Latest Releases

Management Console 6.1 (22-Sep-2022)

Features

Enhancements

  • Enhanced side panel for new Remote Management page layout
  • Possibility to select number of computers per page using new Remote Management page layout

Resolved Issues

  • Remote Management: Online computers shown offline if connection is slow

Backup Agent 7.7.1 for Windows (14-Sep-2022)

Features

  • Restore Verification for virtual environments (VMware, Hyper-V)

Resolved Issues

  • Security: 400 error upon user login if password contains an ampersand
  • Authentication: Backup Agent VM edition application crashes upon authentication attempt with credentials of account with no license assigned
  • File backup: Legacy backup format backup plans fail on listing of files containing unsupported characters
  • Hyper-V backup: Backup fails if VM config file is in use at the moment of backup
  • SQL backup:
    • Log sequence number chain breaks upon sync or consistency check
    • Log sequence number does not change after a full backup
    • Transaction log backup after differential backup forces full backup
  • Restore:
    • Folder NTFS permissions not restored
    • Restore: Incorrect restore parameters used if the storage account is in restore-only mode
  • CLI: Issues in sendLog, sendFileToSupport, saveLog commands

Management Console 6.0.1 (13-Sep-2022)

Features

Resolved Issues

  • Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace: Error upon requesting 'Destinations, Licenses and Domains' page
  • Reporting: Error upon sending Backup History and Backup Compliance reports

Managed Connect 3.1 (06-Sep-2022)

Features

  • Connection to an active session multiple approval options added
  • Security: file signature of downloaded installer pre-check added
  • Multiple admins can now have full access in parallel
  • PINs now are changed automatically as configured in Options > Incoming Connections > Security
  • Remote Windows system unattended access: Custom password (if enabled) and Windows logon credentials are now required for unattended access
  • File Transfer: default path no longer needed
  • Address Book is now enhanced
  • Troubleshooting: option to copy the error text to clipboard added
  • CLI: new commands added

Deprecated Features

  • Prompt for incoming connection option deprecated. This option is superseded by the new approval options
  • Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) option for incoming connections is deprecated. 2FA can be enabled for all logins in the Management Console using Settings – General with Force Two-Factor Authentication for all Administrators option enabled

Resolved Issues

  • Minor bug fixes

Management Console 6.0 (30-Aug-2022)

Features

Resolved Issues

  • Licensing: Incorrect license management privileges for administrators not granted 'Manage licenses' permissions

Backup Agent 7.7 for Windows (23-Aug-2022)

Features

  • Immutability support for Backblaze B2

Enhancements

  • S3-compatible: Full backup execution if consistency check detects non-native multiparts for plan in the new backup format
  • Authentication: AD direct mode authentication improvement

Resolved Issues

  • Exchange/VMware: Data purge issue in legacy format backup plans

Management Console 5.9.6 (09-Aug-2022)

Resolved Issues

  • Remote Deploy: Missing 'Repeat Every' and 'Start from' options in configurations for backup plans in the new backup format
  • Restore: Unclear behavior of 'Restore to specific location' option

Management Console 5.9.5 (28-Jul-2022)

Features

  • Administration: New 'Account type' property
  • Global Agent Options: 'Allow sending logs from Backup Agent' option

Deprecated Features

  • Legacy backup and restore wizards deprecated

Enhancements

  • 'O365/GSuite' menu item renamed to 'M365/Google'

Resolved Issues

  • Remote Management: 'Computer Name' field cannot be edited on Remote Management page if Backup Agent is not installed
  • Security: Sub-administrator with company access level cannot save company Backup Agent options

Backup Agent 7.6.1 for Windows (27-Jul-2022)

Resolved Issues

  • Backup:
    • "Could not find file" error upon consistency checks on QNAP shares
    • 'Skip consistency check for legacy backup format' option issue
    • Plan in the new backup format fails with 'Sequence contains no elements' error
    • Backup: First backup destination set while editing the plan
    • Backup: Consistency check hangs generation database directory cannot be deleted
    • Backup: Dropbox file backup issue
  • File backup: Error upon backup of large amount (>1 000 000) of files
  • Image-based backup: Error on encrypted backup to Backblaze B2 destinations
  • Restore Verification: Error after running a synthetic backup
  • VMware backup: Error on backups of datacenters with special symbols in names
  • MS SQL backup: Full backup instead of differential upon Backup Agent updates
  • File restore: Error upon restore of the latest version from destinations with enabled versioning
  • File restore: Latest file version restored instead of manually selected
  • Bootable USB/ISO: Error if partition label contains special symbols

Management Console 5.9.4 (14-Jul-2022)

Features

Resolved Issues

  • Remote Management: Impossible to delete plan created in Backup Agent unless plan is edited in Console

Backup Agent 7.6 for Windows (14-Jul-2022)

Features

  • File backup: 'Keep EFS-encryption' option

Enhancements

  • AWS S3: Number of listing operations reduced upon purge
  • Restore: Restore of large numbers of files improved in the new backup format
  • Restore: Multi-thread restore for image-based, VMware, and Hyper-V restore plans

Resolved Issues

  • File backup: Incorrect behavior if an invalid local destination is set
  • Restore: VM restore from AWS GovCloud fails

Management Console 5.9.3 (23-Jun-2022)

Features

  • Licensing: Group actions
  • Integrations: 'Remove Integration' option for ConnectWise
  • Office 365/G Suite backup: Pass-through authentication to access Office 365/G Suite backups with provider account. Provider can set up backups, manage users, access to backup data is limited

Enhancements

  • RMM: Navigation in the Event log
  • RMM: CPU temperature included in monitoring data

Resolved Issues

  • Backup wizard: Files and folders selected to back up are not highlighted in the backup wizard upon plan editing
  • Backup wizard: Only the first 500 files are displayed on the 'Backup Source' step
  • Security: Unable to change the notification email address
  • Notifications: Custom 'Administrator creation email' template applies incorrectly
  • Management Console: 'Licenses' and 'RM' charts on the dashboard are not visible for sub-admins

PowerShell Module 2.24.161 (10-Jun-2022)

New cmdlets

Enhancements

  • Install-MSP360Module: -CleanInstall switch to remove all previous versions of the module before install or update to the latest or requested version
  • New-MBSBackupPlan, New-MBSNBFIBBBackupPlan: added -KeepBitLocker, -KeepBitLockerEnableForVolume, and -KeepBitLockerDisableForVolume parameters
  • Edit-MBSBackupPlan: added -KeepBitLockerEnableForVolume and -KeepBitLockerDisableForVolume parameters
  • New-MBSNBFIBBBackupPlan: added 'FixedVolumes' value for -BackupVolumes parameter
  • Get-MBSBackupPlan: added output of 'BackupOptions' for volumes in NBF Image-Based backup plans
  • New-MBSBackupPlan, New-MBSNBFIBBBackupPlan: added -ExcludeItem parameter for Image-Based backup plans
  • New-MBSBackupPlan: added -ExcludeFile and -ExcludeDirectory parameters for File-Level backup plans
  • Edit-MBSBackupPlan: added -DisableExcludeFilesFolders switch to remove and disable exclusions for Image-Based backup plans

Resolved Issues

  • Cannot update MSP360 PowerShell Module to version 2.x from older versions (Error: Authenticode issuer ... of the new module 'msp360' with version '2.21.143' ... is not matching with the authenticode issuer ... of the previously-installed module 'msp360' with version '1.x')

Management Console 5.9.2 (9-Jun-2022)

Resolved Issues

  • Minor bug fixes

Office 365 / G Suite Backup 2.5 (8-Jun-2022)

Features

  • Restore: Enhanced performance due to task multi-threading
  • Export to PST: Exported files can be downloaded directly from backup storage with password protection
  • Export to PST: Retention policy can now be configured for exported PST files

Usability Enhancements

  • Added Reporting tab to access History, Reports, Audit Log, and Export Results
  • Export to PST: Exported PSF files are moved from Task Manager grid to separate Export Results page
  • Export to PST: Added group operation to delete selected export results
  • Export to PST: Improved search and filtering functionality for export results
  • Task Manager can now be accessed directly using new icon added next to Account menu

Resolved Issues

  • Office 365: In-place Archive backup issue
  • Minor bug fixes

Backup Agent 7.5.3 for Windows (2-Jun-2022)

Resolved Issues

  • MS Exchange backup: Some plans fail on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1/Exchange Server 2010 SP3 instances

Management Console 5.9.1 (2-Jun-2022)

Features

Resolved Issues

  • Backup History: Invalid duration time issue
  • Remote Management: Incorrect backup plan execution date and time displayed in 'Last Start' field

RMM Agent 1.3.1 (2-Jun-2022)

Resolved Issues

  • Error upon reading registry records for some software

26-May-2022

  • Support for Wasabi AP Southeast 1 region (Singapore)

PowerShell Module 2.21.143 (23-May-2022)

New cmdlets

Enhancements

  • Added GlacierInstantRetrieval AWS S3 storage class support to MBS.Agent.Plan.StorageClass object class
  • Edit-MBSBackupPlan: changed parameter names: -ntfs to -BackupNTFSPermissions, and -sharerw to -UseShareReadWriteModeOnError
  • New-MBSBackupPlan, Edit-MBSBackupPlan: added -fastNtfs parameter
  • Get-MBSBackupPlan: added -PlanFormat parameter (possible values: All, CBF (Legacy), NBF)
  • Set-MBSAgentSetting: added 'Server' edition alias for 'baremetal' edition
  • New-MBSBackupPlanCommonOption, New-MBSNBFBackupPlanCommonOption, New-MBSRestorePlanCommonOption: -ResultEmailNotification and -AddEventToWindowsLog are set to 'off' if not specified (default value)
  • New-MBSNBFPlanSchedule: -At is set to NULL if not specified (default value)

Resolved Issues

  • Get-MBSBackupPlan: 'New-Object : The value supplied is not valid, or the property is read-only.' error if NBF backup plan is configured with AWS S3 storage classes different from 'Standard' or 'Glacier'
  • Get-MBSBackupPlan: listing NBF backup plans using only -PlanType parameter with values 'File-Level' and 'Image-Based' returns only Name and ID values
  • New-MBSBackupPlan, New-MBSNBFFileBackupPlan, New-MBSNBFIBBBackupPlan, New-MBSRestorePlan: 'errorOnly' value for -ResultEmailNotification and -AddEventToWindowsLog common option parameters is not accepted
  • New-MBSBackupPlan, New-MBSNBFFileBackupPlan, New-MBSNBFIBBBackupPlan, New-MBSRestorePlan: 'Sunday' value for -DayOfWeek schedule option is not accepted
  • Add-MBSUserAccount, Edit-MBSUserAccount: -SSL parameter not working
  • New-MBSNBFBackupPlanCommonOption: -FullConsistencyCheck value is not added to return object

Backup Agent 7.5.2 for Windows (19-May-2022)

Resolved Issues

  • Image-based backup: Restore Verification component installation issue
  • MS Exchange backup:
    • Item-level restore not available backups created with remote management
    • Backup plan interrupted unexpectedly
    • Backup plans fail on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows SBS 2011

Support for new Wasabi regions:

  • ca-central-1 (Toronto, Canada)
  • ap-southeast-2 (Sydney, Australia)

Backup Agent 3.3.4 for macOS & Linux (18-May-2022)

Features

  • Support for new Wasabi regions:
    • ca-central-1 (Toronto, Canada)
    • ap-southeast-2 (Sydney, Australia)

Backup Agent 7.5.1 for Windows (12-May-2022)

Resolved Issues

  • Minor bug fixes

Management Console 5.9 (5-May-2022)

Features

  • RMM: Group actions for:
    • Installing software on computers
    • Windows updates
    • PowerShell script executions
    • Uninstalling software on computers
  • RMM: New alerts:
    • Software changes
    • Hardware changes
    • High CPU temperature
  • Reporting: New reports
  • Audit Log: Information on user that modified monitoring settings in RMM info

Enhancements

  • RMM: 'General' tab — Enable/disable monitoring option
  • RMM: Improved 'Computer info' tab — Serial number, System type, Manufactured, Model fields
  • RMM: Export to CSV

Resolved Issues

  • Licenses: Blank 'Next Renewal Date' field
  • RMM: Registry Editor: Add 'Waiting' when doing a registry search

RMM Agent 1.3 (5-May-2022)

Features

  • Support for Software Inventory report
  • Support for Computer Inventory report
  • Support for detailed information on computer: platform type, manufacturer, model, and serial number
  • Warning for critical and important updates only
  • Support for new alerts:
    • Software change
    • Hardware change
    • High CPU temperature
  • Last user and activity information on 'Computer Info' tab
  • FIPS compliance update

Backup Agent 3.3.3 for macOS & Linux (28-Apr-2022)

Features

  • Full Disk Access permission request upon application installation

Resolved Issues

  • GUI crashes after backup plan creation attempt

Management Console 5.8 (26-Apr-2022)

Features

  • Backup plan consistent date and time format with time zone displaying for default provider, backup agent, and local computer
  • Backup plans: Improved scheduling options ('Repeat Every') with the ability to set a required frequency for monthly or weekly backup
  • Restore: New file and image-based wizards
  • Restore: Option to select file versions manually in restore wizard for legacy backup format
  • Remote Management: Ability to force a synthetic full backup
  • Remote Management: Pre-/Post- actions for restore plans
  • Remote Deploy: Support for 'Never sleep on backup/restore' and 'Continue plan on wake up' options for Linux/macOS configurations

Enhancements

  • Connect (formerly Managed Remote Desktop) performance improvements

Resolved Issues

  • Default user fails to assign to Linux/macOS computers
  • Remote Deploy: Cloned configuration can't be applied to another company
  • Remote Deploy: 'Backup selected partitions only' is selected on endpoints with deployed image-based configurations containing different settings
  • Backup History: Backup start time displaying issue

Backup Agent 7.5 for Windows (26-Apr-2022)

Features

  • Schedule: 'Repeat Every' option in the new backup format backup plans
  • Retention policy: Improved logic of data retention in the new backup format
  • MS SQL backup: Backup sequence consistency improvement
  • Real-time backup improvement

Resolved Issues

  • File backup: Backup is interrupted if a source network share is not available at the moment of backup
  • Backup wizard: 'Check Network Shares' wizard step is skipped if any subfolders are excluded on source network share
  • Hybrid backup: Storage limit is not applied on the cloud stage during the cloud part of the hybrid backup
  • Hyper-V backup: Invalid socket count for clustered VMs
  • Backup to AWS S3: Uploading to S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval storage class instead of S3 Standard class
  • Backup Storage: 'A header you provided implies functionality that is not implemented' error upon generation deletion for backups in S3-compatible/MinIO
  • Restore plan: Image-based restore plan created in Backup Agent cannot be edited in Remote Management

Connect (Formerly Managed Remote Desktop) 3.0 (26-Apr-2022)

Features

  • Computer name shown on the main connection screen instead of the computer ID
  • WebRTC transport capabilities are now supported to improve voice- and video communication

Enhancements

  • Text auto-completion support for Connect To field
  • Copy and paste support for credential management
  • Computer IDs/names are auto-completed on the fly

Resolved Issues

  • Security: User Account Control dialog correction
  • Minor bug fixes

Office 365 / Google Suite Backup 2.0.33 (18-Apr-2022)

Resolved Issues

Offive 365: In-Place Archive (aka Online Archive) backup issue

Backup Agent 7.4.1 for Windows (14-Mar-2022)

Resolved Issues

  • Hyper-V backup issue hotfix

Management Console 5.7.1 (03-Mar-2022)

Enhancements

  • 'RMM' menu item renamed to 'Computers'
  • Improved security for customer accounts

Resolved Issues

  • Remote Management: Backup plans are not displayed for Linux computers
  • Remote Management: 'General' section is not displayed for Linux/macOS computers
  • Backup Wizards: Schedule settings not saved correctly
  • Reporting: Duplicate users on the 'Billing' configuration page

Backup Agent 7.4 for Windows (24-Feb-2022)

Features

Hyper-V

VMware

Resolved Issues

  • Plans with Wasabi storage account try to use S3 Storage classes
  • GUI: Missing 'Restore Backup Plan' item in the Restore Point context menu
  • Logging: Host server OS VMMS Admin event logs are not collected

Office 365 / G Suite Backup 2.0 (07-Feb-2022)

Features

  • Office 365 and Google Workspace: Added a possibility to export copies of mail, calendars, and contacts to .PST file
  • Wasabi: Improved throughput due to multipart upload in parallel
  • Audit Log: All deletion operations are now reported

Usability Enhancements

  • All finished tasks are now available in the Task Manager grid, added a possibility to download exported .PST file in the task entry
  • Improved paging for Contacts and SharePoint backup grids
  • New archived email filter added on Mail backup page
  • My Account configuration is now implemented as a side panel
  • Audit Log records are now enhanced

Resolved Issues

  • Minor bug fixes

Backup Agent 7.3.2 for Windows (07-Feb-2022)

Features

  • Wasabi: Support for EU-West-2 region (Paris, France)

Management Console 5.7.0.6 (03-Feb-2022)

Features

  • Wasabi: Support for EU-West-2 region (Paris, France)

Remote Desktop for Android (25-Jan-2022)

Features

  • Support for x86_64 architecture
  • Address Book export and import
  • 2FA support

Resolved Issues

  • Long connection issue
  • Session is not closed after exiting connection

Backup Agent 3.3.1 for macOS & Linux (19-Jan-2022)

Features

  • Support for S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval storage class
  • Support for 'Never sleep on backup/restore' and 'Continue plan on wake-up' features (macOS only)

Resolved Issues

  • Error on updates from version 3.2.3 on CentOS 7 and 8
  • Wasabi: 'SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name' error upon file backup

Management Console 5.7 (18-Jan-2022)

Features

Resolved Issues

  • MSP360 (Wasabi) storage: Issue upon storage account re-creation

Backup Agent 7.3.1 for Windows (18-Jan-2022)

Features

  • Support for S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval storage class