Web SmartConsole - Take 163 - New 🚀

[Tal_Ben_Bassat]

This release continues our focus on policy management, gateway visibility, permissions, and operational insights, with several highly requested capabilities and many enhancements.

Below you’ll find a detailed overview of what’s included in this release.
If you have questions about any item - feel free to ask, as each feature includes additional context and details.

What's new in Take 163: 

Feature / Product	Description	Available Starting From
Login	Added a disk space warning to notify users when available space is below the required threshold.	All supported versions
Permission Profiles	Added Permission Profiles page, both on Security Management Server and Multi-Domain Security Management Server	R82 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 41
Unified Management with SASE	Introducing Unified Management of Internet Access policies for Quantum and SASE environments. You can now manage SASE Internet Access directly from SmartConsole, simplifying policy management with a single control point for your hybrid infrastructure.	R82 Jumbo Take 60
Hardware Tab	Added the Hardware tab that displays all Security Group Members and their statuses.	R82
Threat Prevention Profile	Added read-only Threat Prevention Profile page.	R82
AIOps	Added support for license status as part of Infinity Events - AIOPS card.	All supported versions
Gateway & Cluster Editor	Added the HTTPS inspection tab to Gateway and Cluster editors.	R82
Policy Editor	Added the Policy Package editor with Access Layers, Threat Prevention Layers (read-only), and HTTPS Inspection Layers editors.	R82 ** For Threat Prevention layers - requires R82 Jumbo Hotfix #9
Policy Insights	Threat Prevention Policy Insights is now available as part of the Policy Insights.	afw_AutoUpdate Darwin Take 82, R82.10 GA
Access Role	Resolved an issue where a validation error is displayed when saving Access Roles containing LDAP objects with lowercase Domain names.	R82
Install Policy Details	Object name, IP address, and version for VSX Gateways are now displayed in Install Policy.	All supported versions
Where Used	Support for replacing and removing objects in the Where Used editor	R82 Jumbo Hotfix Accumulator Take 44

In addition, this release includes multiple enhancements and fixes across stability, UX, policy management, infrastructure, and backend services. Improvements were made to upgrade flows, API behavior, install policy details and Infinity card status indicator.

Coming Soon ✨

The following capabilities are currently under development and will be delivered in upcoming Web SmartConsole releases:

Subject	Upcoming Content
VPN & Gateway	VPN Communities (Star / Mesh), Gateway VPN IPsec page, Remote Access (VPN Clients), Gateway Logs page
Gateway Operations	Health view Install / Uninstall Jumbo Hotfixes
Policy & Navigation	Administrator MDS support, Go-to-Layer navigation
Logs & Analytics	New Logs View / SmartView
Gaia Gateways	Fetch SIC Fetch Policy Multiple DAIP interfaces
Remote Access	Encryption tab, support for multiple VPN communities
GEN AI	GenAI content
Threat Prevention	Threat Prevention Profile Editor
Reporting	Change Report
Copilot	License badge on Copilot card and chat blocking when license expires
SD-WAN	On-prem SD-WAN content

More Information

Full release notes and installation details will be available later this week in SK170314.

 

🎉 Take 163 is packed with new functionality and many improvements!

We’re looking forward to hearing your impressions .

 

💬 Share your thoughts and feedback below, or email us directly at WSC-Feedbacks@checkpoint.com  - we’d love to hear from you!

See you in the comments 👇

[JozkoMrkvicka]

Any plans to support login into separate Domain from MDS level ? Like in "normal" SmartConsole (right click on Domain name -> Connect).

[Tal_Ben_Bassat]

Thank you for taking the time to share this - it’s a very relevant feedback.

While direct login into a specific Domain from the MDS level isn’t currently in development, this is exactly the kind of real-world use case we want to hear about. Input like yours plays an important role in shaping our priorities and influencing how the roadmap evolves over time. 

We’ve taken note of your request, and we truly appreciate you helping us improve the Web SmartConsole experience. Please don’t hesitate to continue sharing ideas and feedback - it’s always welcome and makes a real impact.

I’ll keep you posted on any updates related to this.

[Vincent_Bacher]

I would like to emphasise and support this point. I too rarely navigate directly to a CMA; in 95% of cases, I always go to the MDS first and then right-click and connect to the respective CMA.

[JozkoMrkvicka]

Exactly. In the morning, I log into MDS level. During the day, I have MDS opened all the time and depending on which customer needs to be checked, I open only that one particular Domain from already opened MDS.

At least some kind of URL modification can be done so we can save it as a favorites in browser for Domains which are used most:

https://<MDS_IP>/smartconsole/mds/

https://<MDS_IP>/smartconsole/mds/Domain1

[Ofir_Calif]

Hi @JozkoMrkvicka and @Vincent_Bacher ,

Connecting to a domain from the MDS view is supported.

However, at the moment you need to select the specific server you want to connect to, not just the domain itself. Please select the relevant cell in the MDS table and then click the “Connect” button in the top toolbar.

We are currently working on improving this behavior so that when a domain is selected, the system will automatically log in to the active server (similar to how the installed SmartConsole operates).

Regarding the direct domain access you can use the domain IP instead of the MDS and you will reach the specific domain:
https://<DOMAIN_IP>/smartconsole

Best regards,
Ofir

[the_rock]

Nice!

[the_rock]

Lots of new features!

[OfekBaribi]

WoW 🚀