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9.37

Release date: 2024-09-12

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Administrative tasks/Administration overviewUpdated sections Application allowlist and Application denylist.

9.36

Release date: 2024-08-21

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Cloud/Adobe Creative CloudAdded information on the new annual filter.

9.35

Release date: 2024-06-19

SectionChange
-No changes.

9.34.2

Release date: 2024-05-29

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Cloud/Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage user linking
  • Renamed Improve search time when linking users manually to Improve search time when linking users manually: Cached data.
  • New section Improve search time when linking users manually: Indexed data.

9.34.1

Release date: 2024-05-08

Publication date: 2024-05-21

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Computers
  • In Edit computer, under General tab, updated the information on status mode Inactive.
  • In Archive computer, added more information to the note.
  • In Edit mobile device, under General tab, updated the information on status mode Inactive.

9.34

Release date: 2024-04-17

SectionChange
Cloud/Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage user linking
  • Section Link users manually updated to reflect the new search functionality.
  • New section Edit manual user linking.
  • New section Improve search time when linking users manually.
Compliance exclusionsAdded procedures for the tasks related to the compliance exclusions, and added information to reflect that you now can create exclusion rules based on users.
Appendix A - Compliance examples
  • Renamed Appendix A - Compliance examples to Compliance examples.
  • New section Compliance exclusions: Users.
  • Renamed Compliance example 1 to Example: WinRAR archiver.
  • Renamed Compliance example 2 to Example: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise.
  • Renamed Compliance example 3 to Example: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard.
  • Updated and renamed Compliance example 4 to Compliance exclusions: Computers.
  • Renamed Compliance example 5 to Example: Microsoft Windows Server 2022.
Reports
  • New section Manage customized reports.
  • New section Manage scheduled reports which replaces the Schedule automatic report generation and Show, edit, or delete a scheduled report sections.
  • In Show report, moved information related to customized reports to the new Manage customized reports section.

9.33

Release date: 2024-01-24

SectionChange
Agreements/Edit agreementAdded procedure for how to edit several agreements at the same time.

9.32

Release date: 2023-11-22

SectionChange
Appendix A - Compliance examplesAdded new Compliance example 5 for Microsoft Windows Server 2022 license compliance.
Users/Users detail viewAdded definition of Active last.
Cloud/SaaS overviewAdded definition of User account login activity.
Cloud/Adobe Creative Cloud
Cloud/Microsoft 365
Added definition of User activity.
Cloud/Adobe Creative CloudAdded definition of Unlinked users.
Cloud/Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage portalsNew subsections: Prerequisites, Migrate portals, Configure time for scheduled portal migrations, Run portal migrations manually, and Cancel scheduled portal migrations.
Generic functionality/Manage documents and linksEditorial changes including clarification on how to use the link alternative.
Add license purchase/Assignment tab
  • In Assignment type: User section, added a note about the use of "%" as a wildcard character.
  • In Assignment type: Site section, clarified that a site license can only be assigned to one site.
User settings/Settings tabIn User interface section, added information on supported languages.
Reports/Manage reports with application lifecycle informationNew page.
Oracle overviewThe whole section with subsections has been reworked extensively.
AgreementsOracle agreement-specific information has been removed from Add agreement and Edit agreement, and instead, the pages now refer to Manage Oracle agreements in the Oracle overview section.

9.31

Release date: 2023-08-30

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Agreements/Agreements detail viewEditorial changes to clarify that the UI fields and tabs described on this page are not available for all agreements in the UI.
Custom fieldsAdded notes that you shouldn't give custom fields the same name as the standard fields in Snow License Manager.
Cloud/Microsoft 365Added section Definitions to explain subscription terms.

9.30

Release date: 2023-06-07

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Concepts, terminology, and features/AgreementIn the Agreement type table, a note has been added to the description of the Oracle agreement type, clarifying that Oracle agreements are handled in the Oracle overview section of the user interface.

9.29

Release date: 2023-05-17

SectionChange
Oracle overviewSince the Oracle verified data feature now supports Java SE in addition to Oracle Databases and Oracle Fusion Middleware, the Oracle verified data view and Oracle verified data tab – Reference pages have been updated accordingly.
Oracle overview/Manage Oracle verified dataNew page.

9.28

Release date: 2023-05-03

SectionChange
Adobe Creative CloudAdded description of the new Manage portals page.
Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage portalsNew page.
Microsoft 365Added description of the new Manage portals page.
Microsoft 365/Manage portalsNew page.
Multiple versions/editionsAdded a note to clarify the use.
Edit applicationIn License settings tab, added notes to clarify the use of simultaneous multiple versions and multiple editions.

9.27.1

Release date: 2023-04-05

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My notificationsAdded more information to the introduction.
Appendix A - Compliance examples/Compliance example 4In Compliance exclusions in reports section, added the missing Windows Server Assessment - 2022 or later licensing report.
Add agreementIn General tab, bullet 8: updated text and name of the checkbox Include in searches where license purchase date is outside of active period (previous name Selectable after expiration).
Add license purchaseIn Purchase tab, bullet 6: updated with new search functionality and changed name of (agreement) checkbox.

9.27

Release date: 2023-03-15

SectionChange
-No changes

9.26

Release date: 2023-02-01

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Oracle overview/Oracle verified data tabSince the Oracle verified data feature now supports Oracle Fusion Middleware in addition to Oracle Databases, the page has been updated accordingly.
Oracle overview/Oracle verified data tab/Oracle verified data tab – ReferenceNew page.
Oracle overview/Oracle Fusion Middleware details viewNew page.
Concepts, terminology, and features/Oracle database productsThe page has been renamed Oracle Management Option and the content has been updated.
Support and feedbackUpdated the content to reflect how you can get support and send feedback.
IntroductionAdded that the overview shows the data flow in the Snow License Manager platform.

9.25

Release date: 2022-11-30

SectionChange
Adobe Creative Cloud/PrerequisitesAdded section.
Adobe Creative CloudEditorial updates. Moved some information to the Prerequisites section.
Microsoft 365/PrerequisitesAdded section.
Microsoft 365Added section on User activity.
Editorial updates. Moved some information to the Prerequisites section.
SaaS overview/PrerequisitesAdded section.
SaaS overviewEditorial updates. Moved some information to the Prerequisites section.
Run importIn Computer update settings, update description for the Delete option.
Register an Oracle purchaseDeleted the section Register the Support and Software Updates agreement and replaced it with a link to the topic Add agreement.
Application allowlistAdded information that the ACTIVATE_APPLICATION_WHITELISTING setting needs to be enabled in SnowMACC.

9.24

Release date: 2022-11-09

SectionChange
Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage user linking in Adobe Creative CloudAdded description of manual user linking on the Link users page. Editorial updates.
Adobe Creative CloudUpdated description of the user linking prerequisite. Editorial updates.

9.23

Release date: 2022-10-19

SectionChange
Adobe Creative CloudAdded description of the new Users page.
Compliance example 2In Decide on licensing, replaced two images and corrected the example.
Edit computerGeneral tab: Added information on Disable automatic quarantine management for members of auto-generated datacenters.
Custom compare value typesAdded information on custom fields and a link to more information.
Added information on the Custom compare value types page.
Added more information on the Use a custom field value for compliance checkbox when adding or editing custom compare value types.
ExportAdded a note describing how to replace the font family in the web.config file when an exported PDF file contains meaningless random characters.
Computers detail viewAdded that applications with an orange background can for example be cloud applications.

9.22

Release date: 2022-06-15

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IntroductionUpdated the image and the descriptions of the components in the Platform overview.
Add license purchase/Purchase tabClarified that assignments must be made for metrics that require assignments.
Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage cost periods in Adobe Creative CloudAdded step for selection of Adobe portal when adding license cost.

9.21

Release date: 2022-04-12

SectionChange
Import or update licensesAdded a link to Data Import Field Description.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage user linking in Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage cost periods in Adobe Creative Cloud
Reworked information and described new functionality.
Microsoft 365Described updated activity-related charts and tables.

9.20

Release date: 2022-03-09

SectionChange
Oracle verified data viewNew
Custom fieldsAdded information on what is required when you want to calculate the compliance for an application and include a custom field in the calculation.

9.19

Release date: 2022-02-09

SectionChange
Adobe Creative CloudAdded description of the subscription filter functionality.
Oracle Java visibilityClarified that the All Java installations report contains both Oracle and non-Oracle Java installations.
SaaS overview
SaaS overview/Manage cost periods in SaaS overview
Editorial rework of content.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365/Manage user linking in Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365/Manage cost periods in Microsoft 365
Editorial rework of content.
The user interface/RemarksAdded remarks AL, DL, and UI

9.18

Release date: 2021-12-08

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Adobe Creative CloudAdded description of the multi-portal filter and capability.
Computers detail viewClarified what kind of information is shown here.
Added a note about Logical processors.

9.17

Release date: 2021-11-17

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Action logMoved the content of section Appendix B - Action log to section Action log.

9.16

Release date: 2021-09-16

NameChange
Secondary use rightsAdded support for Desktop - Desktop.
Show reportAdded information describing date operators.

9.15

Release date: 2021-09-01

SectionChange
Oracle overviewAdded information on Oracle Java to the Products tab.
Oracle Java visibilityAdded a new section.
Microsoft 365Added information on new chart filtering based on subscriptions and that subscription utilization is for subscriptions with user-based metric.

9.14

Release date: 2021-06-22

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Assignment typesAdded Users as a new available assignment type for metric Concurrent users.
User settings/Settings tabAdded new setting Auto allocate licenses
Assignment tabClarified that the setting for enabling auto allocation checkbox is configured in the User settings.

9.13

Release date: 2021-05-05

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Microsoft 365/Link usersAdded information about the Unlinked users tab.
Reports cacheAdded a new section.
Show reportAdded information about how to show cached reports.
Enable or disable cachingAdded a new section.

9.12

Release date: 2021-03-17

SectionChange
Microsoft 365Changed name from Microsoft Office 365 to Microsoft 365.
Updated name of Microsoft 365 connector.
Microsoft 365/Manage cost periods for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365/Overview
Microsoft 365/Subscriptions
Microsoft 365/Users
Microsoft 365/Cost
Added new sections.
Cloud reports
Agreement report
License report
User reports
Computer and mobile device reports
Application reports
Manage subscription plans
Add subscription plan
Remove subscription plan
Optimize Microsoft Office 365 subscription plans
Find users that could switch from MS Office Plan E3 to E1
Find users that are not using their subscription plan
Analyze cost per subscription plan
Analyze Microsoft 365 data.
Removed sections

9.10

Release date: 2021-02-17

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Auto assign Oracle licensesAdded information that hard partitioned environments (IBM LPAR) are now included in the auto assignment process, provided that no licenses have been manually assigned to the environment.
Archive computersAdded that saved details of archived computers can be found on Search for computers page.
Removed sentence: "An archived computer cannot be restored."
Share a SnowboardAdded new section.
Invalid license assignmentsDeleted the duplicated alerts No eligible application installed, Overassignment, and Invalid processor count.

9.9

Release date: 2020-12-09

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Oracle database detail viewAdded text to the description of the Options used tab in the table concerning the new feature showing details of why an option is marked as used or not.
User settingsChanged name of menu from Administration to Application.
Help and supportUpdated the information to reflect the user interface.
Data Update JobRemoved sentence: "Snow License Manager 9.1 and later versions allow users to sign in at all times, regardless of whether Data Update Job is running or not."
Added info about Data Update Job status.
Assignment type: OrganizationUpdated the information to reflect that auto allocation is now selected by default.
Invalid license assignmentsAdded all possible invalid license assignments, including descriptions.

9.8

Release date: 2020-10-21

SectionChange
Computer/Applications tabAdded a note about allowlist and denylist functionality.
Archiving and unarchiving licensesAdded new section.
Archiving and unarchiving agreementsAdded new section.
License Reports
Agreement Reports
Added Archived licenses and Archived agreements as examples of reports.
Edit Oracle ordersAdded new section.
Delete Oracle ordersAdded new section.
Unassign Oracle licensesChanged the title of the section from Bulk-unassign Oracle licenses.
Removed the word bulk from this section.
Removed information about when this functionality was introduced.
Unassign licenses from one or more ordersChanged the procedure due to changed functionality.
Unassign licenses from one computer/datacenter/clusterClarified a step in the procedure.
Add or edit denylist criteriaAdded steps describing new functionality for Comment and Organization.
Several sectionsChanged the word blacklist to denylist and whitelist to allowlist.

9.7

Release date: 2020-06-17

SectionChange
Import dataAdded section Import or update licenses.
Removed section License import settings.
Removed information concerning license import in section Preview of imported data.
Oracle overviewChanged name of tab Orders & Licenses to Entitlements.
Added information about Agreements and Auto assignments in Entitlements tab.
Compliance summary viewAdded information about the new feature Compliance trend.
AgreementsAdded specific information about Oracle agreements.
Corrected the name for Upgrade rights (previously Automatic license upgrades) checkbox.

9.6

Release date: 2020-02-12

SectionChange
License settings tab/MetricUpdated the information to reflect that you now can change the default metric.
Multiple metricsUpdated the information.
Auto assign Oracle licensesUpdated the information to reflect changes in the user interface regarding the auto assign wizard.

9.5

Release date: 2019-11-06

SectionChange
Oracle overviewUpdated the table with a description of the new Overview Products tab.
Order summary viewAdded a new section in the section Oracle overview.
Compliance summary viewAdded a new section in the section Oracle overview.
Auto assign Oracle licensesAdded a new section.
Manage listsUpdated the information to reflect that the functions List all applications and List all computers are no longer available.

9.4.1

Release date: 2019-09-25

SectionChange
-No changes

9.33

Release date: 2019-09-03

SectionChange
Change passwordRemoved the "¤" character from the list of symbols.
ReportsUpdated the information to reflect the changes in the user interface.
Invalid license assignmentsUpdated the information to reflect how Snow License Manager works and how alerts are shown in the user interface.
Compare values tab
Remove bundle licensing
Restore bundle licensing
Default metric compliance example 1
Other metric compliance example 1
Changed the information about recalculating compliance to reflect what happens in the user interface.
Oracle license complianceUpdated information about supported rule sets.

9.3

Release date: 2019-06-27

SectionChange
RemarksAdded remark LH.
License settingsUpdated the information.
Application detail view
Licenses tab
Compliance tab
License settings tab
Purchase tab
Added information about multiple metrics.
Multiple metricsAdded a new section.
Multiple metricsAdded a new section.
Security tabCorrected text about organization node.
Adobe Creative CloudAdded information on limitations and constraints.

9.2

Release date: 2019-04-24

SectionChange
Oracle overviewAdded new sections: Visibility: Products, Visibility: Orders, Oracle order list, Visibility: License assignments, Oracle license statuses, Oracle license compliance: Supported rule sets, Import Oracle orders, and Assign Oracle licenses.
Add Oracle order manuallyChanged the title of the section from Add Oracle order.
Associate servers with Oracle ordersUpdated the information.
Add datacenters and clusters/General tabAdded information on new functionality to automatically populate Hypervisor technology and High availability for VMware Datacenter/Clusters.
Adobe Creative CloudAdded a new section.
Link Snow License Manager users with Microsoft Office 365 usersReplaced "Snow Inventory 5" with "Active Directory user discovery".
Edit cost informationAdded information on Adobe Creative Cloud.
Add new cost period for Microsoft Office 365 and SaaSChanged the title of the section from Add new cost period.
Delete cost period for Microsoft Office 365 and SaaSChanged the title of the section from Delete cost period.
Search for applications and computersAdded a new section.
Save searches for applications and computersAdded a new section.
Search for mobile devices, users, agreements, licenses, and objectsChanged the title of the section from Search.
Added a note explaining that there are two different search functions.
Save searches for mobile devices, users, agreements, licenses, and objectsChanged the title of the section from Save searches.
Added a note explaining that there are two different search functions.
Edit application
Edit computer
Archive computer
Application blacklist
Application whitelist
IBM PVU licensing
Changed List all applications/computers to Search for applications/computers

9.1

Release date: 2019-03-28

SectionChange
Data Update JobAdded new section
Software enterprise agreementDeleted the following sections: Software enterprise agreements, Add software enterprise agreement, Information tab, Purchase orders tab, and Distributions tab.
AgreementDeleted row Software enterprise agreement from the table.

9.0

Release date: 2018-11-22

SectionChange
Oracle database detail viewIn the table for tabs Options used and Management packs agreed, added information on a new feature to manually change values.
Oracle overviewRenamed Database editions tab to Products.
Oracle overviewAdded line for tab Orders in the table.
Platform overviewUpdated information regarding Snow Inventory and Data Update Job.