeze Mac application and command line tool will notify the user if the daemon has been disabled in System Settings > General > Login Items.
  • On systems running macOS Monterey 12 and higher: Deep Freeze will not perform major macOS updates when installing system updates during maintenance schedule.

Version 7.50.220.0100 (October 28, 2022)

  • Support for macOS Ventura 13 (on Apple Silicon and Intel architectures).

Version 7.4 (November 2021)

  • Support for macOS Monterey 12 (on Apple Silicon and Intel architectures).

Version 7.3 (November 2020)

  • Support for macOS Big Sur 11 (on Apple Silicon and Intel architectures).
  • New option for ‘Status’ command to return Frozen/Thawed status.

Version 7.2 (October 2019)

  • Support for macOS Catalina (10.15)
  • Maintenance Schedules Create maintenance schedules where you can perform Apple software updates, run a script or any other maintenance required. Optionally warn users prior to a maintenance period, lock the keyboard and mouse and shut down the computer after the maintenance period.
  • Restart on Log Out When enabled, the computer will restart when the user logs out (or when the last user logs out if fast user switching is enabled).
  • ARD Info Field
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Faronics Anti-Virus Enterprise Feature History

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Version 4.0 (February 2017)

In an effort to remain best-in-class, Faronics Anti-Virus will now be powered by a new engine that consistently ranks among the highest in the antivirus industry. Existing customers of Faronics Anti-Virus are requested to migrate to the New Anti-Virus 4.0  before June 30, 2017. Faronics Core Console customers will be able to install the New Anti-Virus Loadin version 4.0 as a separate product.

  • Upgrade Faronics Core
  • Uninstall Legacy Anti-Virus from the workstations
  • Configure the new Anti-Virus policy
  • Install Anti-Virus 4.0 on the workstations

Note: Email Protection and Web Filtering features have been deprecated to keep the product lightweight and to optimize performance.

 

Version 3.51 (October 2015)

  • Support for Windows 10

 

Version 3.5 (July 2015)

  • New Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) Firewall:  New Windows Filtering Platform drivers are now available that result in a more robust firewall.
  • IPv6 support: Applications using IPv6 addresses can now be allowed or blocked.
  • Web Relay for virus definition: A new Web Relay is installed as part of the Anti-Virus Loadin. The virus definitions are downloaded from a web relay that is independent of Faronics Core. The workstations ‘pull’ the definitions without adding any load on Faronics Core.

 

Version 3.4 (February 2014)

  • Support for Windows 8.1

 

Version 3.3 (February 2013)