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IGEL OS Editions

IGEL OS Editions are subscriptions designed for different business needs and they include licences for a selection of software, services and features. The below table provides an overview of:

  • Which UMS features are included in the IGEL OS Editions.

  • Which Feature Packs can be purchased to further extend management capabilities and endpoint functionality per IGEL OS Edition.

  • Which Support Levels are included in the IGEL OS Editions.

For more information on Editions, see https://www.igel.com/licensing/ .


Feature Matrix

Key:

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Essential Edition

Standard Edition

Enterprise Edition

Healthcare Edition

Government Edition

Description

Database

Embedded DB

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

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Description

A lightweight database system that is directly built into the software on the server. Embedded databases are less scalable, less secure, and lack advanced features compared to external databases. 

Migrate a UMS Server with the Same Embedded Database

External DB

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

An external database is a separate system that stores and manages data outside of the UMS. 

Installation Requirements for the IGEL UMS

Connecting External Database Systems

Network

IGEL Cloud Gateway

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

The IGEL Cloud Gateway (ICG) enables the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) to securely manage endpoint devices outside the company network. 

ICG Manual

Distributed UMS

-

✔️

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Description

Distributed UMS is the recommended High Availability solution for UMS.

Installing the Distributed IGEL UMS

Distributed App Repository

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✔️

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Description

Devices can download the app installation package not from the IGEL App Portal but from a local server of the customer, suitable for air-gapped/low bandwidth use cases.

How to Use Distributed App Repositories in IGEL UMS

UMS as CA proxy

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-

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Use UMS as a trusted relay agent to forward device certificate request to the external certificate authority in the name of the device and transfer the device certificate back securely.

The external Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) needs to support the EST protocol.

UMS as a Certificate Authority (CA) Proxy

Registration

One time password

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Regular device registration method, user needs to receive one time password from admin.

Onboarding IGEL OS 12 Devices

Scan & register

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Regular device registration method, admin searches for devices in the company network.

Registering IGEL OS Devices on the UMS Server

Onboarding Service

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

New, very user-friendly device registration method, user only needs to type in email to get the device registered.

Initial Configuration of the IGEL Onboarding Service (OBS)

Devices

Search

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Search for devices based on specific criteria lice MAC address, app installed, etc.

Views - Filtering for Devices in the IGEL UMS

Search for Devices in the IGEL UMS Web App

Shadow - Remote Manager

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Remote control to device (Help desk use case).

Remote Access in IGEL OS 12

Power control

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Remote control commands to device like shutdown, restart (Help desk use case).

Devices - View and Manage Your Endpoint Devices in the IGEL UMS Web App

Secure terminal

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Open remote terminal on device to type in commands.

Secure Terminal in IGEL OS 12

Configurations

Profiles

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Set of device configurations, like keyboard settings, wifi connection, security settings.

Profiles in the IGEL UMS

Corporate Identity Customization

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Customize the user interface of your IGEL OS devices to suit your corporate design using the Corporate Identity Customization (CIC) function in the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS).

Corporate Identity Customizations in the IGEL UMS

Files

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Send files like wallpapers or certificates to devices.

Files - Registering Files on the IGEL UMS Server and Transferring Them to Devices

Priority Profiles

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Similar to profiles, but always overrules other profile settings.

Priority Profiles in the IGEL UMS

Template Keys

-

✔️

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✔️

✔️

Description

Efficient way to configure large amount of devices using the same profiles, but different values within the profile, e.g. language.

Template Profiles in the IGEL UMS

Logging

Security Logging

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

UMS logs security relevant actions like device registrations or user actions.

User Logs in the IGEL UMS

SIEM compatibility

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Specify the logging behavior of the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) for messages and events as well as activate performance logging. 

Logging in the IGEL UMS

Management

Basic admin tasks

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Automate basic administrative tasks in the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS), like regular DB backups.

Create Data Backup as Administrative Task in the IGEL UMS

Extended admin tasks

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Automate advanced administrative tasks in the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS), like sending emails based on search exports.

Administrative Tasks - Configure Scheduled Actions for the IGEL UMS

Custom device attributes

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Configure custom attributes for devices, e.g. branch office information.

Managing Device Attributes for IGEL OS Devices in the IGEL UMS

Default Directory Rules

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Rules for default directories are used to automatically classify devices into specific directories during registration. These directories can be linked to profiles which are then assigned to the devices contained. As a result, you can automatically configure the devices during registration (zero touch deployment). 

Default Directory Rules

Jobs

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Automate device tasks to reduce manual work for admins.

Jobs - Sending Automated Commands to Devices in the IGEL UMS

Device naming scheme

-

✔️

✔️

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Description

Harmonize the naming logic of devices in UMS to fit company standards.

How to Rename IGEL OS Devices

IGEL Management Interface - API Connection

-

✔️

✔️

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✔️

Description

IGEL Management Interface (IMI) enables you to connect UMS to systems management tools. It is a programming interface that can create and delete endpoint devices, move them between directories, reboot them and much more. Its implementation as a REST API makes IMI agnostic of hardware platforms, operating systems and programming languages, thus ensuring maximum interoperability. 

IMI Manual

IMI API V3 Reference

UMS as Identity Broker

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Device login using UMS as local Active Directory (AD).

How to Configure IGEL UMS As Identity Broker

Asset Inventory Tracker (AIT)

-

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

View the information about the peripherals connected to your IGEL OS 12 device.

Devices - View and Manage Your Endpoint Devices in the IGEL UMS Web App

Identity and Access Management

Local users with password

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

For the purpose of logging in to the UMS Console / UMS Web App, you can create, organize, and remove accounts.

Administrator Accounts in the IGEL UMS

UMS login with SSO

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Support for selected IdPs, for example, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping Identity.

How to Set Up UMS Login with SSO

AD & LDAP for UMS login

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Instead of creating and organizing UMS administrators manually you are looking for an easy way of importing them from your existing Active Directory, using the same AD group assignments and credentials as already defined in the AD. 

How to Integrate Active Directory in IGEL UMS

Cloud Services

App Creator Portal

-Community Certificate

✔️

✔️

-

-

-

Description

The App Creator Portal is an IGEL hosted modern look and feel portal where you can bring your custom apps, package them ready to be deployed to your IGEL OS12 and above endpoints within minutes with no scripting required. 

 

The app signing certificate in the ‘Community Certificate’ edition is a shared certificate used by all customers to digitally ‘sign’ an application allowing the deployment of custom applications. If you wish to use your own signing certificate you will need to use the ‘Enterprise Certificate’ edition.  Add own Apps and make available for endpoints (+ = restirct to only company approved)

 IGEL App Creator Portal

App Creator Portal - Enterprise Certificate

-

-

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

Add own Apps and make available for endpoints (+ = restirct to only company approved)

App Portal, Customer Portal & ILP

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

✔️

Description

All Cloud services (App Portal, Customer Portal, Igel Licence Portal)

Using the IGEL Customer Portal

IGEL App Portal

Licensing

IGEL License Portal (ILP)

Security Certifications

FIPS Certification - In progress

-

-

-

-

✔️

Description

The Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2, (FIPS PUB 140-2),[1][2] is a U.S. government computer security standard used to approve cryptographic modules. 

Feature Packs Availability for Purchase

Universal Management Suite as a Service

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Description

IGEL Universal Management Suite as a Service (UMSaaS) is a cloud-hosted service of the IGEL UMS that enables scalable and secure endpoint management without requiring customer-owned infrastructure.

FAQ - IGEL Universal Management Suite as a Service (UMSaaS)

IGEL Business Continuity

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Description

Boot x86-x64 devices into IGEL OS to provide a secure, performant and managed workspace.

IGEL Business Continuity USB Boot available on request up to the amount of business continuity licenses ordered.

IGEL for Business Continuity | IGEL Technology

IGEL Business Continuity USB Boot

IGEL Managed Hypervisor

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Description

Virtualize, secure, and manage Windows and Linux workloads.

IGEL Managed Hypervisor Add-On License

IGEL Managed Hypervisor

IGEL Advanced Device Redirection

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Description

Using IGEL Advanced Device Redirection it is possible to access your local USB devices from a remote desktop session. USB devices appear as if they were plugged directly to the remote computer. And it works with virtually any device.

IGEL Advanced Device Redirection Add-On License

Smart Login

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✔️

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Description

Enterprise single sign-on and virtual desktop access for fast, secure, No Click Access™ to technology endpoints, like the IGEL Agent for Imprivata solution.

IGEL Agent for Imprivata

90Meter

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-

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Description

The 90meter PKCS#11 Library offers unparalleled security solutions to enable smart card support for NIPRnet within Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments.

Support Levels

Select

✔️

-

-

-

-

Description

IGEL offers a selection of support offers designed to fit the needs of any enterprise, large or small.

IGEL Technical Support | IGEL

Priority

-

✔️

-

-

-

Priority Plus

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✔️

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