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Dynamic Environment Manager – Upgrade to v. 2406

Release date: August 13th 2024

Welcome to my Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager series. The new version of DEM, v. 2406 Build 10.13.0.2101, was GA on July 25th 2024. In this section I will describe how I upgraded my DEM Set Up to v. 2406. But first, at what point in an upgrade procedure should we upgrade the Dynamic Environment Manager Components? According to Omnissa’s official documentation, this should be done as shown below.

Horizon 8 Upgrade Overview

To check out all the new features and changes with Dynamic Environment Manager v. 2406, review the Release Notes from Omnissa posted here: Dynamic Environment Manager Release Notes

According to the release notes, it is only the main products that are updated in this version.

What’s New

  • User-Managed Auto-Start Shortcuts. A new feature that allows end users to choose which shortcuts established by administrators should be auto-started at logon. See Configure Shortcuts and Configure Dynamic Environment Manager Self-Support to Allow Managing Auto-Start Shortcuts.
  • Config-file Overview. Added new Comments and Condition columns on the configuration file overview. Administrators can view additional information about the configuration files without accessing the files.
  • Deprecate “Download Config Template”. Deprecated support for default configuration template download from the Dynamic Environment Management console.
  • Updated Components. This release updates the main product components. Application Profiler, Helpdesk Support Tool, and SyncTool are not updated for the 2406 release.

Upgrade procedure:

  1. Agent
  2. Manager
  3. GPO Templates
  4. Application Profiler (No upgrade available)

Omnissa Documentation:

Dynamic Environment Manager – Upgrades

My Omnissa DEM LAB Set Up

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