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Latest Release – Appstore-2025.1

The following release notes include features, enhancements, and bug fixes for end users and admins.  (The specific component versions include Appstore-2025.1.1 and CloudMounter-2025.1).

Student / Faculty / Staff Experience
Change type Changes
Kiosk Mode (beta) Introduced the ability to run Apporto in “kiosk mode” on thin clients.  Kiosk mode provides users with a realistic desktop experience by hiding the browser frame and preventing users from navigating away from Apporto.  (Apporto is still running in a browser, but this is invisible to the user – it looks like they are logging into a physical desktop).  Kiosk mode provides a very secure and controlled experience with low cost thin clients.

This feature has been certified with Chromebooks and Windows PCs (using the Chrome browser) so far, and we have plans to certify with additional thin clients in the near future.For more information, please see the following Help Center articles:
CloudMounter Enhancements Made multiple enhancements to the CloudMounter:

  • Ability to mount a network printer and reconnect on each new session
  • Added cloud service name to mounted drive path (eg. G:\Google Drive)
  • Enabled XML config settings to be overridden by registry settings registry so parameters can be managed by GPO or PDQ
  • Made user.config location configurable 
  • Updated caching
Performance Enhancements Improved H264 handling:

  • Improved accuracy of detection of device support for H264, so we can enable H264 whenever possible, assuming it is enabled in the app/desktop config.
  • Ensured H264 detection runs when users launch from new devices
Bug fixes Miscellaneous bug fixes:

 

 

Admin Experience
Change type Changes
Bug fixes Miscellaneous bug fixes: 

  • Fixed a scheduling timezone issue so the image creation time is correct
  • Prevented sending multiple emails when re-imaging multiple persistent VMs at the same time
  • Ensured deleted users are unassigned from persistent VMs
  • Added the Canvas Course SIS ID to Session logs (only visible for instances with Canvas LMS integrations)
  • Fixed the Analytics geographic map to ensure data shows in new regions (e.g. Europe)
  • Fixed the 7-day filter in the Admin Dashboard