OS X Server 5.0 beta 4 Build 15S2186i

What’s New In OS X Server 5.0

Server Application

• OS X Server 5.0 features a cleaner, more consistent user interface.
• OS X Server 5.0 is now operating system version independent. The same version of Server can be used on Macs running OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 pre-release and OS X v10.11 beta.
• OS X Server can perform network diagnostic tests to verify your server is accessible from the Internet. New diagnostic tests include the ability to verify when specific websites are no longer reachable, and when DNS MX records are incorrectly configured or missing.

Caching Server

• Caching Server can accelerate the download of personalized data stored in iCloud, including photos and iCloud Drive. Enabling iCloud Acceleration reduces the amount of iCloud data that needs to be downloaded when users have multiple devices on the same network.

File Sharing

• iOS 9 beta users can now easily access and store documents on OS X Server 5.0 beta. Once a share point is created, it can be shared to iOS devices, and
made available via apps that support Document Provider API. This allows users to open, edit and save documents from both iOS 9 beta and OS X v10.11 beta. iOS 9 beta users can discover and connect to OS X Server 5.0 beta using Bonjour, a configuration profile or by manual entering a server’s address.

Profile Manager

• Profile Manager supports new MDM commands and queries as well as Configuration Profile payloads and settings introduced in iOS 9 beta and OS X v10.11 beta.

iOS and OS X

• Device-based VPP app assignment —You can assign VPP apps to devices instead of a user’s Apple ID. This allows for the installation of VPP apps on iOS devices and Mac computers without configuring an Apple ID or sending an invitation.
• VPP Managed Distribution migration—You can migrate apps already installed on a device from assignment to a user’s Apple ID to assignment to that device without deleting the app or user data.

iOS 9

• App installation improvements—App Store apps can be installed even if the App Store is disabled. This includes newly assigned apps and app updates.
• Single Sign-On—Apps configured to use Kerberos will automatically launch Per- App VPN when a user logs into that app.

• Skip steps in Setup Assistant— Devices enrolled in the Device Enrollment
Program can be configured to remove the new Move from Android option from the Setup pane in Setup Assistant.
• Update to latest iOS— You can update DEP-enrolled supervised devices to the latest iOS.
• Network usage rules—Network usage rules allow organizations to specify how managed apps use networks, such as cellular data networks, such as restricting the app’s ability to connect over cellular or when roaming on other networks. These rules only apply to managed apps.
• New device restrictions to: Prevent Mail Drop; Prevent the use of Air Drop when the app is managed.
• New restrictions for supervised devices: Prevent changing the wallpaper; Prevent changing the device name; Prevent the modification of Enterprise app trust settings; Prevent iCloud Photo Library; Prevent keyboard shortcuts; Prevent pairing with Apple Watch; Prevent setting a passcode.

OS X

• Hidden administrator account - Automatically create an administrator account during initial system setup. The presence of this account can be hidden from standard users.
• Create a standard account or skip account setup during DEP enrollment - Configure the OS X Setup Assistant to create a new standard (non-admin) account or skip account creation entirely during DEP enrollment.

Bug Reporting

When reporting a bug, enter the following command in Terminal, then attach the output to the bug report.

$ sudo serverdiagnose
Testing focus areas in OS X Server 5.0 beta 4

• iOS device file sharing
• Profile Manager / MDM (both iOS and Mac devices) • Web Services

Known Issues In OS X Server 5.0 beta 4

Server App

• OS X Server 5.0 beta 4 supports the English language only.
  
  
• Upgrade and migration from OS X Snow Leopard, OS X Lion, and OS X Mountain
  
  Lion systems is not supported in this developer preview.
  
  
• Following upgrade and migration to OS X Server 5.0 beta 4, individual services
  
  may be off. The workaround is to manually turn the service(s) back on.
  
  
• After upgrading from OS X Server 4.1 to OS X Server 5.0 beta 4, users may be unable to access services that were configured with network access rules. The
  
  workaround is to reboot the server.
  
  File Sharing
  
  • To enable iOS devices to use file sharing: • InOSXServer5.0beta4
  
  • Select File Sharing from the services list• When a user connects from an iOS device for the first time, a personal
  
  shared folder for that user will be created automatically

• If you would like additional share points to share documents among multiple users:

• Create or select a share point and click edit

• Select the “iOS” checkbox as the share option if it’s not already selected • Click OK• Turn on file sharing

• On devices running iOS 9 beta 4

• Select Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account > Other > OS X
  
  Server account
  
  
• Choose your server from the list or enter the server address
  
  
• Enable file sharing. Developer Preview iOS Apps such as Pages can now
  
  see, edit, and move files located on your server’s share point.

• Share points should be on OS X Extended formatted volumes.
  
  
• Users may be able to view top-level listings of contents in share point, even though
  
  they do not have correct permissions and cannot access the content.
  
  Profile Manager
  • Following migration of OS X Server 4.1.3 on OS X Yosemite 10.10.4 to OS X Server 5.0 beta 4, code signing certificates for signed profiles are not selected. The workaround is to manually select certificates from the dialog box.
    
    
  • App available licenses may not be decremented correctly when apps are removed from devices enrolled via the Profile Manager web portal. This issue may also occur when devices are un-enrolled from Profile Manager.
    
    Xsan
    
    • Following upgrade and migration to OS X Server 5.0 beta 4, the Backup MDC shows no Xsan data in Server App and the replica is not re-established. The workaround is to manually re-establish the Open Directory replica.