ADManager Plus Fixes and Enhancements for Version 6.3 build 6310 to 6330

Version 6.3 Build 6310 (July 2015):

Enhancements:

* Grant 'SendAs' permission to Active Directory (AD) users during user creation and modification: You can now set the 'Send As' permission for users right during their onboarding process, in single or in bulk, using the new option added to the single and bulk user creation features; you can configure the 'Send As' permission for existing users too using the single user modification feature.

* Flexible CSV-based modification of AD objects: The CSV import feature has been enhanced by adding the following options to offer more flexibility for modifying AD objects:

- For multi-valued attributes: You can choose either to append the values specified in the CSV file to the attributes' existing values in AD, or overwrite their existing AD values with the values specified in the CSV file.

- If the value of an attribute in the CSV file is empty, you can now choose to either clear the attribute's existing value in AD, or retain its current value in AD, as per your need.

* Bulk modification of user creation templates: This option allows you to make the desired changes to multiple user creation templates at once. For example, consider the case where you wish to standardize the naming format for the logon name in a specific set of templates. Instead of modifying the relevant templates one after the other, you can set the desired naming format in all the relevant templates in a single action, using this option.

Issue fixes:

• Issue in configuring the 'Enhanced Presence' setting for users in LCS/OCS.

• Error in exporting report data to XLSX format if the report contains date-related fields.

• ‘User Forum’ link in the Support tab not being visible after enabling SSL.

• Error when a help desk technician tries to add AD users/computers to groups.

Version 6.3 Build 6320 (September 2015)

New Feature:

Computers not in groups report displays all the computers that do not belong to (not members of) any of the Active Directory groups that you specify.

Enhancements:

1. View common members of the specified groups - The 'detailed group members' report now features an option to list the members who are common (part of) to all the selected Active Directory groups. In other words, this option fetches all the users, groups, computers and contacts which are members of all the specified AD groups.

2. More options for deleting AD users; you can now locate and delete the desired AD user account using the 'single user modification' and 'AD Explorer' features too.

3. New values appended to the Title, Department, Office and Company fields in AD directly will be automatically updated in ADManager Plus ( at 0100 hrs everyday), and available for selection in the relevant user management features.

(If you wish to immediately update and use a new value for any of these fields, you can add the desired value manually in ADManager Plus's 'Admin' tab.)

4. While reviewing, approving or executing the user creation requests, in the workflow, the corresponding technicians can now change the template specified in the request to a different one, as needed.

5. While assigning managers for AD objects, besides users it is now possible to select a group or a foreign security principal as managers.

6. During bulk creation of new contacts, groups and computers, you can now set the values for their custom attributes as well.

7. Logo customization option to personalize and rebrand ADManager Plus by replacing its logo with your organization's logo.

Fixes:

The following issues have been fixed in this release:

1. Unable to delete users via the delete option in the 'Disabled users report'.

2. Domain name not being displayed in the 'Permissions for folders' report while selecting the required shared resource's path.

3. Product crashes whenever a management action is performed on users with a lengthy DN (>250 characters).

4. Proxy addresses and extension (custom) attributes of users and groups not being displayed in Exchange reports.

5. The 'check all' option not working as desired in the 'Inactive users report'.

6. Issues in 'Permissions for folders report': not being able to type the shared folder path, and unable to generate this report for a custom level (number of folder levels).

7. Error in adding proxy address in formats other than SMTP, such a X.400, X.500, etc., during creation or modification of AD users, groups and contacts.

8. Help desk technicians not being able to configure the delegated fields while creating new contacts via bulk contact creation.

9. The necessity to use the same password format for all the users while creating new users via the bulk user creation feature (you can now specify different password formats for different users).

10. Error in configuring Google Apps accounts.

Version 6.3 Build 6330 (November 2015)

New features:

Shared Mailbox Creation and Modification features enable you to create and modify shared mailboxes in both, on-premise Exchange Server, as well as cloud-based Office 365, from a single console.

Copy Technician feature allows you to copy all the settings (delegated roles, assigned templates, and the domains/OUs/groups that can be managed) of any help desk technician, and use those copied values to create a new technician; eliminates the need for creating a new one from scratch.

Admin Audit Reports report helps in auditing all the changes made to a help desk technician or a help desk role's configuration, by listing all actions (creation, modification, and deletion) performed on it, along with details such as, who made the changes, the date and time at which they were performed, etc.

Enhancements:

Bulk Management of Help Desk Technicians: The Active Directory (AD) delegation feature now allows you to create and modify help desk technicians in bulk.

Create new Help Desk Technicians in bulk, by delegating the required roles and OUs to all the relevant AD users, at once.

Bulk Edit Technicians allows you to modify multiple help desk technicians (add/remove roles, templates, and OUs assigned to them) in one go, making management of help desk technicians easier and quicker.

Export technicians and roles option allows you to export the details of all existing help desk roles and technicians to html, pdf, and excel formats.

Fixes:

The issue of Office 365 license count not being shown correctly has been fixed.

CSV import now supports the creation of computers and contacts in different OUs, as required, using 'ouName' as CSV header. (In previous versions, bulk creation of computers or contacts could only be done in one OU at a time.)

Issues in bulk deletion of titles, departments, offices, and companies have been sorted.

In Automation, custom attributes can also be imported via CSV files.