MS Exchange Connector Release Notes

Version 2.8.37

June 21, 2024, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4747 Exchange (on-prem) - Most items give NullReferenceException

Tasks Completed

• CFD-5117 Exchange Connector - Release version 2.8.37.0

Version 2.8.36

September 16, 2022, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4686 Exchange connector - Improve logging & handling around null items returned by GraphAPI calls

Version 2.8.35

August 26, 2022, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4680 Exchange connector - Should not invalidate all requests on singe batch failure

Version 2.8.34

August 17, 2022, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4652 Exchange connector - Improve Graph API connectivity
• CFD-4663 Exchange connector - Issues with Graph API application may lead to data removal

Version 2.8.33

June 07, 2022, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4630 Exchange connector - Repeated 410 Gone responses
• CFD-4588 Exchange connector - open links not working for Exchange Online - Graph
• CFD-4303 Exchange connector - incorrect download link for messages

Version 2.8.32

March 23, 2022, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4584 Exchange connector - deleting folder items is not working

Version 2.8.31

March 10, 2022, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Tasks Completed

• CFD-4565 Exchange connector - discovery improvement for Graph API - add parallel retrieving data from mailboxes in discovery job

Version 2.8.30

February 28, 2022, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4541 Exchange connector - retrieving data from Graph API is slowing down over time

Tasks Completed

• CFD-4561 Exchange connector - update Microsoft Graph API to the latest version

Version 2.8.29

January 12, 2022, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4516 Exchange connector - Global Address Lists repository is not indexing items for Cloud connection with only Azure AD

Version 2.8.28

December 03, 2021, Supported Locator version(s): 2.10, 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4453 Exchange connector - null reference exception occurs in EWS Email Message Factory

Tasks Completed

• CFD-4436 Exchange connector - BatchWorker is not running
• CFD-4407 Exchange connector - repository migration from EWS to Graph API

Version 2.8.27

November 10, 2021, Supported Locator version(s): 2.10, 2.11

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4406 Exchange connector - missing support for TLS 1.2 in preview plugin
• CFD-4355 Exchange connector - improve fetch job
• CFD-4324 Exchange connector - AzureAdMapper error (Null reference exception) in Admin Wizard
• CFD-4316 Exchange connector - expired/removed secret key of Azure AD App for Graph API causes deletion of all items for existing connection
• CFD-4310 Exchange connector - on premises - Admin Wizard has no field for naming connection.

Tasks Completed

• CFD-4313 Exchange connector - upgrade Microsoft Graph to latest version 4.4.0

Version 2.8.26

August 31, 2021, Supported Locator version(s): 2.11

Breaking change for Exchange Online EWS - the Azure AD Application requirements has changed, it needs to be update (/wiki/spaces/VPKB/pages/2459238401).

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-4297 Exchange connector - expired or invalid credentials for existing connection are causing fetch service to stop
• CFD-4260 Exchange connector - admin wizard freezes when you want to exclude mailboxes
• CFD-4258 Exchange connector - Nullable object must have a value at GraphMessageFolderItemsData
• CFD-4255 Exchange connector - continuous adding and deleting indexed items
• CFD-4246 Exchange Online - preview plugin not working for hosted API: Graph
• CFD-4244 Exchange Connector - can't create new connection for hosted API: Microsoft Graph when repository with name Public Folders exists
• CFD-4196 Exchange connector - Fetch service is not working for On-premises Exchange server
• CFD-4193 Exchange Connector - can't save configuration in dialog Select mailboxes to index for hosted API: Graph API
• CFD-4188 Exchange Connector - new Azure AD App credential are not working properly in Admin Wizard
• CFD-4179 Exchange Connector - can't save edited connection (Admin Wizard)

Tasks Completed

• CFD-4192 Exchange Connector - improve description in Admin Wizard for dialogs: Select the mailboxes to be excluded, Select MailBoxes, Select AD groups.
• CFD-4191 Exchange Connector - validate Azure AD App's API permissions in AdminWizard
• CFD-4125 Exchange - search_date in SOLR should be using date_received not date_updated - attachments
• CFD-3308 Exchange (Cloud) - Replace EWS

Version 2.8.25

February 22, 2021, Supported Locator version(s): 2.10, 2.11, 3.0

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-3909 Exchange connector - The property WebClientReadFormQueryString is valid only for Exchange Exchange2010 or later versions

Version 2.8.24

August 14, 2020, Supported Locator version(s): 2.10, 2.11, 3.0

Improvements

• CFD-3787 Update Office365 Artifacts
• CFD-3751 Connectors - Add metadata text and document text fields merging rule

Tasks Completed

• CFD-3880 Add new Via.SDK.DocumentHandler.Plugins assembly for 3.0 in the Exchange connector

Version 2.8.23

June 05, 2020, Supported Locator version(s): 2.10, 2.11, 3.0

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-3772 Exchange Connector - "Archive" folder is always indexed, even if "Archive Mailboxes" checkbox is unchecked
• CFD-3702 Exchange Connector - Wrong Outlook Web Access link
• CFD-3579 Exchange Connector - Wrong config and user AuthRealms
• CFD-3576 Exchange Connector - Switching configuration between AzureAD and AD does not update identification system

Tasks Completed

• CFD-3686 Exchange Connector - Change logging level to Debug on MailboxSettingsPage
• CFD-3640 Exchange Connector - Add option to exclude more system folders

Version 2.8.22

February 18, 2020, Supported Locator version(s): 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11

Improvements

• CFD-1361 Exchange - ApplicationImpersonation warning doesn't show up if you check the box with the keyboard instead of the mouse

Bugs Fixed

• CFD-3586 Exchange Connector - Exchange connector generates first Appointment in series even if it was removed in Exchange.
• CFD-3581 Exchange Connector - Exchange connector doesn't generate last Appointment in series
• CFD-3564 Exchange Connector - Preview doesn't work
• CFD-3562 Exchange Connector - Malformed ItemId in DocumentIdentifier constructor
• CFD-3506 Thousands of entries in the error.log from Exchange connector
• CFD-3471 Exchange Online - Error fetching Appointment due to "Recurrence has no occurrences in the specified range"
• CFD-3470 Exchange Online - Unable to complete discovery of one mailbox due to "You must load or assign this property before you can read its value."
• CFD-1763 Exchange connector provides download link for things that can't be downloaded

Tasks Completed

• CFD-3577 Exchange Connector - Add configuration option to set Security Protocol
• CFD-3455 Exchange Connector - Exchange Not Discovering Documents
• CFD-3426 Exchange - Add option to use multiple indexusers
• CFD-1028 Update connector deployment configuration for connectors with document handler plugin

Version 2.8.21

Bugs

• CFD-3345 Exchange Connector - Unsupported cloud configuration error on configured connection
• CFD-1656 Exchange: Selected mailbox list not retained

Tasks

• CFD-2191 Exchange Connector - Hide unused options in Exchange Wizard

Version 2.8.20

Tasks

• CFD-2112 Exchange Connector - Add recurring appointments to Upcoming Appointments

Version 2.8.19

Improvements

• CFD-3149 Exchange connectors - add info on how many mailboxes were found, and how many matched
• CFD-2787 Include owner and assignees in Exchange tasks
• CFD-2759 Exchange - Try refetch if server is temporary unavailable or concurrent connections exceeded
• CFD-2709 Exchange Connector - Add support for listing mailboxes for all types using AzureAd credentials
• CFD-3021 Exchange Connector - Restarting of stopped Exchange push threads

Bugs

• CFD-1475 Exchange connector spams Active Directory with failed audit requests

Version 2.8.18

Bugs

• CFD-2964 Exchange Connector - Push threads are not being restarted after they stop
• CFD-2963 Exchange Connector - Push threads are not using throttled mailbox list
• CFD-2927 Exchange Connector - Could not load Newtonsoft.Json

Improvements

• CFD-2939 Exchange connector - Add status as metadata for the Exchange tasks and populate document_is_completed

Version 2.8.17

Tasks

• CFD-2750 Publish Connectors to Connectors 2.9 Feed based on SDK 1.5
• SDK-280 Publish Connectors to Connectors 2.10 Feed based on SDK 1.6

Bugs

• CFD-2952 Exchange Connector - Push enabled not indexing documents immediately

Version 2.8.16

Improvements

• CFD-2818 Exchange connector - TO/FROM/CC Metadata not searchable
• CFD-2833 Change Exchange preview plugin to download the entire message instead of just the email body
• CFD-2765 Exchange connector should include optional attendee addresses

Bugs

• CFD-2887 Exchange document handler plugin: File not found exception in certain environments
• CFD-2877 Exchange Connector - Add missing Optional Attendee information to Appointments
• CFD-2798 Exchange connector don't provide "document_fileext" which breaks Search Scope "Emails" (eml + msg)
• CFD-2796 Exchange connector throws error every 20min
• CFD-2474 Index user for Exchange - Application Impersonation

Version 2.8.15

Improvements

• CFD-2657 Exchange Connector - add support for proxies

Bugs

• CFD-2474 Index user for Exchange - Application Impersonation
• CFD-2629 Exchange Connector - Token is not matched by Azure AD identification plugin for Cloud Credential Connection

Version 2.8.14

Bugs

• CFD-2591 Exchange Connector - Inconsistent authentication in On-premises Admin Wizard

Improvements

• CFD-2550 Exchange Connector - Unauthorized (401) should mean No Mailbox
• CFD-2389 Allow for smarter discovery in Exchange

Version 2.8.13

Bugs

• CFD-2280 Exchange connector local build issues

Tasks

• CFD-2286 Exchange Connector - Release with new branding

Version 2.8.12

Tasks

• CFD-2248 Exchange Connector - Release using latest 1.4 SDK

Version 2.8.11

Improvements

• CFD-2109 Exchange Connector - Set DisplayPerson for Task

Bugs

• CFD-2069 Exchange - Hidden folder is added to our production search
• CFD-1875 Exchange connector - CLEARSTATE not working

Version 2.8.10

Improvements

• CFD-1777 Exchange - Add support for new hit fields in RestService version 6

Version 2.8.9.0

Description

This is a bug fix release - to include the latest connector SDK.

Bugs

• CFD-1781 Exchange - Release using latest SDKs to fix upgrade issue on MSSQL backend

Version 2.8.8.0

Bugs

• CFD-1669 Slow fetching when there are many deduplication items

Version 2.8.7.0

Release date

2017-07-20

Description

This features add support for Azure AD, additional translations and features for the upcoming 2.8 ViaWorks release.

Bug

• Fixed an indexing issue

Improvement

• Support for AzureAD
• Added translations for italian and bulgarian
• Add support for card view

Version 2.8.4.0  

Release date

2017-05-05

Description

This is a bug fix release.

Bug

• Exchange Shared Calendars revealing private appointments
• Delegated Access setting missing from Exchange Online wizard
• Duplicate SIDs in Exchange for delegated access
• Exchange - Does not honor private flag on private calendar appointments

Version 2.8.3.0  

Bug

• Security checksum in Exchange are sensitive to order

Task

• Rename DocumentHandler Choco packages to include ".Connector"

Version 2.8.2.0  

Missing release information.

Version 2.8.1.0 

Internal version

Version 2.8.0.0 

Bug

• Exchange delegated access - security checksum doesn't take into account multiple SIDs

Task

• Remove Exchange's DocumentHandler's dependency to the SDK
• Release Exchange Connector

Improvement

• Delegated access rights are configurable if they are indexed or not. The default is disabled so that only the mailbox owner are allowed to see their mailbox.

Sub-Task

• Exchange wizard: Add support for indexing Commvault archived items
• Exchange discovery: Support for detecting Commvault archived email
• Fetch Commvault archived email
• Deployment of Commvault plug-ins
• Design plug-in interface

New Features

• Commvault email archives can be indexed through the Commvault archive provider.