Welcome to the ZENworks Community Builds Community
ZENworks Community Builds
Welcome to the ZENworks Community Builds website! The object of this program is to provide pre-release/beta ZENworks builds during the product development cycle.
ZENworks 11 SP2 RC1
ZENworks 11 SP2 RC1 is now available here. Check out the new features and start testing today! Make sure to tell us what you think in the ZENworks Community Builds forums, or enter defects in the bugzilla system.
ZENworks 11 SP2 Open Beta is now available!
ZENworks 11 SP2 is the next release of the ZENworks 11 product family. It includes the new ZENworks Full Disk Encryption product which provides the following capabilities:
- Centralized, integrated management of Full Disk Encryption for Seagate and ZENworks FDE software encrypted drives
- Centralized key management and recovery
- Ability to authenticate via either Username / Password or Smartcard at preboot time
- Ability to suppress preboot authentication
Additionally ZENworks 11 SP2 also provides the following enhancements to existing products:
- Support for Macintosh OS-X 10.5 and higher on Intel hardware platforms. This includes remote management, inventory, bundle management and patch management.
- Improved Windows 7 imaging performance with Linux based imaging solution
- Import/Export content when importing or exporting bundles
- Registry action export to .reg file
- Much more
Download the beta now from here. Note: If you are experiencing problems with this link, please check back soon as we're currently working to resolve the issue. Check out the New features documentation and start testing today! Make sure to tell us what you think in the ZENworks Community Builds forums, or enter defects in the bugzilla system.
ZENworks 11 SP1!
ZENworks 11 SP1was released on 8/8/2011 and it is available for customers at http://download.novell.com/index.jsp. The already powerful ZENworks 11 is enhanced to handle modern databases in addition to:
- Nested group support
- Service desk APIs
- System Update for Sybase and Oracle based installations
- Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 SP1 support
- Java 6 support
- Sybase->SQL migration
- Firefox 4 support
- ZESM Security Scripting policies
- Install Directory performance changes
- Agent caching performance enhancements
- Device login status messages
- Bundle blocking
- 64-bit group policy management
- Outlook 2007 support for personality migration
- DC Power Management settings policies
- Package Platform Associations for Linux
- SSL Trust Manager for Linux subscriptions
This release is now available.
Follow the links below in the Available Builds section of this page to download your copy today. Also, be sure to check out the New Feature Previews for ZENworks 11 SP1! The final release of ZENworks SP1 is now available.
Available Builds
Note: By downloading these builds, you agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions of this program.
ZENworks 11 SP2 RC1
Includes Configuration, Asset, Patch, Linux, and Endpoint Security Management
Release date: 14 February 2012
Release Notes | Download
ZENworks 11 SP1 RC1
Includes Configuration, Asset, Patch, Linux, and Endpoint Security Management
Release date: 23 June 2011
Release Notes | Download
Documentation
The documentation for ZENworks 11 SP1 can be found here.
ZENworks Community Builds
We want to involve our customers and partners as much as possible during the development process. We welcome your feedback on bugs, usability, process, or enhancement requests.
Remember that these builds are completely unsupported and are for testing purposes only. Do not use these builds in a production environment. Please also note that upgrading from a beta version to a released production version is NOT supported.
Found a bug?
Please log it against the ZENworks Community Builds product in Novell's Bugzilla. (Note: This is only to be used for ZENworks products currently in beta testing.)
Enhancement Requests
Requests for enhancements to our products should be logged against the ZENworks Configuration Management product line in the Novell Requirements Portal.
Community
Collaborate with other ZENworks Community Builds members in our online forum.
Novell Service Desk 7.0 Beta
We are pleased to announce that Novell Service Desk 7.0 Beta is now available. Novell Service Desk 7.0 is the next major release of Novell’s Service Management platform that provides significant new features. Find out more...
Submitted by: amarabhyankar on Wed. 10.17.2012
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, ZENworks Community Builds, Novell Service Desk Cool Solutions
Product: Service Desk
Migrate to Windows 7 with ZENworks, aZension appliance and CIS' ImageBuilder
ZENworks -- Migrate to Windows 7 with the aZension appliance & CIS' ImageBuilder
Submitted by: gcattelain on Mon. 04.25.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, ZENworks Community Builds, End-User Computing
Topic: ZENworks
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
Novell ZENworks 11: A Simplified, Yet Comprehensive Approach to Windows 7 Migration
If you’re looking to move your endpoints to Windows 7, you can simplify the process and minimize disruptions to your business with a smart strategy, a best practices approach, and the right migration, maintenance, security and service management tools.
Submitted by: gcattelain on Mon. 04.18.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, ZENworks Community Builds, End-User Computing
Topic: ZENworks
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
Cool solution from our ZEN partner - Adaris Technologies
Adaris Technologies offering OOBE (Out-Of-Box-Experience) with ZENworks Configuration Management
Submitted by: gcattelain on Tue. 02.15.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, ZENworks Community Builds, End-User Computing
Topic: ZENworks
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
Overview of Novell Service Desk on YouTube - by Jon Giffard
Novell Service Desk YouTube video
Submitted by: gcattelain on Fri. 02.11.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, ZENworks Community Builds, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing, Novell Service Desk Cool Solutions
Product: ZENworks
What is Mobile Device Management—Part 1, the Introduction
Ever wonder what Mobile Device Management was really about?
Submitted by: justrong on Mon. 02.07.2011
Filed Under:
Cool Solutions, ZENworks Community Builds, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing
Topic: Emerging Technologies
Putting Desktop Management in the Cloud - Novacoast and ZENworks
Putting Desktop Management in the Cloud – Novacoast and ZENworks Configuration Management
Submitted by: gcattelain on Thu. 02.03.2011
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, ZENworks Community Builds, End-User Computing
Topic: Cloud
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
Discovering Novell ZENworks 11 - What's new in ZENworks 11?
Discovering Novell ZENworks 11 - What's new in ZENworks 11?
Technical White Paper
Submitted by: gcattelain on Wed. 10.27.2010
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, Solution Provider, Technology Partners, ZENworks Community Builds, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing
Topic: ZENworks
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
ZENworks 11 Release Candidate 2
The ZENworks 11 Configuration Management Release Candidate 2 is now available. Download it today and check out the latest integrated Linux Management and Endpoint Security Management capabilities!
Submitted by: crice on Wed. 10.13.2010
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds, Novell Service Desk Cool Solutions
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
ZENworks 11 Beta 2
Submitted by: crice on Mon. 08.02.2010
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
ZENworks 11 Beta 1
Submitted by: crice on Wed. 05.19.2010
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks
ZENworks 11 Technical Preview
The ZENworks 11 Configuration Management Technical Preview is now available. Download it today and check out the new integrated Linux Management and Endpoint Security Management capabilities!
Submitted by: misorensen on Sat. 03.20.2010
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) Release Candidate 2
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) Release Candidate 2 is now available for download!
Submitted by: misorensen on Thu. 03.11.2010
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks
How to update ZENworks from the command line
Last week the Release Candidate for ZENworks Configuration 10.3 was made available. Question is: How can I install it without the need for totally rebuilding my test environment?
SystemUpdate and ZMAN to the rescue!!
Submitted by: lpitt on Tue. 02.16.2010
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, ZENworks Community Builds, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, All Tech, All the Time
Topic: All-Tech ZENworks
Product: ZENworks
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) Release Candidate 1
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 Release Candidate 1 is now available. Download it today!
Submitted by: misorensen on Wed. 02.03.2010
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) Beta 3
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) Beta 3 is now available for download!
Submitted by: misorensen on Wed. 11.25.2009
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks Configuration Management
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) Beta 2
Beta 2 of ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) is now available for download!
Submitted by: misorensen on Mon. 10.19.2009
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks
ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3 (10.3) Beta 1
Beta 1 is now available for ZENworks 10 Configuration Management SP3!
Submitted by: misorensen on Wed. 10.07.2009
Filed Under:
ZENworks Community Builds
Topic: Community Builds
Product: ZENworks
ZENworks Application Virtualization 7.1
Submitted by: lpitt on Thu. 08.06.2009
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, ZENworks Community Builds, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing
Topic: ZENworks
Product: ZENworks Application Virtualization, ZENworks Configuration Management, ZENworks for Desktops
ZENworks Application Virtualization - What XLayers
In this entry I will explain what a ZAV XLayer is, and how they can benefit your business.
Submitted by: lpitt on Sat. 06.27.2009
Filed Under:
ZENworks Cool Solutions, Cool Solutions, ZENworks Community Builds, Cool Blogs: Official Novell Bloggers, End-User Computing
Topic: ZENworks
Product: ZENworks, ZENworks Application Virtualization, ZENworks Asset Management, ZENworks Configuration Management, ZENworks Endpoint Security Management, ZENworks for Desktops, ZENworks for Servers, ZENworks Handheld Management , ZENworks Linux Management, ZENworks Network Access Control, ZENworks Orchestrator, ZENworks Patch Management





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