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Release 2.1.4.201205132128

Release Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 21:28:00 -0400

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with special characters in the criteria values when filtering SharePoint items
  • Improved performance copying content to SharePoint 2010 by reusing server digest

Release 2.1.4.201205070953

Release Date: Mon, 07 May 2012 09:53:00 -0400

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with assigning, mapping, saving in CSV Spreadsheet and preserving created / modified properties when tagging, copying versions of SharePoint content or generating CSV Spreadsheet when offloading content or importing content using CSV Spreadsheet

Release 2.1.4.201205062142

Release Date: Sun, 06 May 2012 21:42:00 -0400

New Features

  • Added the licensing options to enable copying objects and items based on the destination sites URL. The feature is available for the Labs licenses

Release 2.1.4.201204291536

Release Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:36:00 -0400

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with troubleshooting error message connecting to the site using the account with not enough privileges
  • Added more logging and user feedback to troubleshoot accessing items with unprintable characters in metadata
  • Fixed the issue with displaying and copying items that contain Record Separator character in the metadata
  • Fixed the issue with the "Drag-and-drop back to the Inbox" behavior of MS Exchange messages after migrating them from MS Exchange to SharePoint

Release 2.1.4.201204232331

Release Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:31:00 -0400

Extensions

  • Added the function to automatically create full path to the taxonomy terms when mapping values to managed metadata fields with enabled fill-in choices option

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with mis-reporting the error connecting to or refreshing the site

Release 2.1.4.201204222127

Release Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:27:00 -0400

New Features

  • Added the function to automatically create taxonomy terms when importing documents and items to SharePoint using CSV Spreadsheet for metadata or restoring them from the backup
  • Added support for handling metadata in Microsoft Publishing files

Extensions

  • Updated User Manual added more details to backup and windows task scheduler integration

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with attempt to create empty value in the term set when mapping to managed metadata fields with Fill-In Option enabled
  • Fixed the issue with the renamed or remapped file name when generating CSV Spreadsheet when importing files to SharePoint libraries

Release 2.1.4.201204152207

Release Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:07:00 -0400

Extensions

  • Improved performance of displaying historical logs operation. Added the option to filter historical logs by several last days

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with displaying file path in the log viewer after documents copy
  • Fixed the issue with displaying full path and name of the failed items in the operation log
  • Fixed the issue with selecting the wrong user by display name when mapping person or group fields, permissions and created or modified by properties while the right user login name exists in the target user directory available for the target SharePoint but not yet added to the target site collection
  • Improved performance of mapping or setting values to managed metadata fields when copying content to SharePoint 2010 June 2011 patch level
  • Changed the label for Copy operation in the log viewer
  • Added global parameter controlling the logic for assignment of the new terms to managed metadata fields

Release 2.1.4.201204081959

Release Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:59:00 -0400

Extensions

  • Added the function to automatically add terms to the enterprise keywords term set by mapping values from various fields to Enterprise Keywords field when copying content to SharePoint lists
  • Added support for "Available for Tagging" term store terms option when allowing the user to select terms for tagging with managed metadata fields

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with user mapping file containing empty entries
  • Fixed the issue with displaying operations logs under certain circumstances
  • Fixed the issue with partner independent message about activating the product for execution from the command line
  • Fixed the issue with the execution of certain functions from the command line

Release 2.1.4.201204012122

Release Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:22:00 -0400

New Features

  • Added the function to automatically add terms to the open term sets by mapping to managed medatada fields with Allow Fill-In Choices option enabled when copying content to SharePoint lists

Extensions

  • Updated User Manual: Added sections for copy alerts and re-mapping content types

Fixes

  • Added context menu and fixed default selection to set to the newly created term for adding new terms to the open term sets when tagging and copying items
  • Fixed the issue with multiple values in managed metadata or person or group fields when importing data to SharePoint or tagging existing content using CSV Spreadheet
  • Fixed the issue with log viewer displaying content with ampersand character
  • Changed "Use Local System Credentials" Help Bubble replacing Yes/No to True/False
  • Fixed the confirmation message for deleting SharePoint items
  • Added help balloon to the Log Viewer explaining report record about number of total, successful, informational, warning and error messages
  • Fixed visual layout for Total Size control on the log viewer
  • Switched the unit of measurement of Total Size property in the log viewer to Megabytes

Release 2.1.4.201203252156

Release Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:56:00 -0400

New Features

  • Added the function to add new terms to the Managed Metadata fields with Fill-In Choice option enabled (Open Term Sets) and to Enterprise Keywords term sets at the time of tagging Managed Metadata fields

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with clearing field value when uploading documents in the case field has unsupported data type or incorrect value in the managed metadata field
  • Fixed the issue with incorrectly counted number of successful and error items in the Log Viewer
  • Fixed the issue with consistency of the selected options on the Import Content to SharePoint using CSV Spreadsheet screen
  • Improved the performance of the managed metadata fields mapping and tagging by avoiding applying the fix for the SharePoint 2010 Patch level October 2010 to August 2010 issue with assigning values to the managed metadata fields
  • Fixed the issue with using incorrect term lookup when tagging or mapping managed metadata fields created by SharePoint October'10 to August'11 patch levels

Release 2.1.4.201203182127

Release Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:27:00 -0400

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with ignoring filter restriction defined by the list view when displaying SharePoint list items
  • Fixed the issue with using wrong managed metadata lookup value in case of the terms with duplicate names exist in the term store on different level of hiearchy when mapping or tagging managed metadata field
  • Fixed the issue with tagging or mapping with the term that had never been used in the site collection for certain SharePoint patch levels
  • Fixed the counting algorithm when calculated total migration size in the operation log viewer for the copy operation
  • Changed label on the log viewer to reflect that the size is calculated in Kilo-bytes
  • Updated User Manual: reorganized sections, updated scripting sections in backup and appendix for automatic file name generation if no file name is specified
  • Fixed the issue with quick find term by suggestion in the case when Show Full Path option is enabled in the Managed Metadata field properties when mapping or tagging managed metadata field
  • Fixed the issue with the incorrect detection of the lookup part of the managed metadata field for the term value that have never been used in the site collection in case of copying items between versioned libraries
  • Changed the label of the Help button to the "User Manual"
  • Optimized browsing of the term store trees by detecting that the nodes do not have sub-nodes before opening them
  • Fixed the compatibility issue of the new log viewer with the logs generated by the old versions

Release 2.1.4.201203112151

Release Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:51:00 -0400

New Features

  • Added the function to directly connect to Office 365 SharePoint sites with enabled Federated Domain Authentication. This function enables scripted or scheduled execution of migration and backup activities. The sites with this authentication include majority of the old BPOS SharePoint 2007 sites converted by Microsoft to Office 365

Extensions

  • Added the information about the total size of the transferred data to the operation log viewer after content copy
  • Optimized the performance of tagging or mapping managed metadata fields by querying instead of pre-caching the term store
  • Extended content statistics in the operation log to include more performance categories

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with time zone shift in the custom date field values when copying Office 2003 documents between servers located in the time zones different from the computer performing the copy task
  • Fixed the issue with failure to copy an item when mapping non-managed metadata field (f.i. Lookup) to a managed metadata field that does not have matching term from the source
  • Added log information to troubleshoot the issue with time zone date conversions for Office 2003 documents
  • Fixed the issue with mapping enterprise keywords when copying items between SharePoint locations
  • Fixed the issue with assigning managed metadata fields values when importing content to SharePoint using CSV Spreadsheet or restoring from the backup
  • Fixed the issue with the picture field properties got overwritten with the meadata from the image when copying pictures to SharePoint 2010+ picture libraries
  • Added log information to troubleshoot unsupported media exceptions caused by SharePoint connectivity issues

Release 2.1.4.201203042150

Release Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:50:00 -0500

Extensions

  • Added feedback messages to the command line console when failed to activate the product to to check connections when running the application from the command line

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with saving and loading template mapping on the Properties screen of the Copy Items Wizard that includes field names with non-English characters
  • Fixed the issue with saving and loading copy filters that include field names and values with non-English characters
  • Fixed the visual appearance of the Log Viewer screen to fit all controls in the case of the long log records
  • Optimized the performance of mapping managed metadata field values when copying or importing items to SharePoint locations
  • Fixed the issue with displaying operation log content in the Log Viewer in the case when the list name recorded in the log contains special characters

Release 2.1.4.201202262141

Release Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:41:00 -0500

Extensions

  • Added support for SharePoint server farms with large number of WEB Applications when discovering site collections or performing mass site collection copy
  • Updated User Manual

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with re-processing failed items in the case of item level copy with changing items content type
  • Added diagnostics information to troubleshoot automatic proxy detection
  • Changed the default folder for saving scripts to user home directory from read only Program Files folder
  • Fixed the issue with incorrect Cyrillic characters saved in the CSV Spreadsheet to re-execute failed items
  • Fixed the issue with generating command line scripts and Windows Scheduler tasks that include spaces in tha path to the executable or to the migrating items
  • Fixed the issue with retrieving items from the list that contain columns that have spaces in the internal names
  • Fixed the visual appearance of the Copy Items Wizard properties screen
  • Renamed Navigator View to Navigator in the main application workspace
  • Restricted "Create Task in Windows Scheduler" functionality to Windows 7+ and Windows Server 2008+ only
  • Improved error reporting mechanism for troubleshooting the issues with the broken lists that do not allow content queries

Release 2.1.4.201202192158

Release Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:58:00 -0500

Extensions

  • Added the function to group multiple script commands into the same batch task when creating the item level copy task in the Windows Task Scheduler for multiple selected items
  • Added the function to specify proxy information in the command line scripts

Fixes

  • Reorganized visual appearance of the Log Viewer dialog
  • Fixed the issue with saving operation log file as CSV spreadsheet to include full log record message into the spreadsheet
  • Added the application specific folder to the Windows Task Scheduler task when creating new tasks
  • Fixed the label for hte "Import Proxy Settings" button
  • Added help balloons and changed labels for several options on list and site copy wizards as well as to the Global Profiles Variables settings
  • Fixed the issue with integration with the Windows Task Scheduler on non-Windows platforms
  • Fixed the issue with "Save Failed Items" functionality after the copy using default mapping
  • Fixed the issue with the visual appearance of Proxy Configuration dialog

Release 2.1.4.201202122149

Release Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:49:00 -0500

New Features

  • Added the function to schedule scripts as tasks in the Windows Task Scheduler
  • Added the function to automatically detect proxy settings from the local Internet Explorer

Extensions

  • Added information with full path to the target site to the operations log report when copying data between SharePoint locations

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with incorrect dates mapped from the Google Documents when copying content from Google Documents to SharePoint
  • Fixed the issue with sticking Author Office document property that could not be changed in the Office 2003 document after uploading to SharePoint
  • Fixed the issue with missing file name of the target item in the operations log report

Release 2.1.4.201202052112

Release Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:12:00 -0500

New Features

  • Added the capability to connect to Claims-based authentication sites protected with Oracle Access Manager Identity Management software

Extensions

  • Added software version information to the operations log and to the log viewer
  • Added the ability to save operation log as CSV file
  • Added information about the number of succeeded, failed and warning records in the log viewer

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with mapping or assigning out of the box SharePoint Status field for MS Office 2003 documents
  • Fixed the issue with reporting negative "Other" performance in the log viewer statistics section
  • Fixed event labels in the operations log for the import activities
  • Fixed the issue with the error reported when uploading files from file system using CSV spreadsheet with empty modified date in the spreadsheet
  • Fixed the issue with standard MS Office properties like Subject, Author, Category, etc could not be changed in the Office 2003 documents after importing them to SharePoint mapping falues to these fields
  • Fixed the issue with the annoying message on the application startup about failure to check for updates
  • Fixed the issue with the navigation set to the password field even when the user is not defined when collecting user credentials

Release 2.1.4.201201292145

Release Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:45:00 -0500

Fixes

  • Added support for version comments when copying from Google Documents to SharePoint using CSV Spreadsheet
  • Fixed the issue with empty statistics window in the log viewer
  • Fixed the issue with merging versions when copying from Google Documents to SharePoint using CSV Spreadsheet
  • Fixed the issue with displaying certain sub-terms when browsing term stores
  • Fixed the issue with assigning term values to managed metadata fields when uploading content to SharePoint using CSV spreadsheet
  • Fixed the issue with folder in Google Documents environment when generating CSV spreadsheet to upload documents from Google Documents to SharePoint
  • Fixed the issue with occasional negative values in the Other section of the performance statistics of the log viewer
  • Fixed the issue with closing global profile dialog in case no option is selected

Release 2.1.4.201201221838

Release Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:38:00 -0500

Extensions

  • Added the function to collect and analyze performance statistics for copy, tag, import and download operations

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with connecting to sites with the site URLs provides in mixed case notation
  • Fixed the issue with selecting logs in the log viewer history window after re-sorting columns
  • Fixed the issue with duplicated columns in a content report
  • Fixed the issue with copying documents with the lookup fields referencing the same library with versioning setting enabled
  • Fixed the issue with assigning out-of-the-box SharePoint Status property to Office 2007+ documents when uploading or importing them to SharePoint

Release 2.1.4.201201150216

Release Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:16:00 -0500

Fixes

  • Updated User Manual

Release 2.1.4.201201082114

Release Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:14:00 -0500

Fixes

  • Fixed the column order for the log viewer history
  • Fixed the operation name reporting for the log viewer
  • Added log viewer icon to the ribbon tabs of the various product editions
  • Fixed misspelled label in the command line help
  • Fixed the issue with connecting to claims-based sites using connect with the browser on non-Windows computers

Release 2.1.4.201201012134

Release Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:34:00 -0500

Extensions

  • Added the log details section to the Log Viewer displaying general parameters for the log operation, source and target sites for migration jobs, etc
  • Added the the function to select historical logs in the Log Viewer for the previous operations
  • Added the function to browse Google sites content
  • Added new user manual in the Windows Help format

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with copying documents with versions from Google Documents to SharePoint
  • Fixed the issue with preserving modification date when copying content from Google Documents to SharePoint

Release 2.1.4.201112252147

Release Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:47:00 -0500

New Features

  • Added the optional function to perform interactive browser based authentication for claims-based sites enabled by the global profile option "Enable Browser Connect". Note that on Windows computers the feature requires Internet Explorer 8+

Extensions

  • Added the function to activate the product in the environments that do not allow any data out

Release 2.1.4.201112191051

Release Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:51:00 -0500

Extensions

  • Added information about list / library path in the copy content log
  • Added information about full path to the item in the copy content log
  • Added the global profile configuration element to enforce Negotiate authentication scheme for situations when more than one authentication scheme is supported by the server

Fixes

  • Fixed the spelling for the "occurred" labels and messages
  • Improved visual performance of the term store viewer in the term store browser and term selector on the properties screen of the copy wizard

Release 2.1.4.201112112135

Release Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:35:00 -0500

Extensions

  • Added the function to retrieve items from the lists with multiple lookup, managed metadata or user or group fields to comply with SharePoint threshold limitation policy. The function works automatically for the lists that fall into this category and does not require threshold adjustments in the central administration

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with application framework installation in certain environments
  • Fixed the issue with the switching off the "Use Local User Account" functionality when connecting to SharePoint sites in fresh software installations
  • Fixed the issue with failed software activation in the case of broken mixed-case computer fingerprint detection
  • Fixed the issue with mapping to custom Category field for Open Office (MS Office 2007+) documents when copying to SharePoint
  • Fixed the issue with performance of copying or mapping users for created / modified, user or group fields, groups or permissions in case the users are missing in the target user user directory

Release 2.1.4.201112042133

Release Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:33:00 -0500

Fixes

  • Added command line help description for the Google Import command with examples
  • Added an icon for "Remove from list" context menu item for Google Documents
  • Fixed the performance issue opening context menu for Navigation Tree nodes
  • Fixed the issue with assigning or mapping values to Category field when uploading or copying MS Office documents to SharePoint
  • Fixed the issue with pasting content to the content view incorrectly pasted it into the list selected in the navigation tree
  • Fixed the issue with accidental clearing all values in the profile manager

Release 2.1.4.201111272117

Release Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:17:00 -0500

New Features

  • Added the function to upload content to SharePoint from Google Documents using CSV spreadsheet

Extensions

  • Added Google specific icon to My Systems (Connections) view context menu
  • Added the function to persist Google Accounts between application restart
  • Added the function to copy documents and collections from Google Documents from command line using URLs to Google Resources

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with copying large collections of documents from Google Documents to SharePoint
  • Added the exception for the failure to retrieve the list of Google Documents from collections
  • Fixed the issue with copying folder modified date when copying Google Documents collections to SharePoint
  • Fixed the issue with duplicate Google Accounts
  • Fixed the issue with double-clicking on Google section of the Connections view to pop up Connect To Google Documents dialog
  • Fixed the issue with selection of the right application mode when switching to Google Documents ribbon tab page
  • Fixed the issue with displaying security related actions in context menu for Google items

Release 2.1.4.201111202102

Release Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:02:00 -0500

Extensions

  • Added Type column with an appropriate icon in documents view for Google Documents
  • Added icons for Google account and documents sections in Google Migrator
  • Added support for command line execution of copying content from Google Documents to SharePoint using CSV Spreadsheet
  • Added Google Migrator tab-page to the ribbon toolbar

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with sorting by columns in documents view for Google documents content
  • Fixed the performance issues when loading files from file system, SharePoint or Google Applications using CSV spreadsheet with and managed metadata fields referencing large term sets
  • Fixed the issue with maintaining folder created / modified properties when uploading files to SharePoint using CSV spreadsheet
  • Fixed the issue with replacing + in the file and folder names with dash when copying content to SharePoint locations
  • Fixed the issue with rare failures while retrieving Google document versions
  • Renamed "My Systems"' view to "Connections"
  • Fixed the issue with limiting the list of columns to map to regular string field under data analysis mode
  • Fixed the issue with mapping out-of-the-box Author field to MS Office 2003 documents
  • Fixed the issue with overwriting folders metadata when copying content from Google Documents

Release 2.1.4.201111132121

Release Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:21:00 -0500

New Features

  • Google Migrator is released as a separate stand-alone product and as a module to the Architect Suite
  • Added support for Office Live Small Business SharePoint using Live ID authentication

Extensions

  • Added support for command line execution of copying content from Google Documents to SharePoint including script generating in Copy Wizard
  • Added the function to select a user or a group from property mapping dialog by double clicking on the dialog list row

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with caching new user account when connecting to the SharePoint site previously connected with different user account
  • Fixed the issue with the Author field did not set up correctly when copying or uploading MS Office 2007+ documents
  • Added SharePoint connectivity troubleshooting information
  • Fixed the issue with opening Google documents
  • Fixed the issue with displaying term stores, mapping and tagging managed metadata fields with the term values that contain special characters
  • Improved visibility of Google Migrator product by using appropriate icons
  • Fixed the issue with setting _Comments (Description) field to MS Office 2003 documents
  • Fixed the issue with setting created / modified properties when migrating Google Documents content without appropriate user mapping

Release 2.1.4.201111062159

Release Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:59:00 -0500

New Features

  • Added the function to map users when copying content from Google Documents to SharePoint
  • Added support to copy document and file versions when copying content from Google Documents to SharePoint
  • Added support for File Owner property in Google Documents. Added support to filter and map file owner attribute

Extensions

  • Moved Google documents format conversion option to the copy wizard summary page. Added full format description to the format conversion selection options
  • Added support to filter Google Documents content by file size. Note that native Google documents do not have size property
  • Added the function to select a field or a value from property mapping dialog by double clicking on the field or the value to map from

Fixes

  • Fixed the issue with filtering by file extensions when copying from Google Documents to SharePoint
  • Fixed the issue with the standard SharePoint Description (_Comments) column was not set when copying / uploading Office 2007+ documents
  • Fixed the issue with Discover Site Collections wizard not returning all possible server Alternative Mapping URLs

Release 2.1.4.201110302117

Release Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:17:00 -0400

New Features

  • Initial release of beta functionality for Google Migrator. The following functions are supported: 1) Connect to Google Documents. 2) Browse Google Documents collections. 3) Open native documents and uploaded files for preview. 4) Copy selected documents and collections to SharePoint. 5) Convert native Google documents (documents, presentations, tables) selected formats (MS Office, txt, pdf, etc). 6) Map Google Documents properties like published, edited dates etc to SharePoint fields 7) Preserve documents created and modified dates.