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Workspace ONE for endpoint management

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Article from ADMIN 67/2022

By Jens-Henrik Söldner

VMware Workspace ONE provides a secure and user-friendly digital workplace. We look at the features, components, and architecture of Workspace ONE, as well as application management and simplification of the integration of end devices through user self-enrollment.

The trend is moving away from stationary and toward mobile workplaces. That said, it is still important for the IT department to manage all end devices efficiently. Because of all the different operating systems, a clear-cut tool for endpoint management is essential. VMware's Workspace ONE [1] aims to integrate all of a company's devices, including devices belonging to employees (bring-your-own-devices, BYODs), uniformly and centrally into the existing infrastructure with the help of a secure platform. The overriding goal is to organize application lifecycle management. The overall strategy is known as Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and is one of the two core components of Workspace ONE.

In addition to UEM, the second core component, Workspace ONE Access, combines the administration of users and user groups, the assignment of access authorizations to the applications, and the setup and provisioning of virtual desktops with the respective applications in a catalog (Figure 1). The Access component provides a connector to other identity (ID) providers such as Ping, Okta, and Microsoft Azure, providing a common catalog interface for all applications. The AirWatch Cloud Connector, in turn, securely transmits requests from Workspace ONE UEM to the back-end infrastructure. Table 1 provides an overview of all components of Workspace ONE.

Table 1

Workspace ONE Components