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Release Notes of Layer2 Cloud Connector
The Layer2 Cloud Connector can be used to connect and sync various enterprise data sources codeless, on-premises and in the cloud, especially with Microsoft SharePoint, Office 365, Exchange and Dynamics CRM/ERP. Please find the release notes and version history for the Layer2 Cloud Connector here. You can subscribe to the RSS feed (works best with Firefox) to stay up-to-date in Firefox or NewsFlow. If you have questions or issues, please join the Layer2 Cloud Connector Community at LinkedIn or contact sales@layer2solutions.com directly.
Logging has been improved
The license "Standard" is now supported.
Layer2 Cloud Connector and Layer2 File Pal are now split into two distinct products, each catering to specific synchronization needs. Therefore the licensing model has been changed.
The Excel Online provider has been updated.
An issue with Exchange Contacts has been fixed and SharePoint filtering now also works for lists.
Fix for Excel Provider, Fix for Exchange Contacts, Replication Key retired.
The Excel provider has been updated.
Delegated access to mailboxes is now supported again.
Sometimes an error occurred if combined writable keys were mapped. This has been fixed.
The Azure Tables provider has been updated and the LinkedIn provider has been removed.
A workaround for a Sql issue due to leading/trailing whitespaces in the data has been implemented and the SurveyMonkey provider has been updated.
The HubSpot provider has been updated.
The Azure Table Storage provider has been updated.
The SurveyMonkey provider has been updated and changing the casing of folder names no longer leads to errors.
It has been fixed that some connections suddenly failed with an error regarding a wrong TLS setting.
The "initial overwrite" option was removed since it became redundant after the introduction of the deletion protection feature and two minor issues regarding folder synchronizations have been fixed.
Stability improvement for new connections
SharePoint managed metadata is now accessible with Microsoft_Modern authentication and some minor issues have been fixed.
An issue that only affected synchronizations with SharePoint 2010, has been fixed.
All Cloud Connector Editions are now supporting Windows Server 2022 as well as SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
Some fixes has been applied to the latest Layer2 Cloud Connector version on all its editions to improve performance.
Some fixes has been applied to the latest Layer2 Cloud Connector version on all its editions.
This release includes a fix for the Layer2 Cloud Connector REST API as well as the new Layer2 Cloud Connector telemetry feature.
A Hotfix has been released for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Shareware Edition. Please visit our release notes page for more information.
A change has been made to the Layer2 Cloud Connector for all editions to effectively recognize if the specified SharePoint user is a Site collection Administrator.
A fix has been applied to the Layer2 Cloud Connector for all editions that improves the IncludeFolders parameter when used.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector now supports using dynamic columns as primary key, thus allowing a SharePoint list to synchronize parsed data to itself without the help of an external workflow. This feature adjustment is available for all Layer2 Cloud Connector Editions.
A new authentication method has been added to the Layer2 Cloud Connector for all Editions.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector Exchange provider has been updated for all the Layer2 Cloud Connector Editions.
A new connection-string parameter has been added to the Layer2 .Net Framework Data Provider for SqlServer.
Huge improvements have been made to our Layer2 Cloud Connector Editions! Faster data reading, custom authentication and more features are part of this new release.
New features, changes and improvements are now available on all editions of the Layer2 Cloud Connector version 9.4.9.0. Feel free to request your download link.
We are happy to announce that a new provider for Azure Blob Containers has been added to the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition.
Some fixes for the Layer2 Cloud Connector provider for Microsoft SQL Server has been made.
A new feature has been added to the Layer2 XML Provider for all Layer2 Cloud Connector Editions that allows you to read and query the data of multiple XML files in a directory.
This Layer2 Cloud Connector version includes a new dedicated Enterprise provider for Google Drive.
New exciting changes have been added to the latest Layer2 Cloud Connector version. For example: get your DropBox data with our new dedicated DropBox provider, connecting and querying data from Asana hasn't been easier, get data from any system using the full REST provider potential, and much more.
The providers for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition has been updated, and a new authentication method for Microsoft Dynamics AX has been added.
Some improvements has been implemented for the Layer2 Cloud Connector on all Editions. E.g.: MS SQL error: column in the source table is read-only, has been fixed.
On all Editions of the Layer2 Cloud Connector is now possible to synchronize from/to Binary Large Object fields against any supported external file system. File synchronization from/to FTP server is supported as well with the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition. New authentication method for Exchange "Microsoft_Modern_Exchange".
New authentication method Microsoft_Modern_Graph for Microsoft Graph has been added.
All the Layer2 providers for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition have been updated.
Some minor fixes to the Layer2 Fast File provider have been made to the Layer2 Cloud Connector.
New Layer2 dedicated Asana provider is available for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition.
A new authentication method for Microsoft Azure Intune is available.
Some optimizations have been implemented.
All Providers for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition have been updated.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector version 8.14.11.0 includes a fix for Microsoft Dynamics CRM records that contains expandable fields.
The Layer2 Provider for REST has been updated for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition.
All Providers for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition has been updated. PostgreSQL provider is now available for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition.
New Layer2 Provider for REST, Acts! CRM, Magento and MariaDB are available for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition.
An error in the File System provider that appended the file extension to the file name has been fixed.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector supports the mailto: prefix for SharePoint Hyperlink fields. A new sample connection for Dynamics 365 Business Central to SharePoint Online has been added to the Layer2 Cloud Connector directory.
New Layer2 Provider for Microsoft Dynamics CRM is available for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition.
New Layer2 Provider for LinkedIn, Dynamics 365 Business Central, Active Directory, Excel available for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enteprise Edition.
New Layer2 Providers added for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition.
A direct link to our 'layer2solutions.com/buy-now' web site was added to the Layer2 Cloud Connector UI for easy access.
With the File System Provider the 'Owner' field can be now optionally syncrhonized using the Connection String parameter 'IncludeOwner'.
Large files are now skipped when using Microsoft Modern (ADAL) Authentication and the synchronization continues to synchronize the remaining files.
The File System Provider performance has been improved by setting the file extended attributes feature as optional.
File extended attributes are now available as JSON by the File System Provider.
New provider for Couchbase and MongoDB Cloud are available for the Layer2 Cloud Connector Enterprise Edition.
File Owner field can be now syncrhonized as read-only using the File System provider. The Layer2 Enterprise Edition includes the new providers for Square, CosmosDB and Authorize.Net.
This version supports the upload to SharePoint of files and folders containing % and # characters in their names without any escaping. And now the columns Create and Modified can be synchronized to a SharePoint Library from a file system directory.
New Layer2 Providers included: Youtube, Smartsheet, Redis, Cloudant, and Email.
The new Microsoft modern (ADAL) authentication method 'Microsoft_Modern_CRM' for CRM is now available.
New Layer2 Providers available: Slack, SuiteCRM, Shopify, SurveyMonkey, PayPal, Bing Search, Google Search, Reckon, Quandl, and SendGrid.
New modern authentication is now supported for SharePoint Online with the new Azure Active Directory Authentication Libraries (ADAL).
With the major release update V8.1 the Layer2 Cloud Connector get a new subscription-based Enterprise Edition containing a data provider flat-rate.
Long file paths are now supported for the File System provider.
This patch version 7.25.5.0 of the Layer2 Cloud Connector introduces some logging changes.
This update contains minor bug fixes and adjustments.
New OAuth2 method for Microsoft Graph via Azure Active Directory.
This patch version 7.22.9 of the Layer2 Cloud Connector addresses an issue where updating field values in SharePoint sometimes failed. In addition to that some minor bug fixes are included.
The version 7.21.5.0 includes a new feature to support OAuth authentication method and fixes some minor issues.
This version includes a new feature to prevent unwanted data loss while synchronizing two Data sources.
Auto-mapping is now enabled by default. Also added some minor adjustments.
This patch version 7.18.4.0 contains several fixes and also address an issue where in some rare cases the logging frame in the MMC showed no further entries.
This version includes an update of the .NET Framework to version 4.6.2 which supports TLS 1.2 as well as some minor fixes.
The version 7.16 addresses the application crash issue when "Verifying the connection" or "Previewing the Data" of a folder from a SharePoint library.
The version 7.15 fixes some minor issues with the Fast File Sync Provider
The version 7.14 includes a fix that allow you to sync to an empty sub-folder in a SharePoint library which contains more than 5000 elements without throwing a "list-view threshold exceeded" error message.
This version fixes the issue while synchronising custom metadata fields with documents to a SharePoint Library
The Layer2 Cloud Connector 7.13 addresses the SharePoint throttling issue by including a required user agent by Microsoft known as Decorator. This change should reduce the risk of being throttled/blocked by SharePoint On-line while performing a synchronization.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector 7.12 includes several bugfixes & now some file types (such as .asp, .aspx and info-path xml) can be synchronized.
This version of the Cloud Connector supports now @OData.bind and includes minor bug fixes.
This patch version 7.10.5 of the Layer2 Cloud Connector fixes two minor issues with null values and SharePoint overloads.
Work with up to 400 characters extended SharePoint Online URL path limit with the new Layer2 Cloud Connector version 7.10.3. Available now!
The Cloud Connector 7.9.8 comes with the new Data Provider for Office 365 Fast File Sync, a new memory watchdog and some improvements and fixes. Note: This version has been updated on 2017/11/15 with an additional Hotfix.
The Cloud Connector 7.8.16 comes with full feature set now for all supported operating systems (adressing the old .net 3.5 versions of the Cloud Connector) and a few bug fixes.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector 7.7.1 includes several bugfixes, also addressing the use of SharePoint Lookup columns
The Layer2 Cloud Connector v7.6.2 comes with support of Microsoft Teams. Basically you can trigger actions in your Teams channels on any data change in 100+ widely used local or cloud-based IT systems and apps that are already supported by the connector.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector 7.5.3 includes several bugfixes, also addressing an authentication change in Office365.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector 7.4.7 comes with improved behaviour when synchronizing documents and files.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector 7.3.1 comes with improved behaviour regarding the password field.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector v7.2.1 comes with FIPS compatibility to better meet the specific requirements of US government organizations. Other clients can also profit by using stronger encryption.
The Layer2 Cloud Connector v7.1.2 comes with support of Microsoft Flow and Azure Logic Apps. Basically you can trigger actions in Flow and Azure Logic Apps on any data change in 100+ widely used local or cloud-based IT systems and apps that are already supported by the connector. The Layer2 Data Provider for OData was improved to support $expand now (.net4+ only).
The Layer2 Cloud Connector V7 comes with Dynamic Columns to add calculations, transformations, and business logic to your connections very flexible in C#. Please request a license upgrade via sales@layer2solutions.com before upgrading from earlier versions.
Cloud Connector 6.5 comes with a new Layer2 Data Provider for Office 365 Groups. The connector can notify Office 365 team groups about data changes in 100+ external data sources like SQL, ERP/CRM by posting Group Cards with detailed change information.
The new release provides improved security with the an additional masked textbox for passwords. Please note the changes and fixed issues listed below before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V6.3.7 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V6.2.0 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V6.1.7 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V6.0.8 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V6.0.5 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V6.0.2 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V5.5.4 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V5.4.9 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
You will find release notes of the Layer2 Cloud Connector V5.4.5 here. Please note the new features, changes and fixed issues before upgrade. Subscribe to the RSS feed to stay up-to-date.
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