What's new in Unified Service Desk for administrators
What's new in Unified Service Desk 4.2
This topic contains information about changes in Unified Service Desk for system administrators available in this version.
Use Edge WebView2 Process to host web applications in Unified Service Desk
The Edge WebView2 Process browser control hosts your controls in individual Edge WebView2 process instances and displays them in tabs in the Unified Service Desk client application. It facilitates predictable and secure page rendering by making sure that if your web application works in Microsoft Edge, it'll work in Unified Service Desk.
The advantages of using the Edge WebView2 Process hosting method are:
- Available on supported versions of the Windows operating system.
- Highly reliable.
- Easy to configure to host applications in Unified Service Desk.
- Switch seamlessly from one browser to another for your entire organization.
- Enhanced performance and memory optimization.
Also, administrators will be able to perform the following:
- Select Edge WebView2 Process as the hosting type for the organization.
- Select Edge WebView2 Process as the hosting type for select web applications, alongside Chrome process.
More information: Use EdgeWebView2 Process to host web applications in Unified Service Desk
Recover an Edge WebView2 process instance
Unified Service Desk can help agents to recover the terminated (crashed) webpages hosted in Edge WebView2 Process in Unified Service Desk.
By default, Edge WebView2 Process instance recovery is enabled.
More information: Recover an Edge WebView2 process instance
Pool process instances for Edge WebView2 Process
Unified Service Desk always maintains a pool of Edge WebView2 process instances for hosted controls to use. Opening a hosted control using a pooled Edge WebView2 process instance enhances the performance of the Unified Service Desk.
By default, the Edge WebView2 process instance pooling is enabled.
With the Edge WebView2 process instance pooling, every entity page navigation happens inline after the first entity page navigation.
What's new in Unified Service Desk 4.1.1.1433
This topic contains information about changes in Unified Service Desk for system administrators available in this version.
This release supports the Dynamics 365 model-driven apps deployed in Switzerland region.
What's new in Unified Service Desk 4.1.1.1429
This topic contains information about changes in Unified Service Desk for system administrators available in this version.
Enhancements to the Chrome process hosting type include the following:
- Unified Service Desk support for Chrome process upgraded to Chromium version 84. More information: Use Chrome Process to host web application
- Support for editing PDFs (if the PDF has editable fields) with Chrome Process webpages. More information: Edit PDF in chrome process
- Accessibility support for the Chrome process web pages enhanced. More information: Accessibility support with Chrome Process.
- Confirmation messages displayed on close and save sessions. More information: Enable the close confirmation dialog box with Chrome Process and Enable the confirmation dialog box with Chrome Process
- Open source parameters supported to enhance the performance of Chrome process–based webpages. More information: Add parameters using Chrome Process.
- Default folder enabled to download attachments. More information: Download attachments in Chrome Process.
Multiple headers supported during the Navigate action of a Unified Service Desk POST event. More information: Unified interface page hosted control, Standard Web Application hosted control, and CRM Page hosted control.
Single sign-on feature enabled by default. More information: Single sign on for Unified Service Desk.
Special characters supported in Unified Service Desk. More information: Enable the encoding and escaping of special characters.
What's new in Unified Service Desk 4.1
This topic contains information about changes in Unified Service Desk for system administrators available in this version.
Use Chrome Process hosting type to host web applications in Unified Service Desk
Use Chrome Process to host web applications in Unified Service Desk client application. The Chrome Process is based on CefSharp, an open source framework, which uses the chromium core that powers many modern browsers.
The advantages of using the Chrome process hosting method are as follows:
- Chrome Process is available on different Windows OS versions.
- Chrome Process is highly reliable.
- Easy configurations to host the applications in Unified Service Desk.
- Switch easily from one browser to another for your entire organization.
- Chrome Process pooling feature that reuses the chrome processes and mimics inline navigation provides enhanced performance and memory optimizations.
More information: Use Chrome Process to host web applications in Unified Service Desk
Recover a Chrome Process instance
Unified Service Desk can help agents to recover the terminated (crashed) webpages hosted in Chrome Process in Unified Service Desk
Unified Service Desk can help agents to recover the webpages in the following scenarios:
- When Chrome Process closes abruptly.
- When you manually end an unresponsive Chrome Process instance from Task Manager.
- When you manually end an unresponsive Chrome Process instance using a keyboard shortcut.
Chrome Process recovery enables you to recover any Chrome Process instance (which may have more than one webpage) that is unresponsive in the Unified Service Desk application.
By default, Chrome Process instance recovery is enabled. More information: Recover Chrome Process instance.
Integrate channel using Channel Integration Framework
Bring your channel providers and integrate them with Unified Service Desk client application using the Channel Integration Framework.
If your organization wants to use the cloud-based channel that you have developed using the Channel Integration Framework, you can integrate the same channel in Unified Service Desk with minimal configuration experience. In turn, this eliminates the need for developing multiple channels.
The User Interface Integration (UII) framework provides a hosted control - Channel Integration Framework - for you to host the channel provider within the Unified Service Desk client application.
More information: Integrate channel using Channel Integration Framework
Cache-specific configuration for agents
The Configuration Cache Version option causes the client caching feature to retrieve the configuration that has undergone change from the server to the agent’s desktop and avoid retrieving all configurations.
Your organization may have several departments, each with a configuration and agents added to those configurations. Whenever you make a change to one of those configurations, the Configuration Cache Version feature helps to download only that specific configuration for which you've made a change. Also, when the agents assigned to other configurations sign in to the client application, the feature doesn't download the configurations, thus improving the startup time of Unified Service Desk. This is also helpful in better application lifecycle management for Unified Service Desk in cases where your organization wants to make changes in your pilot or developer configurations without impacting the production users.
More information: Cache specific configuration for agents
Single sign-on for Unified Service Desk
Single sign-on (SSO) for Unified Service Desk provides an improved startup performance and user experience by authenticating users to access the model-driven apps without the need for entering the credentials multiple times. This eliminates the need for entering the same password again and minimizes the possibility of login errors and ensures a seamless experience.
More information: Single sign-on (SSO) for Unified Service Desk
Unified Service Desk Administrator App
Use the Unified Service Desk Administrator App built on the Unified Interface framework to administer and manage the Unified Service Desk client application.
The Unified Service Desk Administrator app is built on the Unified Interface framework, which has a new user experience - Unified Interface - that uses responsive web design principles to provide an optimal viewing and interaction experience for any screen size, device, or orientation.
The Unified Service Desk Administrator app brings rich experience to administer and manage your Unified Service Desk client application.
The Administrator app, built based on the Unified Interface framework, has the same configurational capabilities as the Unified Service Desk administrator in Unified Service Desk Web Client.
More information: Unified Service Desk Administrator App
Unified Interface Settings
Unified Interface Settings is a new configuration element introduced under the Advanced Settings in the Unified Service Desk Administrator app. Unified Interface Settings enables you as an administrator to configure the default Unified Interface app for your agents and transform the Unified Service Desk sign-in experience.
More information: Unified Interface Settings
Show feedback window to agents
A feedback window is introduced in Unified Service Desk to help an agent to provide feedback while closing the Unified Service Desk client application. Agents can provide feedback comments with the score and submit it to Microsoft. The comments are assessed and considered for improving the products and services.
More information: Manage options for Unified Service Desk
What's new in Unified Service Desk 4.0
This topic contains information about changes in Unified Service Desk for system administrators available in this version.
Web Client - Unified Interface Migration Assistant
The Web Client - Unified Interface Migration Assistant for Unified Service Desk helps you migrate your Unified Service Desk configurations from Unified Service Desk Web Client to a Unified Service Desk Unified Interface app.
More information: Web Client - Unified Interface Migration Assistant
Prevent Accidental Closure of Unified Service Desk Unified Service Desk
While working on Unified Service Desk, accidentally if you select the x Close button, you may lose all the unsaved work. The Close Confirmation Window is introduced to prevent the accidental closure of the Unified Service Desk client application.
More information: Configure close confirmation window for Unified Service Desk
Unified Interface KM Control
The Unified Interface KM Control hosted control is introduced for your knowledge base search experience with Unified Service Desk. You must configure the Unified Interface KM Control when you are using a Unified Interface app in Unified Service Desk.
Your service agents can use the Unified Interface KM Control hosted control to search and view the knowledge base in Unified Interface from within the Unified Service Desk. Also, you can position your search control in the main panel, left panel, or right panel of the Unified Interface Desk application. Also, you can configure the contextual actions for the search results.
More information: Unified Interface KM Control (hosted control)
Unified Blue theme for Unified Service Desk
The Unified Blue theme is the predefined theme for Unified Service Desk when you are using a Unified Interface app.
Unified Service Desk Administrator App
With Unified Service Desk 4.0, you can use the Unified Service Desk Administrator App built on the Unified Interface framework to administer and manage the Unified Service Desk client application.
The Unified Service Desk Administrator app is built on the Unified Interface framework, which has a new user experience - Unified Interface - that uses responsive web design principles to provide an optimal viewing and interaction experience for any screen size, device, or orientation.
The Unified Service Desk Administrator app brings rich experience to administer and manage your Unified Service Desk client application.
The Administrator app, built based on the Unified Interface framework has the same configurational capabilities as the Unified Service Desk administrator in Unified Service Desk Web Client.
More information: Unified Service Desk Administrator App
Unified Interface Settings
Unified Interface Settings is a new configuration element introduced under the Advanced Settings in the Unified Service Desk Administrator app. Unified Interface Settings enables you as an administrator to configure the default Unified Interface App for your agents and transform the Unified Service Desk sign-in experience.
More information: Unified Interface Settings
Show feedback window to agents
A feedback window is introduced in Unified Service Desk to help an agent to provide feedback while closing the Unified Service Desk client application. Agents can provide feedback comments with the score and submit it to Microsoft. The comments are assessed and considered for improving the products and services.
More information: Manage options for Unified Service Desk
See also
What’s New in Unified Service Desk for developers
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