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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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Updated on March 8, 2021

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