PowerFolder Server 20 SP4

Owned by Ahmad Abdullah
Last updated: May 19, 2024
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  • Release Date: May 2024
  • Build Number: 20.4.102
  • Type: Hotfix Release


This release contains major security fixes, please upgrade your server as soon as possible. 

Upgrade Information

  • Please read this complete Release Notes and instructions before upgrading.
  • Please follow the regular upgrade documentation for Windows or Linux
  • Upgrading any previous version higher or equal to version 16.0.100
  • Cluster: Running different versions on the servers in the cluster is supported but limited to version >= 16.0.100
  • (info) Please renew the D2D certificate manually in the server preferences under "Network"

Downgrade Information (optional)

  • In case a downgrade to a previous version is necessary:
    • For a downgrade, you have to review our downgrade documentation.
    • Simply replace the PowerFolder-Server.jar file with that from the previous version you would like to run.
  • Log messages due to the higher schema version of database can be ignored:

    • [DatabaseMigrator]: Database layout version is newer than expected.

New Features:

Split view of Own and Shared Folders in web

In web portal, the folders are now separated into two different portions (owned by me and shared to me), the folder list of all folders is available as before:

 

Email to all Members when folder quota is full

Email is sent automatically when a folder member tries to make upload and change in files when the quota from the respective folder is full.

To use this please, we have updated and renamed Email templates:

  • OS_usage_warning.vm to cloud_usage_warning.vm

  • OS_usage_exceeded.vm to cloud_usage_exceeded.vm

In case you are using customized templates, these need to new customized.

(lightbulb)Note: email templates reside in server_maintenance/resources/emailtemplates

Beta: New Feature "WOPI"

The Web Application Open Platform Interface (WOPI) is an open standard protocol developed by Microsoft that allows web-based applications to integrate with Office Online server products. WOPI enables seamless editing, viewing, and collaboration on Office documents such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, all within a web browser.

INFO

WOPI is available in this release as beta feature and can be tested with local ONLYOFFICE document servers. 

Please don't use WOPI productive using this server version.

Enabling WOPI on your on-premise OO server please follow the guide: ONLYOFFICE Setup Guide#EnablingWOPI

Support for ONLYOFFICE EE v8.0.X

For more information, please visit: ONLYOFFICE Setup Guide

WOPI activation: ONLYOFFICE Setup Guide#EnablingWOPIinOODocs8.X

QA test results: /wiki/spaces/EDUDE/pages/1007288321

Changes

  • PFS-4348 - Disable mails on quota overuse to folder members 


  • Release Date: April 2024
  • Build Number: 20.4.101
  • Type: Hotfix Release

Changes

  • PFS-4322 - Failed to update devices on account delete when running parallel 



  • Release Date: April 2024
  • Build Number: 20.4.100
  • Type: Service Pack Release

Changes

  • PFS-4295 - Possibility to filter folder list by sharing status 
  • PFS-4294 - Inform all members of a folder by email when the owner's quota is exceeded 
  • PFS-4315 - Provide support for ONLYOFFICE docs v8.0.X
  • PFS-4316 - Search for accounts is now left and right bound and searches organization name 
  • PFS-4318 - No longer adding previous search results when entering/changing search 
  • PFS-4282 - Link settings: Hide max downloads and counter for links to file which will be opened inline 
  • PFS-4324 - Links on documents should be editable also when downloads are deactivated 
  • PFS-4281 - Fixed link PDF preview in web for Android 13 and 14 devices 
  • PFS-4275 - Use thumbnails while opening links 
  • PFS-4293 - Improve CPU usage while generating thumbnails 
  • PFS-4262 - Provide settings and delete button also for upload form 
  • PFS-4264 - Token Login: Check vs LDAP Filter 
  • INT-854 - Security fix for Android token authentication
  • INT-834 - Security fix in thumbnail logic
  • INT-840 - Improvement of the security at auto complete logic
  • PFS-4298 - Full function webtests for Groups app 
  • PFS-4296 - Full function webtests for Storages app 
  • PFS-4297 - Full function webtests for Servers app 
  • Reverted: PFC-3375 - Fix encoding of umlauts when syncing with deprecated Mac HFS+ (APFS) filesystem