September 2023 Release Notes

September 29, 2023

Added:

  • Microsoft Teams Machine-Wide Installer now patches while the Teams app is running. See our Third-Party Patching Best Practices

Updated:

  • We updated our pricing plan naming. You can now select from Basic, Standard, and Pro (formerly Complete) plans. In addition, you can purchase add-ons, such as Ask Otto, our AI script-writing assistant. For details, refer to http://automox.com/pricing .
  • Added information about where software update logs are written for macOS. See Logs (macOS) in Location of Files Required By Automox .

September 22, 2023

Added:

  • New third-party title support:
    • Druva inSync (Windows, macOS)
    • Leaklog (Windows, macOS)
    • Microsoft SQL OLE DB Driver 18 (Windows)
    • Microsoft Visual Studio Code (Windows, macOS)
    • Obsidian (macOS)
    • PictoBlox (macOS)
  • It is now possible to remediate third-party vulnerabilities using Automated Vulnerability Remediation (AVR). For a list of software packages that we support updates for, see Understanding Automox Severity Data.

September 15, 2023

Added:

  • New support of vulnerability/severity data for third-party software packages. See Understanding Automox Severity Data. We currently support these titles:
    • Adobe Acrobat Reader
    • Adobe Air
    • Foxit Reader
    • Google Chrome
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Oracle Java
  • New third-party title support:
    • Archi (Windows, macOS)
    • Microsoft .NET Desktop Runtime 6 (Windows)
    • Octave (Windows, macOS)
    • Seagull Scientific BarTender 2022 (Windows)
    • Wondershare PDFelement (Windows, macOS)

September 8, 2023

Added:

  • New third-party title support:
    • Dell Command Update - Windows Universal (Windows)
    • Dell Display Manager 2.x (Windows)
    • DisplayLink Graphics (Windows, macOS)
    • Pale Moon (Windows, macOS)
  • See tips for effective use of our Otto AI script writing assistant: Short Guide to Ask Otto Prompts
  • See our new guide: Remote Control and JAMF

Updated:

  • We made visual enhancements to the Automox Dashboard to improve your experience.
  • We updated the Remediations API to align with solution-based grouping.

September 1, 2023

Added:

  • AVR Solutions-based Grouping is now available. Refer to our documentation: Automated Vulnerability Remediation Integration
  • Solutions-based grouping is also available for manual imports. See Vulnerability Sync
  • New third-party title support:
  • Hubstaff (Windows, macOS)
  • Microsoft Teams (Windows)
  • Parallels RAS (Windows, macOS)
  • Vivaldi (Windows, macOS)
  • Wondershare Anireel (Windows)
  • Refer also to details about Third-Party Software Support: Microsoft Teams