Published: 04/07/2022

Core

Added

• New performance indexes for multi-tier DMR reports

Published: 30/06/2022

ESM

Added

• Per Run Limit to number of Items that can be actioned (allows batching)

API

Added

• New DMR Schema Api Call (Get-MSDataminingReportSchema)

Published: 30/06/2022

Core

Fixed

• SysTrack not reading links
• Can’t delete notes with normal write permissions

Applications

Added

• Remove Rationalisation button to Rationalisation Chain area

DMR

Added

• Performance Logging
• Performance throttling

Published: 25/06/2022

Core

Updated

• Event queue processing improvments
• PowerShell Env v7.2.2

SSO (Beta)

Updated

• Improved Multi domain support and logging

Published: 24/06/2022

Core

Updated

• Lowered rebuild index threshold

Fixed

• Importer not allowing App Rationalisation (supersede)
• Unable to delete Surveys / Test Sign-Offs
• Unable to create Test-Sign for User for new Test Sign-Off Types

DMR

Added

• DMR logging for performance troubleshooting

Updated

• DMR’s run from PowerBI are cached for 5min to improve performance

Fixed

• Readiness Tier including Apps from deleted Devices in counts

Connectors

Added

• Exclude Apps from AD Conn by Process Status
• Include Devices in SCCM Conn by Device Name

Published: 19/06/2022

Core

Updated

• Custom Form Hyperlink control usability improvements

API

Added

• Blueprint Rules info in Confirm-MSAccountExists api call

Deployment Units

Fixed

• Divide by 0 error if Slot Num set to DU on Config page

DMR

Updated

• Blueprint Column to allow path depth to be set

Fixed

• Adv. Filter not working on DMR Tab of Module Items

ESM

Added

• Plan Description field

Published: 23/05/2022

Core

Added

• EmployeeId to list of fields to match on when importing Users
• Settings table as HTML on Survey / Emails
• Conditional Send / Multi-Language Emails Support
• Global Setting ‘Custom Homepage Url’
• New ‘Project User Added’ Event

Updated

• New auto-update mechanism
• Internal PowerShell tasks to use shared Runspaces
• Task Scheduler to support Start/End time Limits (inside/outside working hours)
• Font Awesome version to 6
• Blueprint Admin quality of life updates to UI

Fixed

• Config History not recording who made changes in Survey admin
• Display order not applied to Process Dropdown on Details View
• Import links from csv fails if the Device Domain field is provided
• Bespoke Custom Tab 1 & 2 Save issue

API

Added

• Version number to Api PS Module
• Test Sign-Off functions (Get-MSTestSignOffResults, New-MSTestSignOff)
• Create Link functions (Add-MSModuleLinksTo)

Portal

Added

• Grid View can now display details view below the grid
• DMR View can now display details view below the grid
• Added new Special Control to add Apps, Users, Devices etc via a Survey

Updated

• Detail / Custom button display options

Fixed

• Portal Grid View not respecting BP Rules

Surveys

Added

• Team Member Control (Assigned To, Owned By, Delegate 1 etc)

Contacts

Added

• Related Items Tab
• Delete Contact button
• Related Items count to Grid View

DMR

Added

• Datamining Web Button Expressions
• Custom Date and Number formatting (Column Layout)
• DU Slot Tier (Group By: Slot, Day, Week, All)
• Context Menu – Links Options
• Context Menu – Defects & Tasks Options

Updated

• Blueprint Column performance improvements

Fixed

• Custom Columns getting dropped in large reports

ESM

Added

• Custom Rule Logic to allow Rules to be Add/Or’d together

Fixed

• Rule check when using Cross Module rules

SSO (BETA)

Added

• Login into MS using your AD login
• Create users in MS via AD Groups
• Manage MS User Roles via AD Groups
• Manage User Blueprint Restrictions via AD Groups

Published: 31/03/2022

Core

Added

• Any emails that are rejected as duplicates add a line to the History

Updated

• Previous Grid view is maintained when switching between modules

Fixed

• Daylight Saving issue that would schedule emails an hour early
• Link History Report not showing deleted links

API

Added

• Add-MSModuleAttachmen & Remove-MSModuleAttachment function calls
• Support for SelfSchedule Tier in Datamining Report

Fixed

• Get-MSDefects call not working

Portal

Updated

• Script Buttons can now redirect / display messages

Fixed

• Redirect Urls not working on Surveys

Deploy Units

Updated

• Slot Valid Dates format to be easier to read

Fixed

• DU Slot Dates shifting in alternate localisations
• DU Local/Global Slot not showing correct value on load
• Back-to-back slots with date restrictions starting at the same incorrectly breaking Rule 3
• Importing Slot times using preview mode would update the slot times for real

Core

Updated

• Removed Blueprint Readiness report from Defects UI
• Datamining Report no longer allowed to have empty Data Source

Fixed

• Search Grid By Id/Name not working with archived items turned on
• Self-Schedule Link Expiry Date resolving incorrectly
• Redirect Urls on Surveys not firing

Connectors

Added

• SysTrack Connector

Published: 15/03/2022

Core

Fixed

• DB Func SanitiseInstanceIds not allowing MUS service to update custom forms
  Updated: Toggle UI Custom Form control to allow it to be disabled via read only flag

Datamining

Updated

• DMR Custom Field sql to allow for greater numbers of CF columns on a DMR report
• DMR cancels request on server when DMR window is closed

Published: 10/03/2022

Core

Added

• New Blueprint Readiness Report
• New Tab – Datamining. Allowing quick DMRs to be run against a single item

Updated

• Search Database with more filter options
• Performance improvements for Custom Form History reports
• Custom Form Fields with new option to disable history being recorded
• Minimum UserName length reduced to 3

Fixed

• Extra detail in Process / Team change notification emails is restored
• Hyperlink control not allowing saving
• Admin Save button showing above the tree view
• Typo in default email templates
• Issue with multiple DU Data Sources on Dashboard
• Error when running Custom Form History Trim

Datamining

Added

• Right Click menu to DMR grids that mirrors the functionality of the main grids
• New ‘Filter Results’ option to filter DMR results by Ids (mirrors main Grid Search Database)
• Sorting / Searching added to DMR Web View
• Fields to show the username and the full name of ‘Assigned To’ team members on reports

Fixed

• DeployUnit Id / DeployUnit Name not showing history values (forward fix only)
• Could not add additional Survey Tiers to a saved report that contained a Survey Tier

Deploy Units

Added

• Option to allow User to create DeployUnits from the Selector Popup.
• Config to control which columns to present in the Selector Popup.
• Option to enabled/disabled ‘Send Email’ button on Schedule Tab context menu.

Updated

• Archived Users now show in the Schedule Tab of a DeployUnit.

AD Connector

Fixed

• Verbose Logging

ESM

Fixed

• Typo in ESM rule logs

Portal

Fixed

• Show/Hide not working with IE11
• Show/Hide not working with nested required dropdowns

Housekeeping

Added

• Test options to some tasks to preview the results with changing data
• Delete old log files housekeeping task
• Trim orphaned usage links (links that link to nothing)

Updated

• Trim old usage links is now implemented
• Custom Form History Trim performance

Closed Tickets

• 1786 Trim orphaned usage links Typo in the tooltip
• 1784 Not all information to the Device Type dropdown is displayed in the History
• 1780 Request to allow three-digit usernames
• 1779 Show/Hide not working with nested required dropdowns
• 1776 Amend the Help Url with custom forms
• 1772 Can’t save changes to hyperlinks
• 1771 Admin -> Target module-> UI Button displays the toolbar twice
• 1760 Email for Surveys Email is still sent even though disabled.
• 1756 When you either save or load and run a DMR report, the ‘Explicit’ feature is always enabled (highlighted)
• 1744 Apps – Counts under segments The counts include all rationalisation statuses, should just be “Accepted” apps
• 1743 Search Database by Migration Id Tab-delimited lists do not return any results
• 1742 Search Database / Refresh Grid asks for Ids again
• 1733 DeploymentUnits do not show Archived Members
• 1472 Dashboard Designer remove Panel selector dropdown
• 1466 Unable to “Stack” filters i.e. Show Archived and Search Database

Published: 10/02/2022

Core

Added

• Auth Token Gen for PS/PowerBI. (AdministrationMS User Accounts)
• History Tab – link deleted info columns.

Updated

• 3rd party components updated
• User-App-Device link view performance
• Removed unused fields from the SCCM Conn client UI.
• Deployment Unit ICal Description updated to 4000 characters max
• Auto Updater to support .Net 6

Fixed

• Issue with ‘Last Used Date’ being null when a portion of the User-App-Device link is null.

Surveys

Added

• Custom redirects for: Pass, Fail, Save & PS result.
• HtmlBlock on Surveys.
• Button spinners to custom buttons to indicate the user needs to wait after click.
• Support for Radio Buttons to trigger Show/Hide of other fields.
• Support for hidden fields to be required when shown and not required when hidden.

Fixed

• DMR filtering on Surveys.
• Wrong OnSurveySubmit Scripts firing.
• Erroneous display of “Hidden via Settings” warning in Admin UI.
• Tooltips on Left-Aligned fields showing in the wrong area.
• Left-Aligned fields that were hidden by a show/hide not fully hiding.

ESM

Updated

• Plans sorted alphabetically in client UI.
• Plan Headers now align to the left.
• Allow plans to be worked on separate Users without overwriting each other.
• Added Plan name to top of ESM page.

Fixed

• Cross module Bespoke rules failing to validate.

Datamining

Added

• Favourited Datamining Reports show in Nav bar as quick reports.
• Added DMR opt to show only FolderBlueprint part of Blueprint path.
• Support for reading links / last used dates without adding an additional tier.

Updated

• Web Endpoints now support Anon and Auth versions of reports.

Fixed

• Dup Attachments showing in DMR.
• DMR Auth endpoint not opening for authenticated users.

AD Connector

Updated

• Faster User/Device account filtering

Micro Update Service

Added

• Support for creating new Apps

Powershell API

Updated

• PowerShell API Module is now signed
• API History Report to allow server-side filtering

Fixed

• Update-MSModuleItems not updating values if the new value was as the default

Closed Tickets

• 1251 Survey name on context menu not updated when Survey name changed
• 1487 DMR Error with UM->Survey report against a 30K+ Users
• 1503 DMR Device showing twice when User Tier added
• 1520 Request: Make ESM Plans exportable
• 1730 UserDatamining – Showing users twice in different process
• 1749 Request: Display Favourite DMR under far-left module NAV Bar
• 1753 API – Update-MsModuleItems cannot set a field to its default value
• 1755 PowerShell script is getting fired for multiple surveys
• 1762 Show/Hide controls in Surveys not working
• 1758 Errors are preserved when creating user accounts
• 1757 Portal Grid View – No items listed without explicitly adding Column Names to config
• 1532 DMR Producing multiple Attachments for the same record

Core

Added

• Ability to block access to all but the Survey and Sign-Off pages for use in DMZ Env. (LimitToSurveysAndSignOffs in appSettings.json)
• Admin UI for Scripts, Emails & Buttons has been refreshed as Tree View
• Admin Portal for troubleshooting
• Set ‘Last Used Date’ option to Links tabs via context menu
• Match on Asset Tag to Devices module
• Housekeeping task to email ManagementStudio core logs each Thursday
• Import/Export Survey Configuration
• Import/Export ESM Plans

Updated

• Housekeeping to rebuild fragmented indexes reworked to require lower DB permissions to run
• Custom Form Buttons to allow them to ask the User for input. E.g. Ask for a Hostname before running an SCCM script.

Script Buttons (New)

Added

• New special control “Script Button” to Surveys. These buttons call a PowerShell script before reloading the page.
• Custom button to Link-Tables on surveys to perform an action on that link. i.e. Allow user to select Primary Machine
• Way to run scripts via a unique URL. This allows buttons to be created on DMR reports to perform custom actions, e.g. Unlock a Survey.

Portal Grid View

Added

• Support for script buttons to be added to the grid. E.g. Custom script to create a new version of selected item.

Fixed

• Show User selected columns on Grid view
• Apply Grid filters to Grid view

Datamining

Added

• Web endpoint to view the report in a browser or download the report as an Excel file.

Updated

• Support new script buttons added in this release
• Readiness Tier now allowed readiness columns to be selected

Email Monitoring (New)

Added

• Mailbox monitoring. New emails can be auto-linked to records in MS or added as defects.
• Four new Email Events: Email Added to Queue, Email Sent from Queue. New Email found Pre-Processing, New Email found Post-Processing.

Powershell API

Added

• Reset-MSSurveyEmailStatsForModuleItems
• Send-MSDataminingReportEmails (wrapper around Send-MsEmails to that simplifies the send function)
• ConvertTo-MSSecureString / ConvertFrom-MSSecureString

Fixed

• Various minor issues with DelpoyUnits api calls
• Bug in updating Custom Form values if non strings

AD Connector

Updated

• Support for Sub-Domains, Foreign Domains and Authenticate with explicit accounts

Breaking Changes

• PowerShell scripts that trigger on TeamMemberChanged or ProcessChanged should be updated to get their data from $ScriptArgs.EventData rather than $ScriptArgs.Items
• Update-MSLockSurveysForModuleItems renamed to Update-MSLockSurveyForModuleItems

Closed Tickets

•  1554 Add custom action buttons to Links tabs
• 1565 Custom Form Hyperlink cannot hold a UNC path
• 1566 Add a Keyword to resolve the Blueprints selected when a Test Sign off is created
• 1568 Devices Import – Match on asset tag
• 1728 Add Comment field to Project Resources
• 1734 Can’t access log file
• 1736 Clear Migration Slot with 0 users selected causes an exception

Core

Updated

• Backend updated to target .Net6
• 3rd Party libraries updated to support .Net6
• Email engine replaced with MailKit

Powershell API

Added

• Update-MSCloneModuleItem – Mirrors the function of the clone button in the UI

Updated

• Update-MSModuleCustomFields – Save Custom Form updated to support PS Custom Objects
• Get-MSModuleItems – Get Items updated to return all data, not just visible data

Surveys

Added

• Support for Dropdowns that can toggle other fields visibility using selected value

Keywords (for email)

Added

• Notes List
• Blueprint List
• Datamining Reports as tables or attachments
• Help Url: https://support.managementstudio.com/a/solutions/articles/14000113324

Bugs Fixed

• DMR – Survey Tier failing to load if number of Users goes above 20k
• DMR – History Fields options not saving correctly
• AD/SCCM Conns flipping the Domain letter case of Devices back and forth
• AD Conn User/Device filters not being respected
• Global Search showing results from modules the user is not a member of
• Custom Fields – Hyperlink not working with https:// URLs