This document outlines the new features and changes in Retain 4.9.
For planning and installation instructions, see the Retain 4.9 Installation and Administration guide.
To upgrade your system to Retain 4.9, the Retain server must be running Retain 4.9.
If you are running a version earlier than 4.8.1, follow the upgrade paths that are documented in Upgrade and Migration
in the Retain 4.9 Installation and Administration guide.
RET-9319 - In a browser when a folder is selected, its font size increases, making it easier to spot.
RET-10648 - Database schema checking has been enhanced to prevent Retain from running against a schema with errors. In addition to the installation and update checks, Retain checks for potential problems each time the system starts. Manual checking is also available. For more detail, see Verify DB Schema
in the Retain 4.9 Installation and Administration guide.
RET-11677, RET-11703, RET-12657 - Retain can now archive BBM Enterprise messages from BlackBerry UEM servers. For more detail, see Blackberry
in the Retain 4.9 Installation and Administration guide.
RET-11936 - Index backup and optimization information has been moved from the Maintenance tab to the Index tab under Server Configuration. For more detail, see Indexing Engine Panel
in the Retain 4.9 Installation and Administration guide.
RET-12344 - Retain user accounts can have membership in multiple Retain groups. For more detail, see Groups
in the Retain 4.9 Installation and Administration guide.
RET-12485 - Health Mailboxes in Exchange and Office 365 are ignored by default.
RET-12654 - The setup wizard now displays a green background for steps that are completed.
RET-12684 - Enhanced security now supports only TLS 1.2 and newer. HTTPS is disabled when this requirement is not met.
RET-12714 - Retain now uses AdoptOpenJDK 11.0.5+10
RET-12440, RP-1530 - Reworked the reporting of nested messages so that the selected item count reported is the same in Retain and Publisher.
RM-590 - All Android RCS items are now fully supported for archiving in Retain
The Audit User Activity, Export Audit Table, and Device Management reports now include a CSV output option. Size-limitations are also available for these reports. For more detail, see the respective sections in Reports
in the Retain 4.9 Installation and Administration guide.
External users are no longer synchronized from Office 365 address books (Microsoft GraphAPI).
Various security enhancements
RET-6238, RET-9531, RET-11506 - Changes to simplify the download of Retain Tools by most web browsers
RET-6987 - Google Apps profile would ignore some Advanced Criteria settings which resulted in archiving more messages than expected
RET-8618 - Corrected the disk space error value shown in the server log
RET-9594 - Permit specific response errors from Exchange to be ignored when processing recurring appointments
RET-9627 - Added translations for CSV Path in Exchange module
RET-10591 - RetainService was unable to register through the Message Router on Windows when the Router and Server were configured to communicate over port 80 on IIS
RET-11064 - Fix for error Failed to load class 'org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder' logged at startup
RET-11518 - Added translation for description in Social Media Governance module
RET-11956 Reverted to previous version Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server in order to permit login to Reporting & Monitoring
RET-12006 - Added KO and PL translations for options and tooltip under Data Collection
RET-12007 - Added translations for Re-encryption status
RET-12341 - Reduce the number of entries written to the Linux messages.log file when archiving from Google Apps
RET-12371 - In some instances, the Outlook Plugin installer would default to German
RET-12388 - The installer for Windows would not replace existing configuration information when the option to overwrite the existing configuration was selected
RET-12440, RP-1530 - Fix discrepancy in selected item count between Retain and Publisher
RET-12441 - Prevent facet count from displaying as (0) with wildcard searches
RET-12447 - Ignore user accounts defined in Office 365 that do not have email addresses and would generate a Cannot obtain uuid from server alert while archiving
RET-12483 - Optimize the auto discovery processes used for Exchange and Office 365
RET-12494 - Advanced search number of items empty
RET-12502 - Fix for No Autodiscover/Endpoint found! error with Exchange/Office 365 after switching from basic to OAuth authentication
RET-12552 - Ignore external user accounts defined in Office 365 that would generate Unknown Host Exception and No Autodiscover/Endpoint found! errors during address book synchronization with the GraphAPI
RET-12554, RET-12560 - Ensure that OAuth credentials are encrypted when stored
RET-12563 - Fix for ExchangeImpersonation SOAP header must be present for this type of OAuth token error when attempting to archive resource accounts using CSV files and OAuth authentication
RET-12640 - Fix for situation where search results would not return for some users when the Show shared folders feature was enabled in the GroupWise module
RET-12650 - Fix for SqlExceptionHelper: An attempt by a client to checkout a Connection has timed out and I/O error on POST request errors which would also cause decreased performance
RET-12652 - Performance enhancement in Worker when archiving from Exchange
RET-12711 - Corrected UI issue that could prevent Address Book information from being read from the CSV file during the initial configuration of the Exchange module
RP-1527 - Unable to view message body when opened on the bundled version of Viewer
RM-532 - Sent MMS messages were archived regardless of Item Source setting in the mobile profile
RM-533 - Received SMS & MMS messages were archived regardless of Item Source setting in the mobile profile
There are no major known issues.
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