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Management Point Change Log
2016-06-09 v4.5.10
Implemented Service based PowerShell process creation to avoid double hop authentication issue when querying remote Exchange, Lync & SharePoint servers
Implemented 'RunAsUser' feature to enable querying of local SQL Server instance using Windows authentication of non MP user
2016-06-17 v4.5.11
Implemented Thread Time Out monitor to detect when system calls hang e.g. WMI Connect, Reg Connect, Domain name lookup etc
2016-07-25 v4.5.12
Hooked up Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Office 365, SCCM & MAP tasks with Task Scheduler. Tasks now driven by MP rather than Server
Addressed bug in v4.5.11 where some inventory tasks datastores were missing important task information
2016-08-17 v4.6.1
Removed agent functionality from MP executable
Refactored communication code
Updated Service based PowerShell execution to handle slow service loading
Improved 3rd party software uninstall functionality
Addressed service load order issue which impacted Autoenroll
Updated MP Admin Icon for start menu
Improved MP console window management
Compiler updated from Visual C++ 12.0 to Visual C++ 14.0
2016-09-01 v4.6.2
Updated S3Tools to enable direct inventory upload to Sam360 servers
Improved support for SQL Server 2016 Edition detection
Addressed issue in MP Config tool UI where scan thread entries in log view were not removed when scan exited early
Addressed thread deadlock issue in s3mp
Updated AD syncing to gather AD group information
Improved retention of Task data in offline mode
2016-09-08 v4.6.3
Updated Thread Time Out Monitor to include more fine grained checks and allow configuration of time out periods
2018-05-11 v4.7.7
Increased Management Point data file limits to better handle organisations with >30k devices
2018-05-18 v4.7.8
Improved how Management Point handles large files in Uploads folder
2018-06-13 v4.7.9
Added new fields to AD Group, User & Device queries plus added WMI BaseBoard query to standard inventory
2018-09-12 v4.8.2
Fixed bug where Office 365 integrations were failing to find powershell exe
2018-10-03 v4.8.3
Added new https profiles for TLS 1.1 & 1.2
2018-10-19 v4.8.4
Fixed bug where Management Point 'Test Credentials' passed when an invalid username or password was specified
2019-01-31 v4.8.5
Added ability to collect product icons during an inventory scan
2019-03-13 v4.8.6
Updated VMware sync to support staging device
Improved Management Point Task DB sync
Added new User fields to default ActiveDirectory query
2019-03-19 v4.8.7
Updated Active Directory based scanning to scan most recently active devices first
2019-05-09 v4.8.9
Updated Hyper-V, Lansweeper & MAP
2019-05-20 v4.9.1
Improved Server Connection management for Management Point
2019-06-13 v4.9.2
Updated VMware script to ignore SSL certificate problems
2019-09-05 v4.9.3
Updated performance snapshots to include network performance details
Include OS Features and Windows Updates in default agent scan
Improved start up sequence logging
2019-09-16 v4.9.4
Added support for AppV 5 packages
Updated HTTP Proxy handler to use MP account details if authentication is required and proxy credentials have not been set
Improved handling of Proxy Authentication
2019-10-04 v4.9.5
Added PowerShell Package Management to Management Point
2019-11-12 v4.9.6
Added PNP devices to Hardware Inventory Scan
Added extra timeout checks to inventory collection
2019-11-13 v4.9.7
Improved support for AppV
Added extra timeout checks to inventory collection
Added Netstat option to inventory scan
2019-11-13 v4.9.8
Added 'Test Settings' option for Office 365 Integration Task in MPAdmin
2019-11-28 v4.9.81
Updated support for getting inventory of AppX and AppV packages
2019-12-12 v4.9.82
Updated 'Investigate Agent Installation' implementation to gather extra info
Updated Time Out values for elements of Inventory gathering to reduce number of failed inventory scans
2019-12-16 v4.9.83
Updated 'Get Status' implementation to help diagnose Agent installation problems on remote devices
2020-04-02 v4.9.85
Added Microsoft Cloud data points to standard inventory scan
2020-04-27 v4.9.86
Improved reliability of remote script execution
2020-05-25 v4.9.87
Improved support for collecting Autodesk License info
2020-06-11 v4.9.88
Updated Office 365 integration to use App Principal instead of username/password
2020-06-18 v4.9.89
Improved Office 365 integration to improve logging and handle errors better
2020-06-25 v4.9.90
Updated Office 365 integration to query usage data. Increased scan timeouts to support slower remote scans
2020-07-01 v4.9.91
Updated Inventory Scan to remove username/password from script execution for Windows Updates collection
2020-08-28 v5.00.01
Improved Remote Scanning Configuration
Now supports multiple inventory scan tasks with independent credentials
Added advanced scan configuration options
Improved Remote Scanning
Automatically scans SQL Server database info
Better interpretation of scan errors
Added tool to test WMI & SMB connectivity to remote devices
Improved security of powershell script based tasks. Command line passwords are now encrypted with one time key
Updated Office 365 Integration to create Office 365 Service Account and query ActiveSync Device data
Improved reliability of connection to Sam360 servers through network proxy
Updated S3Tools to better display scan progress
Made MP config tool easier to start from Start Menu and System Tray
2020-09-10 v5.00.02
Improved HyperV integration script to query HyperThreading details
Improved SQL Server integration script to ensure database dates are formatted correctly
Improved VMware integration script to query VMware license info and host serial number
2020-09-14 v5.00.03
Improved Office365 integration script to configure Sam360/Office 365 service account user to be a member of 'Service Support Administrator' role
2020-11-09 v5.00.04
Improved Microsoft 365 script to query details service and application usage information
2020-11-10 v5.00.05
Improved Management Point PowerShell module update process
2021-01-13 v5.00.06
Added Azure host metadata query for Azure VMs
2021-01-15 v5.00.07
Improved logging for remote inventory scans
2021-01-25 v5.00.09
Added SnapShot software metering to Agent Service
Removed IE & Firewall data collection from Inventory Scan
Extend timeout for VMware integration script to 60 minutes
2021-02-02 v5.00.11
Updated Usage Snapshot to not record performance data by default
Improved reliability of command line field in software metering in agent
2021-02-02 v5.00.12
Fixed bug with VMware configuration test
2021-02-15 v5.00.13
Fixed bug where MP default credentials could be deleted
2021-02-24 v5.00.14
Added scan option to extend all timeouts for a single scan by a factor of 4 for slow networks
2021-02-25 v5.00.15
Improved performance of Autodesk inventory collection
Improved logging of time out checks to help pinpoint timeouts more accurately
2021-02-26 v5.00.16
Removed Windows Defender MSFT_MpComputerStatus query from device scan. The query was hanging on some Windows 10 (v1903) devices
2021-03-8 v5.00.17
Updated AD Scan task so Portal saves AD Query results along with Task
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