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PowerFolder Server 8.0.15 Release Notes

Release date: 28-Nov-2012

New Features

  • Dynamic scalability / High-availability enhancements / Load-balancing enhancements / Server maintenance mode
  • Overview of servers in a cluster scenario
  • Automatic log file rotation
  • Shibboleth authentication

Improvements

  • Auto-setup server maintenance folder in cluster scenarios
  • Client license flatrate logic improvements
  • Reworked folder members tab
  • SMTP server password is now stored obfuscated
  • Colors of branded web skins now automatically get loaded when changing skins
  • Global cluster server settings
  • Hide advertisement popups when server is running with a full license
  • Reworked web server error pages
  • Improved invitation sending
  • Instant change detection support on 64-bit linux systems
  • Using WebStart from local server doesn't ask for server URL anymore
  • Command line option to set server hostname and port
  • Command line option to load server configuration from URL
  • Respect extended security permissions in the web interface
  • getLoginURL API call does not require admin permission anymore
  • Enhanced public file/directory sharing with options to get an obfuscated link and setting expiration dates
  • Removed PowerFolder_Console.bat file to avoid duplicated configuration files
  • Allow admins to choose a storage directory path during folder creation
  • Added license file upload for offline file activation to user account editor
  • Saving changes in the server preferences doesn't invoke a redirect to the dashboard anymore
  • Query list of existing accounts / multiple users via getAccounts API call
  • Create and remove folder permission enabled by default when using Extended Security Control
  • Reduced CPU usage and load on hosts and database systems
  • Several performance improvements and optimizations
  • Disallow admin password changes via the accounts overview/editor
  • Improved web texts and translations
  • Send/push config to client via API
  • Improved recovery when folder storage paths were disconnected
  • Added additional information field on the login page
  • New full-screen width skin
  • Deleting devices removes the licenses attached to them
  • Admin account not required to be a valid RADIUS account
  • Improved data transfer speed

Bugfixes

  • Computers list doesn't show any icons in Internet Explorer 9
  • Licensing engine optimizations and enhancements
  • Removal of empty directory structures generates unable to delete folder locally message
  • Error when moving a file to the archive
  • Wrong sync percentage in device overview
  • Ignore trial licenses if user account is a non-trial account
  • JNotify update breaks GLIBC dependency
  • Proper UTF-8 encoding in API responses
  • Allow admin login when LDAP settings are incorrect
  • Duplicate entries in folder search results
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