Empirum 24.0 - Release Notes
About This Document
This document describes functional changes, bug fixes, known issues, modified behaviors and changed platform support that have been added since the last update. Please find the installation files of this version on Matrix42 Marketplace. System requirements, integration guides and instructions for installation and update are available in the Matrix42 Help Center.
Visit the following playlists on the Matrix42 YouTube channel to get a short overview presentation of the major new features: Link to English Video-Playlist | Link to German Video-Playlist.
Software Management
The Standard Feature Release version 2312.1.2 of the UEM Agent is part of the installation. Please check the Marketplace or the implace upgrade function via EMC for new versions of the UEM Agent. Further details and information about the new features of the UEM Agent can be found here: Matrix42 Marketplace
If necessary, adjust the UEM Agent update settings of your computers before the update. After the update, the UEM Agent is configured as not released, it will only roll out automatically to computers configured for pilot rollouts.
For using optional packages as part of the distribution flags, the UEM Agent of type "Standard Feature Release" starting version 2203.1.2 or newer. The UEM Agent Extended Support Release 2006 is not supporting this function.
OS Installer
The v24.0.0 ISO has the latest WinPE 1.9.4 integrated, but is ONLY installed for a new installation of Empirum. However, you can use the new function in the EMC "Download latest WinPE Support Package". Further details and information about WinPE can be found here: WinPE
If you use only WinPE and no longer EPE to install your operating systems, you can delete all imported WADK and WAIK (Configuration > OS Installer > Import) permanently.
Old or unneeded PreOS packages should be deleted from the EMC and locally from the hard disk.
Please check here in the EMC in the tab Configuration - Software Management - Depot - Matrix42 PreOS Packages and delete all unneeded PreOS packages.
Locally you can delete the same PreOS packages from the hard disk in the directory "%EmpirumServer%\Configurator$\PackageStore\PreOSPackages".
UUX for SUEM
More details and information about UUX for SUEM can be found here: Release Notes SUEM 24.0.0.
Common Changes/Enhancements
In this release, we've implemented data telemetry to capture anonymous usage metrics of our software. This feature strictly collects non-personal data related to the usage and performance of the software, ensuring user privacy is fully respected. This will aid in enhancing future updates and overall user experience. More and detailed information can be found here.
UEM Depot Sync
A new software package UEM Depot Sync 2.1.8 is part of the ISO and must be used in combination with the current SFR UEM Agent 2312.1.2. We recommend updating to the new package in order to be able to use all the new features of Empirum v24.0.0. You can find a deep dive session on the new Depot Sync 2.0 here.
With version > 2.0 of the package the synchronization mechanism has been changed in many areas and does not use the tradition ways. We highly recommend to read out help article before updating to this version at our help pages.
Packaging Center
From now on it is possible to create a bootable USB stick directly via the Packaging Center and the Offline PXE Image Creator. A detailed documentation can be found here.
Empirum Web Console (EWC)
Update of the Tomcat version to 9.0.86 and Java version to 21.0.2.
A manual update of the Java and Tomcat versions is described here.
Updated documentation
New Article available: Automated Assignment with active Filters
Enterprise Service Bus
Release 24.0.0 also includes a new version 4.18.4 of the Empirum ServiceBus service. This includes support for the UEM Depot Sync and stabilizations.
Notification of extended maintenance period (LTSB)
Empirum version 23.0.3 is declared as LTSB version. Customers who are entitled to Matrix42 Premium Support thus receive an extended maintenance period beyond the release of version 25.0.0 at the end of April 2025.
Solved Issues
| Problem ID | Description |
|---|---|
| Software Management | |
| PRB36935 | UEM Agent - Userteil wird bei der Reinstallation als SYSTEM deinstalliert |
| PRB37208 | Agentinstallation on a new client generates an Inventory-error within Alarmmanagement |
| Patch Management | |
| PRB37541 | Package type 'Patch Management' is ignored during import and export |
| PRB37682 | Opening a patch group with a large number of assigned patches takes several minutes |
| PRB37903 | Intune managed clients can no longer be updated with Windows Update after running the fix-package of pm |
| PRB37950 | Patchpownload and catalogsync fail because of proxy authentication error |
| Matrix42 Management Console (EMC) | |
| PRB37717 | Error message is not translated into German and French |
| PRB37745 | EMC: "Maximum number of failed installation attempts" may be changed accidentally |
| PRB37324 | EMC does not recognize missing database connection when saving software changes in depot |
| PRB37742 | Empirum 23.0.2 problems with "Download current WinPE support package" |
| PRB37592 | EMC: Deleting clients is audited as successfully even if it fails due to timeout |
| PRB37800 | EMC: Corrections of description and default settings at the dialog for filter actions |
| PRB37871 | Duplicate boot image error |
| Matrix42 Web Console (EWC) | |
| PRB37169 | EWC does not allow to show logs on filters with role EMP_M_COMPUTER |
| PRB37170 | EWC is unable to connect to databases having names with special characters |
| OS Installer | |
| PRB37723 | Unable to add .exe Drivers to Offline Bootmedia als in the Driver Assistant |
| PRB37769 | Problem when creating a boot configuration |
| Misc | |
| PRB37746 | Value in the in Variable "Connectionstring" of a Variable Configuration let Depot Monitor fail |
| PRB37497 | Empirum Inventory import incorrectly converts inventory date to UTC. |
| PRB37499 | Alarm Management - Email when updating BIOS is not showing the new version. |
| PRB37818 | Missing folder in Cloud Environment |
| PRB37794 | Empirum EAI service writes incorrect action name for auditing |
| PRB37755 | Empirum Service Bus: wrong start type, manual instead automatically |
| PRB37766 | Personal Backup restore - taskbar icons broken |
| PRB37974 | When creating an Offline Driver Package ( 2GB ) using Packaging Center 23.0.3, it fails |
| PRB37983 | Empirum: PXE capable option cannot be set in computer properties |
Known Issues
| Problem ID | Description |
|---|---|
| OS Installer | |
| The feature "WinPE http/s Support" has current restrictions and don't support the client certificate from the agent template. Also Disk Imaging is not possible over http/s. | |
| Linux Inventory | |
| Linux Inventory is not part of the release. You can find the latest version on our Marketplace here | |
Changed or no longer supported Features and Platforms
- Advanced Agent is not supported anymore.
- UEM Agent older than version 2003.x are not supported with protocol http(s) anymore.
- The SubDepot package no longer sets the null session shares.
- Due to performance optimizations of the PXE service, the following behavior has changed when booting computer objects known in Empirum. If the checkbox "PXE capable" is not set when creating a computer object, the checkbox is NOT automatically set when booting the client from v21.0!
- Since Empirum version 22.0.1, the Empirum Automation Interface - EAI - no longer supports the reading of XML files.
- Since Empirum version 23.0.1 and WinPE 1.9.1 the reading of drivers.ini file is no longer supported
Discontinuations for Version v24.0
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Discontinuations for Version v24.0 Update 1
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Scheduled discontinuations for Version V25 and above
- Sync templates are on maintenance starting with v23.0 Update 3 and will be discontinued starting with V25.0