ActivMan - Help (v3.3) - New Features

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The new features of v3.3 are:

Create SDLs (Student Distribution Lists) which are groups containing teachers of a particular student
Each group type can now have separate email address formats
Can now customise the character which replaces illegal characters in email addresses
Config files, templates, logs, etc, have now been moved to the common application data location (e.g. C:\ProgramData)
Minor bug fixes and improvements

The new features of v3.2 are:

More password options:
- Generate completely random alphanumeric passwords
- Random selection of predefined words
- Specify your own predefined words or use the default ones
- Optionally specify whether the password must include uppercase characters
- Optionally append a random number at the end
Due to the new random passwords generation, a list of users and passwords is now saved in a subfolder named 'PasswordLists' as a CSV file
When using the Extraction Wizard a new window will appear at the end listing the new accounts and their passwords
Password list in AutoImport can be optionally emailed to someone
Password list can be emailed as either an Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheet, CSV file, or embedded table
Added option to specify format of new teaching group names
Added option to specify format of new registration group names
Forenames, Surnames, and initials are now pre-parsed to replace accented characters with standard characters
Minor bug fixes and improvements

The new features of v3.1 are:

Updated licensing so the application does not stop working when license expires
Added a welcome wizard to set essential settings on first run
Replaced extraction wizard with new wizard library
Replaced import wizard with new wizard library
Templates now saved automatically to correct location rather than allowing the user to specify a location
Updated help file to include 'Apply Template' and 'Get Missing IDs'
Improved 'Check for update' to display changes
Minor bug fixes and improvements

The new features of v3.0 are:

You can now specify actions to be executed when certain events occur
You can now edit user ID's, which is used to link against your MIS
A virtual date can now be specified in order to create accounts and groups before they actually take effect. NOTE: You must disable AutoImport until after this date as this would put everything back.
Teaching groups can now be created as either security groups, distribution groups, or both
Logs are now automatically saved to disk
Added option to allow user to specify what to import, i.e. users & groups, users, or groups.
Support for multiple MISs
Added support for Terminal Services
Added more user and group options
Added custom attributes to user templates
Added creating and managing year groups
Added support a single domain across multiple sites which will move users' home directories between sites
Lots of behind-the-scenes changes
Various bugs resolved

The new features of v2.3 are:

The new features of v2.2 are:

Extract teaching sets
Create AD groups for each teaching set
Automatically add students and staff to teaching sets/groups - useful for SLG
Synchronise existing students and staff to current teaching sets/groups
Student's UPN or staff ID now stored in AD user account - improve account matching
AutoImport reports to Windows Event Log
Copy Template feature added
UDF's (User Defined Fields) now extracted from MIS. Use Tags to access data.
Perform a test import using Import Wizard, Extraction Wizard, and AutoImport.
View full event log from any import.
Extract 'chosen name' of students and staff

The new features of v2.1 are:

Customisation of display name now allowed
More customisation options for username format
More data extracted from MIS:
- DOA (Date of Arrival)
- Gender
- Admissions Number
- UPN (Unique Pupil Number)
- Staff ID
- Staff Initials
More tags available to customise fields
Find Database options added to New Database Connection and AutoImport
Test Database connection feature added to New Database Connection and AutoImport
Added more year groups available to extract
Option to auto-connect to a server on load

The new features of v2.0 are:

AutoImport feature to automatically synchronise your MIS to Active Directory
Import staff
Improved importing process
Improved extracting from MIS process
Active Directory Recycle Bin
Tags can now be used in various properties of a template, i.e. "[USERNAME]"
Tools menu to access any installed tools
Client/Server tools to transfer data from MIS on one network to Active Directory on a separate network (via the Internet)
Server Manager tool to configure ActivMan Server