20.4 Mobile and integration enhancements
This page describes all mobile enhancements made with the 20.4 release to the Preview environment. These enhancements will be made available in the Production environment the week of November 9, 2020.
For a list of all changes available with the 20.4 release, see 20.4 release overview.
Added functionality in Microsoft Teams notifications
To make it easier for you to use Workfront through Microsoft Teams, we’ve added some new functionality to Microsoft Teams notifications sent from Workfront.
- We’ve expanded the types of notifications you can receive in Microsoft Teams. Now you can receive notifications about a greater variety of events, such as when someone comments on your timesheet or wants you to approve a document.
- You can now comment and reply directly in the notification. Your comments and replies appear in Workfront in the work item’s update stream.
- We’ve made it possible for you to see a work item’s custom forms in the notification, and expand the custom form to see its fields.
- When you receive a notification about a project, task, or issue, you can now change the status of the work item directly in the notification.
For more information, see Manage Adobe Workfront notifications in Microsoft Teams.
Introducing Workfront for MobileIron
Workfront has partnered with MobileIron, a Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform, to provide organizations a more secure and controlled mobile experience.
With Workfront for MobileIron, administrators can restrict things like copy/paste functionality and screen captures. You can download the Workfront for MobileIron app at https://marketplace.mobileiron.com/listing/workfront.
For information on configuring the app, see Configure Adobe Workfront for MobileIron.
Create a task quickly in the Workfront mobile app
Use the new quick task option in the Workfront mobile app to quickly create tasks. Simply enter the task name and attach any documents you might have. You can still fill in additional fields like descriptions and assignments if needed. Just click the arrow to the right of the task name.
Previously, the description and assignments fields were always visible when creating a task.
For more information, see
Get help with Workfront mobile’s virtual assistant commands
While in the mobile app, you can ask the virtual assistant to help you with commands by saying:
- “What can I do?”
- “Help me with commands.”
These commands display a list of the different things you can ask the assistant about.
Note: The mobile Virtual Assistant has been deprecated as of April 2024.