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MaaS360 for iOS 3.5 Release Summary

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MaaS360 for iOS 3.5 Release Summary

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MaaS360 makes the iOS app version 3.5 available to download/upgrade from App Store on May 2nd, 2018.

The MaaS360 for iOS app version 3.5 includes the following applications:

  • MaaS360 core app
  • MaaS360 Secure Mail
  • MaaS360 Contacts

MaaS360 for iOS (core app) Enhancements

Support for restricting the screen recording >>

MaaS360 leverages existing MaaS360 policies to allow the administrators to enforce a restriction on screen recording of the MaaS360 app. When the policies are applied, a splash screen is displayed when the screen is recorded. 

MaaS360 Secure Mail

Support for restricting logon hours to company working hours >>

The logon hours determine when the emails are synced from the email servers. In this release, MaaS360 introduced new policies to allow the administrators to restrict the logon hours to the company working hours. MaaS360 also disconnects sync and denies authentication to email server outside of the logon hours. Note: This feature is only applicable to the primary account.

Certificate renewal for secondary accounts >>

MaaS360 extends automatic certificate renewal capability to secondary accounts. MaaS360 also made UI enhancements to view the certificate download status on the device. In the previous releases, MaaS360 supported cert renewal only for primary accounts. 

Respond to an email with a meeting request >> 

MaaS360 allows users to easily create a meeting request as a response to an email. When the meeting request is created, the subject of the email is mapped to the subject of the meeting request, everyone in the To field and CC of the original email message is mapped to meeting invitees, email body is mapped to meeting Notes, and default meeting start time is adjusted to the following hour. Note: The feature is applicable for primary, secondary, and delegate accounts.

Customized notifications for high priority emails >>

MaaS360 allows users to create customized local notifications for high priority incoming emails. With this support, users can easily track high priority emails as they arrive. 

NoteAdministrators must enable local notifications via policies. Also, if users receive a high priority email that matches the subject line criteria, the subject line notification takes precedence. 

Customized notifications based on the email subject >>

MaaS360 adds support for creating a customized local email notification rule based on the strings in the subject line. This feature allows the users easily identify the severity of the email based on the notification; as a result, important emails can be attended immediately without a delay. You can also create a rule without an audio alert to ignore unimportant emails.

NoteAdministrators must enable local notifications via policies. Also, if users receive a high priority email that matches the subject line criteria, the subject line notification takes precedence. 

Draft folder synchronization >>

If an email draft is saved in Outlook, users can now open, edit, and send that message via MaaS360 Secure Mail and vice versa. MaaS360 supports two-way synchronization of email drafts between MaaS360 Secure Mail and Outlook (or any other mail client that supports draft sync). Note: Draft sync support is only supported on servers that support EAS (Exchange Activesync) protocol version 16. 

Image picker refactorization >>

MaaS360 refactors the codebase to fix issues related to image compression and improve the way the images and videos are uploaded to Secure Mail and Docs.

MaaS360 Contacts

Support for three new default phone number fields >>

MaaS360 adds support for three new phone number fields: Company, Car, and Radio for Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 accounts. With this support, the Outlook contacts that contain these fields can be successfully synced to MaaS360 Contacts. Previously, few contacts were not imported as MaaS360 did not support these fields. This feature is applicable to primary, secondary, and delegate accounts.

Defect Fixes

Defect Number Summary Build Number
29550 MaaS360 adds a check to prevent the app from crashing. Previously, the app crashed when EWS (Exchange Webservices Sync) policy reached the device.   78
29502 The inline images sent via Secure Mail are successfully viewed on IBM Notes application. Previously, a crashed image icon was displayed for inline images on IBM Notes.  78
29458 The MaaS360 lock screen keypad is successfully displayed on iPhone.  78
29409 The emails in Secure Mail are successfully synced from the mailbox. Previously, when SSO is enabled, the Secure Mail failed to update. 78
29383 The Send and Cancel buttons on compose email screen on iPhoneX devices are re-arranged for usability. 78
28883, 28636, 28530 MaaS360 adds an exception to handle corrupted documents. Previously, the MaaS360 app failed when accessing corrupted documents. 78
28787, 27003 The recurring events are displayed on appropriate dates in MaaS360 Calendar app. Previously, due to timezone conversions, the recurring events were displayed incorrectly.  78
28785 MaaS360 app does not crash when contacts are accessed. Previously, MaaS360 app crashed if MaaS360 Chat app is installed and incorrect email format is configured.  78
28734 If policies are enforced, content sharing from managed to unmanaged apps is restricted.  78
28690 The MaaS360 app is enhanced to improve the performance and response time. 78
28660 MaaS360 shows display name of the contact in the To field in the compose email screen. If a display name is unavailable, a combination of first name and last name of that contact is displayed.  78
28658  Meeting invites that fall on OOF (Out Of Office) days are marked as busy. 78
28619 The email attachments saved to My Docs folder are available in Docs > My Docs folder. 78
28498 MaaS360 adds fix to remove the splash screen that is displayed after opening the iPad cover by just tapping on that splash screen. Previously, the MaaS360 app had to be force-closed to make it active again. 78
28238 MaaS360 allows users to create multiple secondary accounts with the same template. Previously, administrators had to create multiple templates for each account. 78
28212 To import native contacts manually to MaaS360, the contact must be saved as a VCF file. Users can open VCF file > tap Share extension > Save to MaaS360 > Save to Contacts to save contacts to MaaS360 Contacts. Previously, MaaS360 supported save to docs and Send via email options. 78
28069 Support for three new default phone number fields. 78
27996 The MaaS360 PIN screen is displayed without a delay. 78
27462 Effective 3.15, when hidden windows files are shared, MaaS360 shows the hidden files by default.  78
27411 On performing selective wipe, the apps are removed and status is successfully updated. 78
26499 The Secure Mail freeze issue is fixed.  78

 

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 November 2018

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