Reference Guide

Windows v1.2
• New audit events supported with Windows clients track when an internal user is blocked from copying protected content and when an
external user requests access to a file.
• External users with Data Guardian installed and activated on Windows, Mac, or a mobile device can now directly and immediately
request file access from internal users. Administrators can grant or deny access through the Dell Remote Management Console when
internal users are unavailable.
• Internal users can now allow access to protected files sent to external users through Outlook in one easy step before the email is sent.
• A new context menu option allows users to quickly protect an unprotected Office document by simply right-clicking the file.
• A new Dell Data Guardian tab is available in File Properties of a protected Office document, with the file's Key ID and access and
embargo data.
Mac v1.2
• Amended 05/2017: Apple released macOS Sierra 10.12.5 on 05/15/17 and is now supported.
• macOS Sierra 10.12.4 is now supported.
• External users with Data Guardian installed and activated on Windows, Mac, or a mobile device can now directly and immediately
request file access from internal users. Administrators can grant or deny access through the Dell Remote Management Console when
internal users are unavailable.
• Additional protection is available for protected office documents through the Print Control policy, which allows the administrator to
control whether a document can be printed and, if printed, contain a watermark with the name, domain, and computer ID of the user
who prints it.
• A callback beacon can be inserted into every protected Office file, when the beacon server is installed as part of the Dell Server Front
End/Proxy Mode installation.
• Internal users can now allow access to protected files sent to external users through Outlook in one easy step before the email is sent.
• A new context menu option allows users to quickly protect an unprotected office document by simply right-clicking the file.
• A new Data Guardian tab is available in File Properties of a protected office document, with the file's Key ID and access and embargo
data.
• A new audit event tracks when an external user requests access to a file.
Mobile v1.2
• New Data Guardian Mobile policies provide geolocation and geofencing capabilities.
• Data Guardian Mobile is now integrated with Airwatch.
• Embargo is now available with Data Guardian Mobile.
Windows Resolved Technical Advisories v1.2
Windows v1.2
• User experience is improved with additional error-handling dialogs.
• After Data Guardian uninstallation, the user is no longer redirected to the Data Guardian virtual drive when accessing a Dropbox file
from the Favorites folder. [DDPCE-2666]
• The issue of a short period of unresponsiveness after canceling an operation to add a date restriction to a file, has been closed as not
reproducible. [DDPCE-3845]
• The issue of embargo dates not displaying when an embargoed Office document is saved to a network drive has been closed as not
reproducible. [DDPCE-4058]
• When creating a document on the iOS application, the file path in the audit logs are now populated. [DDPCE-4239]
• The issue of occasional errors displaying when opening or saving protected files is resolved. [DDPCE-4420]
• An external user that is blacklisted and later whitelisted is no longer required to uninstall then reinstall to gain access to encryption
keys. [DDPCE-4458]
• Date-protected Word files stored in a mapped drive now properly display the date protection period as expected. [DDPCE-4566]
• Google Drive sign in to link to Data Guardian no longer fails when the user is not signed in to a Google account. [DDPCE-5348]
Data Guardian Technical Advisories
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