ITMS 8.7 RU1 - Security enhancements to prevent non-Admin account to use Repeat option and Shared Schedules

Products

• IT Management Suite
• Client Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

Starting from 8.7 RU1, a few additional requested security enhancements were added.

1. Prevent Non-Admin users to Repeat schedules:

2. Prevent Non-Admin users to Select and Create new Server Shared Schedules:

Environment

8.7

Resolution

1. To prevent users to use the "Repeat Every" option:

New Core Settings 'ServerScheduleRepeatEditable4NonAdmins' can be added.

NS account with a non-Symantec Administrator role cannot select the 'Repeat every' checkbox if this core setting is set to 0.
NS account with a non-Symantec Administrator role can select the 'Repeat every' checkbox if this core setting is set to 1.

2. Starting from 8.7 RU1 by default only Symantec Administrators will be able to create & edit shared schedules from task scheduling

A non-admin user cannot create a new Shared schedule from task scheduling by default now.
A non-admin user can create a new Shared schedule from task scheduling if the new Core Setting 'ServerScheduleSharedEditable4NonAdmins' is added with value 1 set.