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What's new in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6200

Mar 29, 2024
  • Feature:
  • Domain controller backup and recovery: You can now back up domain controllers and restore them to any previous state in the event of a disaster.
  • Enhancements:
  • Exchange Online certificate-based authentication: RecoveryManager Plus will now connect to Exchange Online through the X.509 certificate created for tenant configuration.
  • MS SQL migration: You can now migrate the product database to an MS SQL server even if it has Force Encryption enabled.
  • Issue fixes:
  • An issue with restoring and downloading operations initiated for Google Workspace and Zoho Workdrive backup data has been fixed.
  • An issue with the MachineKeys folder being overloaded with junk files when RecoveryManager Plus connects to SharePoint Online with an X.509 certificate has been resolved.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6200 (Mar 29, 2024)

  • Feature:
  • Domain controller backup and recovery: You can now back up domain controllers and restore them to any previous state in the event of a disaster.
  • Enhancements:
  • Exchange Online certificate-based authentication: RecoveryManager Plus will now connect to Exchange Online through the X.509 certificate created for tenant configuration.
  • MS SQL migration: You can now migrate the product database to an MS SQL server even if it has Force Encryption enabled.
  • Issue fixes:
  • An issue with restoring and downloading operations initiated for Google Workspace and Zoho Workdrive backup data has been fixed.
  • An issue with the MachineKeys folder being overloaded with junk files when RecoveryManager Plus connects to SharePoint Online with an X.509 certificate has been resolved.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6102 (Mar 8, 2024)

  • Support for Duo Security Web v4 SDK: You can now configure Duo Security using Web v4 SDK as a secondary authentication factor to verify technicians when they log in to RecoveryManager Plus. Duo security has announced end-of-life for Web v2 SDK on March 30, 2024. We recommend users who have configured two-factor authentication with DUO security enrollment to configure Web v4 SDK immediately.
  • JRE update: JRE which comes bundled with the product has been updated to version 1.8.0_402.
  • The backup performance of BitLocker objects has been improved, resulting in optimized storage usage.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6100 (Jan 12, 2024)

  • Feature:
  • Zoho WorkDrive backup and restoration: Backup and restore all items in your Zoho WorkDrive Teams and the members' drive. RecoveryManager Plus provides the following features to simplify Zoho WorkDrive backup and restoration needs.
  • Team folders backup: Back up all files and folders in your Zoho WorkDrive Teams.
  • Personal folders backup: Back up all files and folders of your Zoho WorkDrive users.
  • Complete restoration: Restore all files and folders of Teams and members' drive to any backed up state instantly.
  • Item-level restoration: Restore individual files or folders to any backed up state instantly.
  • Restore to different folders: Restore files and folders to the same folder, or to a different folder based on your need.
  • Enhancement:
  • The performance of DNS objects backup has been significantly improved.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6080 (Dec 8, 2023)

  • Enhancements:
  • Enhanced dashboard: The dashboard has been redesigned with a new user interface that allows you to view the backup and restoration information, licensing, and repository details related to your Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, and Exchange (on-premises and online) environments at a glance.
  • Improved compression ratio: The compression ratio of backed up data for SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Google Workspace, and Exchange (on-premises and online) has been improved.
  • Backup type selection: You can now trigger incremental or full backups based on your need when initiating AD and Azure AD backups from the dashboard.
  • Issue Fixes:
  • The issue with searching for the technician using their full name has been fixed. Now, the technician can be searched using their first name, last name, or full name.
  • An issue with restoring Azure Active Directory Group membership has been fixed now.
  • The issue while configuring tenants in Exchange if the .NET framework version used is 4.7 or below has been resolved.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6074 (Nov 1, 2023)

  • Enhancements:
  • SSL Certification Tool: A completely revamped SSL certification tool allows you to easily apply SSL certificate for RecoveryManager Plus with just UI-based actions.
  • Issues fixed:
  • The Tomcat application server with a security vulnerability has been updated.
  • Four vulnerable JARs (bcprov-jdk15on-1.59.jar, cxf-core-3.2.2.jar, jackson-databind-2.8.11.1.jar, and json-20190722.jar) have been updated.
  • An issue with backing up file versions in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business has been fixed.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6071 (Aug 31, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Backup and restore support for new Azure AD object types: Azure AD Policies and Administrative Units can now be backed up and restored.
  • Enhancements:
  • You can now filter mailboxes and sites to be backed up with more granularity, using various attributes available in the Filter by Criteria option.
  • The RecoveryManager Plus' recycle bin will now display how many days remain before an object is deleted from the Azure AD recycle bin.
  • You can now enable email notifications for all Azure AD backup and restore operations.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6070 (Jul 1, 2023)

  • Features:
  • Backup archive for Active Directory and Azure Active Directory: It is now possible to store Active Directory and Azure Active Directory backups in archives, to ensure prolonged data retention. The backup archives can be stored in local, shared, cloud (Azure blob storage and Azure file share) and NAS storage.
  • Security Hardening: Configure multiple security settings to enhance product security.
  • Enhancements:
  • Enhancement of GPO backup performance to boost overall backup efficacy.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6062 (Jun 21, 2023)

  • Issue fix:
  • A security vulnerability (CVE-2023-35785) reported by dalt4sec through our bug bounty program has been fixed.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6061 (May 5, 2023)

  • Enhancement:
  • You can now exclude members of dynamic groups from the Azure Active Directory backup to enhance performance.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6060 (Apr 8, 2023)

  • New feature:
  • NAS as backup repository: RecoveryManager Plus now allows you to store Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Exchange on-premises backups in NAS.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6058 (Feb 8, 2023)

  • Enhancements:
  • Mail server configuration: RecoveryManager Plus now allows you to configure your mail server using SMTP (Basic or OAuth authentication) or the mail service provider’s API.
  • New 2FA Method: You can now use Microsoft Authenticator to verify technicians during login.
  • Default password change alert: You will now receive an in-product alert and be forced to change the default password of the built-in administrator account.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6057 (Dec 31, 2022)

  • New feature:
  • Split PST into multiple files: You can now export a mailbox into multiple smaller PST files, thereby enabling you to overcome the import limit of Outlook.
  • Automation policy: You can now automatically add newly discovered Exchange (on-premises and online) mailboxes and SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites to existing backup schedules based on criteria such as groups, site types, parent sites, etc.
  • Export a list of backed up mailboxes and sites: You can now export (CSV format) the list of all mailboxes and sites that are being backed up through each backup scheduler.
  • Enhancements:
  • Improvements have been made to discover Exchange mailboxes quickly.
  • You can now configure AD domains for backup without having to provide the credentials of a domain admin. For more information on the least privileges required to configure a backup for AD domains, click here.
  • Minor fixes to improve the security and stability of the product.
  • Issue fixed:
  • An issue with the Date filter within the Advanced search menu in the Exchange module has been fixed.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6056 (Nov 14, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • RecoveryManager Plus now supports backup and restoration of a wider variety of data types of custom attributes.
  • You can now backup and restore custom attributes that have been inherited from the auxiliary classes.
  • You can now set any configured Active Directory domain as the default domain.
  • Issue fixed:
  • ES data dump issue encountered while backing up Active Directory data has been.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6055 (Oct 25, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • RecoveryManager Plus now supports backup and restoration of a wider variety of data types of custom attributes.
  • You can now backup and restore custom attributes that have been inherited from the auxiliary classes.
  • You can now set any configured Active Directory domain as the default domain.
  • Issue fixed:
  • ES data dump issue encountered while backing up Active Directory data has been.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6054 (Sep 21, 2022)

  • Minor issues fixed to improve the stability and security of the product.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6053 (Sep 3, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • Support for modern authentication: You can now configure Microsoft 365 tenants which have modern authentication enabled.
  • Advanced search filters: Search for particular AD objects in a backup using attribute filters such as sAMAccountName, Description, or any other attribute of the objects.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6051 (Jul 19, 2022)

  • Security issues fixed:
  • Minor issues fixed to improve the stability and security of the product.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6050 (May 19, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Automatic patch updater: The product can now automatically download and install any issue fix patches from ManageEngine for security vulnerabilities detected within the product.
  • Instant event notification: You can now choose to get notified about upcoming seminars, webinars, and workshops from ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus.
  • Security enhancements:
  • Instant security updates: In the event of any security vulnerabilities being detected in the product, RecoveryManager Plus will notify users about the vulnerability, temporary workaround, and patch availability through in-app banners.
  • Product update enhancement: An integrity check has been added to the product service pack upgrade process to improve product security.
  • Storage of exported Microsoft 365 items: Exported PST files of Exchange mailboxes and downloaded content of SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business site items will only be stored in local and shared repositories configured in RecoveryManager Plus.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6049 (Jan 26, 2022)

  • New features:
  • Two-factor authentication: Add an extra layer of security by requiring users to verify with a second authentication method to gain access to the product. RecoveryManager Plus provides the following modes of secondary authentication.
  • Email verification
  • Google Authenticator
  • RSA SecurID
  • Duo Security
  • RADIUS Authentication
  • CAPTCHA: Now enable CAPTCHA image on the login page and protect against bot-based brute-force attacks.
  • Block users: Temporarily block technicians from logging in to RecoveryManager Plus after a specified number of failed logon attempts within a certain period.
  • Security enhancements:
  • Granular permission assignment: Previously, when you added a Microsoft 365 tenant to RecoveryManager Plus, the account which was used to add tenant to the product will be provided site admin permissions to all the SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites in the tenant. Now, the account will only be provided site admin permissions for the sites that have been added to a backup schedule. The site admin permissions will also be automatically revoked if the site is removed from all backup schedules or if the tenant is deleted from the product.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6047 (Dec 20, 2021)

  • Issue fixed:
  • The Log4j library used in the product has been updated to 2.16.0 to prevent the unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2021-44228) and DoS (CVE-2021-45046) vulnerabilities.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6043 (Oct 25, 2021)

  • New feature:
  • Smart card authentication: RecoveryManager Plus now allows administrators and technicians to login to the application using smart cards/PKI/certificates.
  • Security enhancements:
  • As soon as the administrators log in to the product, they will be prompted to:
  • Enable SSL.
  • Change the default password.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6042 (Sep 8, 2021)

  • Enhancements:
  • Enhance security by performing AD restorations without saving the domain administrator credentials in the product. You can now provide the credentials of a user who can write to AD only when you perform a restoration. This credential will not be stored and will be deleted once the restoration operation is complete.
  • Get a detailed report on any backup or restoration operation carried out in your AD environment sent to your email address as a PDF file. You can also have the PDF file automatically stored in a shared repository of your choice.
  • Configure backup schedules for multiple Exchange mailboxes and SharePoint Online sites by importing a CSV file with the list of mailboxes and sites.
  • Export multiple mailboxes to PST in a single click by importing a CSV file with the list of mailboxes.
  • Issue fixed:
  • A security vulnerability which allowed unauthenticated access to the product has been fixed.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6041 (Jun 24, 2021)

  • New feature:
  • Google Workspace backup and restoration: Backup and restore all items in your Gmail (including all emails, contacts, calendar entries, journals, notes, posts, and tasks), and user drive data.
  • Gmail backup and restoration: Back up and restore all items such as emails, contacts, calendar entries, journals, notes, posts, and tasks. When performing a restoration, you have the flexibility to perform:
  • Complete mailbox restoration: Restore entire mailboxes to the backed up state.
  • Item-level restoration: Recover individual items such as a single email or a note.
  • Restoration to different mailboxes: Restore backed up mailbox items to the same mailbox or to a different mailbox.
  • Google Drive backup: Back up all files and folders in your drive and restore them when needed.
  • Personal Google account backup: Back up not only organizational accounts but also your personal Google account.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6040 (Jun 14, 2021)

  • New feature:
  • Google Workspace backup and restoration: Backup and restore all items in your Gmail (including all emails, contacts, calendar entries, journals, notes, posts, and tasks), and user drive data.
  • Gmail backup and restoration: Back up and restore all items such as emails, contacts, calendar entries, journals, notes, posts, and tasks. When performing a restoration, you have the flexibility to perform:
  • Complete mailbox restoration: Restore entire mailboxes to the backed up state.
  • Item-level restoration: Recover individual items such as a single email or a note.
  • Restoration to different mailboxes: Restore backed up mailbox items to the same mailbox or to a different mailbox.
  • Google Drive backup: Back up all files and folders in your drive and restore them when needed.
  • Personal Google account backup: Back up not only organizational accounts but also your personal Google account.
  • Issues fixed:
  • Issue which prevented administrators from adding Azure storage when TLS version is above set high.1.0
  • SharePoint throttling issue which resulted in the following error messages ("Not well formatted JSON stream", "The property field has not been initialized", "Cannot access a dispose object", "400 Bad request", "The URL is invalid. It may refer to a non-existent file or folder, or refer to a valid a file or folder that is not in the current web.")
  • Issue which prevented administrators from adding a remote ES node.
  • Product restarting due to out of memory exception.
  • GPO backup failed when enterprise admin credentials were given for child domain.
  • Rollback & recycle object name suggestion was not working in previous versions.
  • Application crashes when attempting AD restorations.
  • Encoding and $ % usage issues in the Shared repository.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6032 (Apr 9, 2021)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Issue while setting the Aspose license in Export to PST module.
  • Issues in configuring a Microsoft Office 365 tenant with RecoveryManager Plus.
  • Issues with downloading SharePoint Online files which had more than 248 characters in the URL.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6031 (Feb 28, 2021)

  • Issues fixed:
  • Minor issues fixed to improve the stability of the product.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6030 (Feb 13, 2021)

  • New feature:
  • Azure AD backup and restoration: Backup and restore all objects in your Azure AD environment, including Users, Groups, Devices, Application, Service Principals, Directory Roles, Subscribed SKUs, and Domains. You can restore entire objects or just specific attributes to their backed up state.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6026 (Dec 9, 2020)

  • Issues fixed:
  • Minor issues fixed to improve the stability and security of the product.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6025 (Aug 10, 2020)

  • Minor issues fixed to improve the stability and security of the product.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6020 (Jun 16, 2020)

  • Issues fixed:
  • Minor issues fixed to improve the stability of the product.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6017 (May 16, 2020)

  • Fixes:
  • This release includes fixes for the unauthenticated change to integration system configuration vulnerability.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6016 (May 13, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Backup storage in Azure: Store your Office 365 and Exchange backups in Azure Blob Storage and Azure file shares.
  • Custom technician roles: Curate your own technician roles and provide varying levels of administrative privileges to end users based on your needs.
  • Enhancements:
  • Database backup: You can now backup Elasticsearch nodes configured in the product.
  • Office 365 licensing enhancement: Mailbox and sites licenses will be freed if no new backups are taken for 31 consecutive days. The mailboxes and sites will automatically be licensed if a backup is taken.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6015 (Apr 30, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Backup storage in Azure: Store your Office 365 and Exchange backups in Azure Blob Storage and Azure file shares.
  • Custom technician roles: Curate your own technician roles and provide varying levels of administrative privileges to end users based on your needs.
  • Enhancements:
  • Database backup: You can now backup Elasticsearch nodes configured in the product.
  • Office 365 licensing enhancement: Mailbox and sites licenses will be freed if no new backups are taken for 31 consecutive days. The mailboxes and sites will automatically be licensed if a backup is taken.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6011 (Mar 10, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • You can now use LDAPS to secure all communications between RecoveryManager Plus and Active Directory.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6010 (Mar 2, 2020)

  • New features:
  • Download sites data: You can now bulk download all data from your SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites backups and store them securely within your premises.
  • Group mailbox backup: You can now backup and restore group mailboxes in your Exchange Online.
  • Enhancements:
  • Option to subscribe to just the PST export of Exchange (Online and on-premises) mailbox feature of the solution.
  • You can now search for particular SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites using their URL or name in the tree view of SharePoint Online sites popup.
  • You can now delete the AD domains you have configured in RecoveryManager Plus. Previously, they could only be disabled.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6005 (Jan 24, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • Improved notification mails: You can now configure RecoveryManager Plus to send out notification mails with a PDF attachment that provides additional information on the status of all steps undertaken during any backup or restore operation performed in your Exchange organization/tenant, and SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites.
  • Resume PST export: You can now resume any PST export job that has paused or has encountered an issue instead of having to restart the job from the beginning.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6003 (Dec 12, 2019)

  • Minor issues fixed to improve the stability of the product.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6001 (Nov 11, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Office 365
  • SharePoint Online backup and restoration: Backup and restore all SharePoint Online site collections, sites, lists and document libraries. When performing a restoration, you have the flexibility to perform:
  • Complete site restoration: Restore entire SharePoint Online sites to the backed up state.
  • Item-level restoration: Restore individual list items or a single document.
  • Restore to a different SharePoint Online site: Restore backed up list items to the same site or to a different site.
  • OneDrive for Business backup and restoration: Backup and restore all files and folders in your OneDrive for Business environment. When performing a restoration, you have the flexibility to perform:
  • Complete site restoration: Restore entire OneDrive for Business site to the backed up state.
  • Item-level restoration: Restore individual items such as a single file or folder.
  • Restore to a different OneDrive for Business site: Restore backed up files and folders to the same OneDrive for Business site or to a different site.
  • Active Directory
  • Schema partition backup and restoration: Backup and restore changes made to classes and attributes in the schema partition.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 6.0 Build 6000 (Nov 7, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Office 365:
  • SharePoint Online backup and restoration: Backup and restore all SharePoint Online site collections, sites, lists and document libraries. When performing a restoration, you have the flexibility to perform:
  • Complete site restoration: Restore entire SharePoint Online sites to the backed up state.
  • Item-level restoration: Restore individual list items or a single document.
  • Restore to a different SharePoint Online site: Restore backed up list items to the same site or to a different site.
  • OneDrive for Business backup and restoration: Backup and restore all files and folders in your OneDrive for Business environment. When performing a restoration, you have the flexibility to perform:
  • Complete site restoration: Restore entire OneDrive for Business site to the backed up state.
  • Item-level restoration: Restore individual items such as a single file or folder.
  • Restore to a different OneDrive for Business site: Restore backed up files and folders to the same OneDrive for Business site or to a different site.
  • Active Directory:
  • Schema partition backup and restoration: Backup and restore changes made to classes and attributes in the schema partition.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.4 Build 5452 (Aug 29, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • Multiple language support: RecoveryManager Plus is available in English, Dutch, Italian, French, Japanese, German, Chinese, Turkish, Arabic, and Hebrew.
  • Updated mailbox restoration view: The updated view allows you to see all items backed up for any mailbox, no matter which cycle the items were backed up in. This will enable users to view all backed up items of a mailbox in one view, in a single click, for enhanced user experience.
  • Personalization: You can now customize settings such as the time zone and the date and time format.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.4 Build 5450 (Aug 2, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • Multiple language support: RecoveryManager Plus is available in English, Dutch, Italian, French, Japanese, German, Chinese, Turkish, Arabic, and Hebrew.
  • Updated mailbox restoration view: The updated view allows you to see all items backed up for any mailbox, no matter which cycle the items were backed up in. This will enable users to view all backed up items of a mailbox in one view, in a single click, for enhanced user experience.
  • Personalization: You can now customize settings such as the time zone and the date and time format.
  • Issue fixed:
  • The time at which AD backups were taken was displayed in a different time zone instead of the local time zone.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.4 Build 5440 (Jun 7, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Encryption: You can now secure AD and Exchange mailbox backups stored in Elasticsearch with TLS encryption at REST and transport layer.
  • Export mailbox data to PST: You can now export and archive the data in your mailbox (Exchange Online and on-premises Exchange) to PST format. While exporting the data from mailboxes, you have the flexibility to select:
  • All contents in the mailboxes.
  • Only specific mailbox folders.
  • Only specific mailbox items that satisfy particular criteria.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.4 Build 5431 (Apr 15, 2019)

  • Issues fixed:
  • Minor issues in group membership backup and recovery.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.4 Build 5430 (Jan 10, 2019)

  • New features:
  • Supports multiple Elasticsearch repositories: You can now configure multiple Elasticsearch repositories to store your Active Directory and Exchange (on-premises and Exchange Online) backups.
  • Technician audit: You can now audit all changes made to technicians’ privileges and the operations carried out by each technicians.
  • Group Policy Preferences backup: You can now backup and restore Group Policy Preferences.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.4 Build 5420 (Nov 2, 2018)

  • New feature:
  • On-premises Exchange backup and restoration: All Exchange items such as emails, contacts, notes, calendar entries, journals, posts, and tasks can be backed up and restored.
  • When performing a restoration, you have the flexibility to perform:
  • Complete mailbox restoration: Restore entire mailboxes to the backed up state.
  • Item-level restoration: Recover individual items such as a single email or a calendar event.
  • Restoration to different mailboxes: Restore backed up mailbox items to the same mailbox, to a different mailbox, to a mailbox in a different organization or even to a mailbox in your Exchange Online tenant.
  • Enhancements:
  • Enhanced UI to easily select objects and attributes that are to be backed up.
  • Extended schema attributes backup: All extended schema attributes will be automatically detected and selected to be backed up, eliminating the need to manually add them.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.4 Build 5410 (Oct 1, 2018)

  • New feature:
  • Periodic full backups: You can now configure a periodic full backup scheduler for your AD environment.
  • Enhancements:
  • Assign technician roles to AD groups: You can now assign technician privileges to all members of any AD group in a single click.
  • Performance enhancement for faster AD backups.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.4 Build 5400 (Aug 14, 2018)

  • New feature:
  • Exchange Online backup and restoration: Back up and restore all Exchange Online items such as emails, contacts, notes, calendar entries, journals, posts, and tasks. Besides restoring entire mailboxes to the backed up state, the following additional restoration capabilities are included with the product:
  • Item-level restoration: Restore entire mailboxes to a backed-up state or recover individual items such as a single email or a calendar event.
  • Restore to different mailboxes: Restore backed up mailbox items to the same mailbox, to a different mailbox, or even to a mailbox in a different tenant.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5350 (Jun 20, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • GDPR compliance update:
  • In accordance with the GDPR compliance mandate, the following changes have been made to the product:
  • Passwords stored in the database are encrypted using bcrypt algorithm.
  • Database access is restricted with a password.
  • Sensitive information such as email server and email addresses in connection settings are masked in the product UI.
  • Active Directory:
  • You can now import multiple custom attributes that you need to back up using a CSV file.
  • The number of custom attributes that you can back up has been increased from 31 to 2,000.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • A stored Cross-Site-Scripting XSS Vulnerability has been fixed.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5340 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • The ability to Instantly Recover VMware virtual machines. You can now start the virtual machine directly from the compressed and encrypted backup image without having to restore the data to the ESXi's datastore.
  • The ability to perform periodic health check for Hyper-V backups to assess the integrity of the latest full backup and their corresponding incremental backup files.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5330 (Feb 14, 2018)

  • Virtual Environment:
  • File/folder-level restoration capability for Hyper-V virtual machines.
  • Windows server:
  • Perform bare metal backup and restoration of Windows servers with GPT partition.
  • Encryption: Secure your Windows server backups with AES 128-bit encryption.
  • Active Directory:
  • Attribute filter for restoration: Filter AD objects by the attribute that you wish to restore.
  • Virtual Environment:
  • Live VM migration with state synchronization allows you to clone the current state of the source VM (all running applications) to the target VM to facilitate seamless, downtime-free migration.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5324 (Jan 31, 2018)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Registry update failed Issue fixed.
  • other minor bug fixes.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5322 (Jan 12, 2018)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Registry update failed Issue fixed.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5320 (Dec 19, 2017)

  • New features:
  • Windows server:
  • Windows file server backup & restoration: Backup and restore Windows file servers.
  • Bare metal restoration: Restore your Windows servers from scratch.
  • File/folder/volume restorations: Perform file, folder, and volume level restorations of your Windows servers (file servers and DCs).
  • Virtual environment:
  • File/folder level restorations: Perform file and folder level restorations in your VMware virtual machines.
  • Enhancements:
  • Active Directory:
  • Backup and restore custom GPOs: Back up and restore custom-made GPOs in your AD environment.
  • Recycling objects to specific OUs: Restore a deleted object to a new location instead of recycling it to its previous location.
  • Virtual environment:
  • Live VM migration: Migrate a live virtual machine (VMware and Hyper-V) from one host to another.
  • Synthetic full backup: Take synthetic full backups of your VMware virtual machines.
  • Resource pool selection: When performing full restoration of your virtual machines, you can now choose the resource pool for your restored virtual machine.
  • Support for Hyper-V 2016: RecoveryManager Plus now supports backup and restoration of Hyper-V 2016 virtual machines.
  • General:
  • Product notifications: RecoveryManager Plus's notifications has now been enhanced to notify for:
  • NT service installation: When the product is not installed as a service.
  • Unconfigured mail server: When the mail server is not configured.
  • Low disk space: When the available space is less than 2GB in the location where RecoveryManager Plus is installed.
  • Failed GPO backup: When backing up GPOs has encountered a failure.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5313 (Oct 14, 2017)

  • ENHANCEMENTS:
  • Active Directory:
  • Multiple DC support: Add multiple DCs of the same domain to RecoveryManager Plus and set a communication priority in RecoveryManager Plus to specify the DCs which it must communicate when the primary DC is offline.
  • Bare metal:
  • Backup all hard disks in DCs: In addition to backing up the primary hard disk in your DCs, you can now backup all hard disks.
  • Enhanced BMR restore wizard: Performing bare metal restoration is now simpler with the improved browse functionality.
  • Hyper-V:
  • Backup progress bar: Improved visual representation of backup job's progress when Hyper-V backups are being performed.
  • General:
  • General
  • Mail notification: You can now pick the components (AD, BMR, VMware or Hyper-V) for which you wish to be notified about the status of backup and restoration activities. You can also choose to receive a periodic summary of all backup and restoration activities carried out at fixed interval instead of receiving a notification after every backup and restoration operation .
  • Product Database Backup: You can now schedule backups of the product database (PostgreSQL and MS SQL).

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5311 (Aug 11, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • Active Directory:
  • Backup and restoration of Dynamic Distribution Groups.
  • Bare metal:
  • Incremental backup compression: In addition to compressing full backups, incremental backups are now compressed to one-fourth of their original size.
  • Virtual Environment:
  • VMware virtual machines:
  • Direct data transfer to repository: Backup data of your VMware virtual machines are directly sent to the repository instead of through the RecoveryManager Plus server, making the process of backing up your virtual machines faster.
  • Datastore selection during restoration: When performing a full restoration to another host, you can now select the datastore in which the virtual machine will be created.
  • Hyper-V virtual machines:
  • Destination selection during restoration: You can now select a restoration destination for your Hyper-V virtual machines.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5310 (Jul 10, 2017)

  • New user interface: RecoveryManager Plus has a revamped user interface that makes it easier to navigate and work with for an enhanced user experience.

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.3 Build 5300 (Jun 12, 2017)

  • New Feature:
  • Hyper-V backup and restoration: RecoveryManager Plus now allows you to backup and restore Hyper-V virtual machines in addition to VMware virtual machines.
  • Easy revert of VMware virtual machines: Undo all changes made to virtual machines after the last backup and instantly revert them to their last backup point in a single click.
  • Enhancements:
  • Support for VCenter/Vsphere Version 6.5: RecoveryManager Plus now supports backup and restoration of virtual machines in vCenter and ESXi server version 6.5.
  • Backup progress bar: Improved visual representation when backup jobs are running that illustrates the percentage of job completed

New in ManageEngine RecoveryManager Plus 5.2 Build 5210 (Apr 9, 2017)

  • Released on April 6, 2017
  • Active Directory backup and recovery:
  • Support for Windows server 2016: RecoveryManager Plus now supports backup and recovery of Windows server 2016.
  • BMR restore wizard: Performing bare metal restoration is now simpler with the GUI enabled BMR restore wizard.
  • VMware backup and restoration:
  • Quick backup and restoration: Initiate a backup or restoration process on your VMware virtual machines directly from the configuration tab.
  • Backup encryption: Secure your backups with AES 128-bit encryption.