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Exchange Tasks 365 Changelog

What's new in Exchange Tasks 365 1.11.1309.100

Sep 4, 2013
  • BUG FIX: "User Information", "Address & Phone" and "Organization" property sheets did not show up-to-date information.
  • BUG FIX: in some cases, "OWA" button was disabled in "Mailbox Features" property sheet.
  • IMPROVED: Property sheets and Tasks now support "Remote Mailbox" objects correctly.
  • IMPROVED: Object selector now includes a selectable "Scope" to improve search experience in a multi-domain environment (on-premise only).
  • IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes, UI and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.10.1308.802 (Aug 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: "Reload data after performing actions" configuration option.
  • IMPROVED: Showing the property sheets for an object is much faster now, due to load-on-demand.
  • IMPROVED: Clicking "Apply" on a property sheet now works faster, because the pages are not reloaded after the change. To restore the behavior of previous versions, check the "Reload data after performing actions" configuration option.
  • IMPROVED: After running tasks, the list of objects is NOT automatically refresh. You can still use the "Refresh" command or the F5 key to refresh the list. To restore the behavior of previous versions, check the "Reload data after performing actions" configuration option.
  • NEW FEATURE: New "Non-Exchange Objects" node for on-premise connections. From this node, you can choose an existing object (user/group/contact) and mail-enable it using the "Exchange Tasks" interface. You can also reset password and set thumbnail photos for users in this node.
  • BUG FIX: In rare cases, running the "Reset Password" tasks on multiple objects would succeed for the first object but fail for the remaining ones.
  • BUG FIX: In "Search Folders", using some special characters like "*" would return an error.
  • BUG FIX: In "Email Addresses" property page and corresponding task, editing a non-SMTP address (like X.500) would show a false warning message.
  • BUG FIX: The "Mailbox Statistics CSV" task would return invalid characters for objects containing non-ANSI characters in their name. The file is now written using the UTF-8 encoding for multi-lingual compatibility.
  • IMPROVED: The "Non-Exchange Users" online node now gets the list of users only once per connection.
  • IMPROVED: In "Email Addresses" property page and corresponding task, multiple addresses can be selected and removed from the list.
  • IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes, UI and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.9.1306.2601 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: New "Non-Exchange Users" node was added to Online (Office 365) connections. This node displays users without Exchange properties, like old users that had their "Exchange Online" license removed.
  • BUG FIX: Application would crash if "Refresh" button was clicked in "Deleted Users" and the MSOL module was not installed.
  • IMPROVED: Both pre-canned and custom filters can now be set for Dynamic Distribution Groups, including custom filters with wildcards ("*").
  • IMPROVED: "Password Never Expires" option is now available for both on-premise and online users, either from the "Reset Password" context menu or the "Reset Password" task.
  • IMPROVED: Help pages are now available for property sheets.
  • IMPROVED: "MailTips" and "AutoReply" settings - minor changes on writing options.
  • IMPROVED: Bulk operation for assigning Office 365 user licenses. "Apply to all" option was added for this task.
  • IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes, UI and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.8.1306.503 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: added new property page for setting/changing user thumbnail (on-premise connections only).
  • NEW FEATURE: added new property page for setting auto-reply options (a.k.a. "Out-of-Office").
  • NEW FEATURE: added new property page for setting MailTips.
  • NEW FEATURE: a "Premium" edition can now be licensed. The Premium edition does not limit the number of Exchange/Office 365 tenant connections.
  • BUG FIX: in some cases, entering retention hold start date or end date in the Messaging Records Management (MRM) would fail.
  • BUG FIX: in some cases, on-premise "Reset Password" would fail.
  • IMPROVED: improved support for managing on-premise Exchange from non-domain computers.
  • IMPROVED: help topics are now associated to individual tasks (either hit "F1" or the "?" icon).
  • IMPROVED: minor bug fixes, UI and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.7.1304.2500 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: tasks can now be applied to group members by right-clicking a group and selecting "Run task on group members". This interface replaces the "Select Group Members" task.
  • IMPROVED: "Deleted Users" and "Deleted Mailboxes" compatibility with new Office365 tenants.
  • IMPROVED: list column settings are now saved per connection.
  • BUG FIX: in some cases, connection state was set to "Connected" when an on-premise connection failed due to incorrect credentials.
  • BUG FIX: incorrect behavior of the "Apply" button in the "Messaging Records Management" property page.
  • BUG FIX: the "About" dialog showed trial editions as "Standard Edition".
  • IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes, UI and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.6.1304.1100 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: Added Group Policy Template files in ADMX/ADML formats, in addition to the classic ADM format. The template files are added to the installation folder under a new "GroupPolicyTemplates" folder.
  • BUG FIX: When running under Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, on-premise connections were disconnected after 30 seconds.
  • BUG FIX: Could not reset password for on-premise user when alternate credentials are used for server connection.
  • BUG FIX: Skipping a "Reset Password" task for a single user would stop processing other objects.
  • BUG FIX: Main application icon with size 256x256 was missing.
  • BUG FIX: In some cases, after deleting an on-premise mailbox/group/contact, deleted item was not removed from the list.
  • BUG FIX: When connecting an on-premise deleted mailbox, users selection list was limited or empty.
  • BUG FIX: When displaying "Filter" properties of on-premise Dynamic Distribution Group, clicking "Browse" displayed no containers for selection.
  • BUG FIX: Incorrect behavior of the "Stop" button when restoring a deleted mailbox.
  • BUG FIX: Filtering the recipient list by the "Email Address" field displayed an unfiltered list.
  • IMPROVED: Product is now compatible with both .NET Framework 4.0 and .NET Framework 3.5. The product can now run on default Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 installations, without installing additional frameworks.
  • IMPROVED: Texts on provided Group Policy Template file (ADM) was revised. Additionaly, the minimum required product version for each setting is now visible.
  • IMPROVED: "Set User License" task now displays user-friendly Office 365 license feature names, rather than license SKUs.
  • IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes, UI and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.5.1303.1700 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: "Password never expires" option when resetting O365 user passwords.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.4.1302.1800 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: Alternate login credentials can now be specified for on-premise Exchange connections.
  • NEW FEATURE: "Reset Password" now available from context menu (right-click a user).
  • BUG FIX: Skipping a "Reset Password" task for a single user would stop processing other objects.
  • BUG FIX: Some GPO settings did not work as expected (Enterprise edition only).
  • IMPROVED: Passwords are now saved securely in the Windows Credential Manager.
  • IMPROVED: Optimized graphical resource usage. Main executable size reduced dramatically.
  • IMPROVED: Automatically detect broken PowerShell sessions caused by idle time and network issues.
  • IMPROVED: Updated help files.
  • IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes, UI and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.3.1301.600 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: Search Folders. Create your own custom folder with your own search criterias.
  • NEW FEATURE: Office 365 Deleted Mailboxes. Each O365 tree now contains 2 separate nodes for "hard deleted" and "soft deleted" users.
  • NEW FEATURE: The "Organization" tab of user properties now shows the "Direct Reports" list. Additionally, a "Browse" button was added for selecting Manager from a list of users.
  • BUG FIX: In some cases, error message was displayed on application startup, if the "automatically check for updates on startup" option was set.
  • IMPROVED: Improved support for multiple O365 tenants.
  • IMPROVED: GPO option can now prevent users from saving O365 passwords locally.
  • IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes, UI responsiveness and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.2.1211.2900 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: Exchange Tasks 365 can now manage Exchange Server 2013 on-premise!
  • NEW FEATURE: The Enterprise Edition of Exchange Tasks 365 can now be controlled through GPO (Group Policy Objects). The ADM file is deployed to the installation folder.
  • NEW FEATURE: The "ActiveSync Remote Wipe" task is now available also for Office 365 connections.
  • BUG FIX: "Automatically check for product updates on startup" option did not work correctly.
  • BUG FIX: Starting a search while the list was loading did not work correctly.
  • BUG FIX: In some cases, the "Set License" task did not work as expected.
  • IMPROVED: Memory usage optimizations.
  • IMPROVED: Product can now be upgraded from a previous version, without uninstalling first.
  • IMPROVED: Minor bug fixes, responsiveness and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.1.1211.1400 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • NEW FEATURE: Added ability to edit existing connection properties.
  • NEW FEATURE: Added new "Reset Password" task for O365 users.
  • BUG FIX: Some application events were logged to a different log file.
  • BUG FIX: Special characters were not handled correctly in some input fields.
  • BUG FIX: Some dialogs did not display correctly with high DPI screen settings.
  • BUG FIX: Loading a large list of objects caused a memory leak.
  • BUG FIX: In some error conditions, incorrect error messages were displayed to the user.
  • Minor bug fixes, responsiveness and performance enhancements.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.0.1211.400 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • BUG FIX: Previous ExecutionPolicy fix did not apply for x64 systems.

New in Exchange Tasks 365 1.0.1211.200 (Jul 8, 2013)

  • BUG FIX: On some systems, the application could not connect to Office365 due to PowerShell ExecutionPolicy restrictions.