Contents
- Minimum System Requirements for Impero Edlink
- Impero EdLink Version 2.1.0 Release
- New Features
- Web Filter Reporting Phase 2 - District & Parent
- New District level options for ChromeOS
- Enable bluetooth with Profiles on iOS
- Secure enrolment channel after setup
- Cloning profiles
Minimum System Requirements for Impero Edlink
Described below are the specific system requirements for running Impero Edlink on different operating systems. Please make sure that your system meets these requirements and that your operating system is up to date before downloading the latest version of the Impero Edlink app.
If your system does not meet the minimum requirements, the features of Impero Edlink may not work as described. Actual requirements may also vary based on your system configuration along with the applications and the features you install.
Environmental requirements
- An 802.11 wireless network that is open or using a Pre-Shared Key (PSK)
- Ports that need to be open for registration. 80, 443
- For Apple devices: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203609 but essentially TCP ports 5223, 2195, 2196, 443 (5223 and 443 for enrol and control. Rest of are for MDM servers)
- For Android and Chrome: Outbound TCP connections on ports 5228-5230.
- Schools utilizing SSL-inspecting proxies will need to add a temporary network without SSL interception in order to configure tablets.
- Schools need to ensure consistent connectivity and enough bandwidth is available for any initial deployment of apps.
Impero Edlink App – iOS
- iOS version 9.3 and above.
- 40mb Free disk space.
- DEP set up to point to EdLink or access to Apple Configurator 2.
- VPP login and download token or apple ID used to purchase apps.
Impero Edlink App – OSX
- OSX version 10.8 and above.
- 40mb Free disk space.
- DEP set up to point to Impero EdLink or access to Apple Configurator 2
- VPP login and download token or apple ID used to purchase apps.
Recommendation
Impero recommend the use of Apple's Caching service, a caching server can help you make sure all your devices are up to date while leaving your Internet bandwidth almost untouched. It caches all software updates, App Store purchases, iBook downloads, iTunes U downloads (apps and books purchases only), and Internet Recovery software that local Mac and iOS devices download.
What this means, practically speaking, is that instead of making all the Mac and iOS devices in your network run out over the Internet to download and update content from Apple's servers, you can host those updates on your servers, which makes for faster updates and less external bandwidth usage.
Impero Edlink App – Android OS
- Android Version 6 and above.
- 40mb Free disk space.
- A Google Account to download the Impero EdLink Application from the Play Store.
- Access to these domains:
Impero Edlink App – Chrome OS
- Enrolled and licenced in the Google Admin Console (Managed)
- Latest ChromeOS version and/or two versions back (Google Admin Requirement)*
- 40mb Free disk space.
- Google Apps for Education for your domain
- A unique Google Apps for Education account for each device
- Google Provisioning API, enabled in the Google Admin Console. (For information, see Administrative APIs in the Google Apps Administration Help Centre.)
- Access to these domains:
*Google and Impero only support 3 versions of Chrome OS (the Latest release build and two versions behind). Automatic updates for Chrome OS devices can be managed from the Google Admin console and it is strongly recommended you enable this feature to maintain functionality with Impero Edlink on your Chrome OS devices.
Impero EdLink Version 2.1.0 Release
Issue Type | Summary |
New Feature | Parent | Block Device | Implement the ability for Parents to block childs devices |
New Feature | School | User invites | trigger email send from dashboard(New email) |
New Feature | School | Reporting | User/student and Device reports |
New Feature | District | Chromebook | Ability to manage chromebook configuration |
New Feature | District | Reports | Web Filter reports |
New Feature | Chromebook | Sync | Background roster sync at district level |
New Feature | Parent | Reports | Web filter reports | Add web filter reports to the parent dashboard |
| New Feature | School| iOS |Implement Bluetooth control into the school profile |
| New Feature | School | iOS | Lock down enrolment channels |
| New Feature | School and district | Profiles | Cloning Profiles |
Improvement | All Products | Dashboard | Safari | Not supported Browser |
Improvement | School | AD User Sync | Graceful error handling |
Improvement | School | Reporting | Saved filters | update to the report screen for usability |
Improvement | Android | Update Target Version | Security Issue |
Improvement | School and District | Web filter report | Add ability to export page title |
Improvement | School | Devices | Device reports | Add jailbroken flag to type on filter |
Improvement | School | Chromebook | Device sync when moving from one domain to another |
Improvement | School | User pending status | Clear after sign in |
| Improvement | School | Devices | Sort devices in order of the last seen |
| Improvement | School | DEP | DEP multi user ability to clear recent user list |
| Improvement | School | Student and Device web filter history | Add action component |
| Improvement | Android | MG Browser | Add a home button on the MG safe browser |
| Improvement | District | Profiles | Remove the requirement for having a conditional profile pushed down when wanting to push a Baseline profile to a school. |
| Improvement | Chromebook | URL Filtering | Video Streaming Category | Students are able to access and watch Youtube videos by inserting into Google Presentations |
| Improvement | Parent | App Management | Remove the ability for Parents to disable the Edlink App |
| Improvement | School | iOS apps | Ability for self install app failures to try again |
| Improvement | Parent | Schedules | Use one component to schedule rules for parents |
| Improvement | School | Access Request | Blocked Youtube urls sent to web filter list |
| Improvement | Android | Permission flags | Getting and Sending some flags from device |
| Improvement | School | Parent Linking | Improve linking scenarios with students and devices |
Fix | School | iOS | Home screen layout issues |
| Fix | School | Chromebook | API and extension resolves issues with SSO |
| Fix | School | Youtube Filter | URL validation issue with m.* websites |
| Fix | Android | MG Safe Browser | YouTube player now working |
| Fix | School | iOS apps | Ability for self install app failures to try again |
Fix | School | Chromebook | Sync status popup is not translated |
Fix | School | MacBook | Incorrect battery status (removed) |
Fix | School | iOS | Lost Mode custom message |
Fix | iOS Application | MG Browser | Google search looks like a desktop screen |
Fix | School| Profile | Wifi Settings | Unable to enter 63 characters into the wifi password for WPA/WPA2 security |
Fix | School | MacOS | Unable to customise dock items |
Fix | School | Chrome | Incorrect software version being sent to the dashboard |
Fix | iOS | Classes | when assigning an iOS device to a G Suite student the My classes section crashes the app |
Fix | iOS | School | Profile | iOS restriction The device will not accept cookies is not showing up in the device MDM profile restrictions |
Fix | School | Profiles | Access Requests | When actioning one action it auto selects the other actions. |
Fix | School| VPP | VPP apps licences shows missing |
Fix | Extension| Chromebook | Not flagged as enrolled |
Fix | School | Youtube Filter | Display bug |
Fix | School | Profiles | No baseline profile after school is removed from district |
Fix | Access Requests | Able to use the "Actions" button even if we don't have requests |
Fix | iOS | Home Screen Layout | Devices are not applying the Home Screen layout correctly |
Fix | School | .JSON config issue | Configuration keeps being removed / corrupted |
Fix | School | Chromebook | Device Sync has trouble moving device |
Fix | School/Parent | Default and device pin | Leading 0 issue |
Fix | iOS | Webkit plugin not filtering on iOS 13.5.1 |
Fix | Chromebook | Youtube | When accessing youtube and selecting a video sometimes it downloads a file called watch.json |
Fix | School | Access Request | Disable duplicates for whitelist and blacklist urls |
Fix | School | Web Filter Whitelist / Blacklist | The same category appears in both White/Blacklist at the same time |
Fix | School | Chromebook | Web Filter reporting | Not showing the full student browser history |
Fix | School | Students | Student Browser History | Unable to change the records from 10 to 25, 50 or 100 |
Fix | School | Dashboard Cards (Widgets) | Recently enrolled card not showing correct results |
Fix | School | Dashboard Widget | Detail option not clicking through |
Fix | District | ChromeBook Settings | District and School config does not match |
Fix | School | Content | Media | Unable to upload a MP3 file, invalid file type. Unable to use URL either. |
Fix | Chromebook| Parent block screen | Timer continues to negative value |
Fix | School | Report |Table Filter not working well if count option is selected |
Fix | School dashboard | Baseline profile | Baseline is allowing editing of where and when |
Fix | School | Chromebook | Users sync appears frozen with no feedback |
Fix | Chrome | User sync | Duplicate OU syncs |
Fix | All Dashboards | Device list | Sort function is ignored on tables |
Fix | District | Profiles | Which Devices | Unable to tag Baseline Profiles |
Fix | Parent | iOS | Lock device PIN and close modal issue |
Fix | School | Devices | CSV download error |
Fix | Impero | MacOS | MacOS login Items |
Fix | School | Web Filter Reports | unable to get reports |
Fix | School | Web filtering | New web filter logs not appearing for device |
Fix | School | Web filter | Page title bad character encoding |
Fix | School | Web Filter | Bypass web filter |
Fix | School | Users | Users Invite Email issue |
Fix | Parent | Android | Request access button does not work |
Fix | Android | Profile | Home Page URL (Android) |
Fix | Parent | iOS | Actions list items |
| Fix | School | Web filtering | Approve access is not working |
Fix | School | Profile | Profile Re-ordering not updating |
| Fix | Parent | Chromebook | Bypass blocking device with switch off |
| Fix | School | Web Filter | Bypass web filter - Chrome Browser |
| Fix | Impero | Android | Add note to Camera restriction |
| Fix | School | Korean Language Dashboard | iOS MDM Settings |
| Fix | School | Impero| Applications | export applications report |
| Fix | School | Users list | Parent linked to multiple students only displays one |
| Fix | School | Students | Dashboard and exported file do not match |
New Features
Web Filter Reporting Phase 2 - District & Parent
We've expanded web filter reporting to include both the district and parentla dashboards. Easily review the organisations internet traffic on mass across all schools using Edlink, spot trends in behaviour and save your filters for hassle free reporting in the future. You can also perform several quick actions against anything you find in the report making managing a large estate of devices a breeze.
Parents can now also utilise web filter reporting, making it easy to see what your children have been doing online when using home based profiles.
Check out the Impero support knowledge base to get started.
New District level options for ChromeOS
Users can sync uses and devices from Google using the district level dashboard. This allows admins the power to sync at the district level and prevent users from sync at the school level. additional sync and background sync options have been added to allow for easy of management from a single location.
Enable bluetooth with Profiles on iOS
Users can now control bluetooth connectivity via profile configurations in Edlink. Bluetooth can now be completely disabled when profiles are active. This is in relation to the use of Airdrop where it has been reported that some students are using bluetooth to connect to our student devices and send inappropriate messages to other students.
Secure enrolment channel after setup
We have added the ability to lock down the enrolment channels after use to prevent unauthorised devices being enrolled into Edlink. That can have undesired impact such as the deployment of licence apps to a non school owned device. The followinf flags can be enabled to prevent additional device from being onboarded.
Clone profiles
Following feedback from users we have added the ability to create clone profiles. Now when creating a new profile you will be asked if you with to clone an existing profile. This will copy all the profile configuration from an existing profile to the new one you are creating. Perfect for when you need to make a new profile that is the same as other profiles you have but requires a few minor changes.
