officeGATE release notes

officeGATE Version 6.1 SP1

(4. August 2023)

Email archive

IMPROVEMENT Upload file to email archive fails with an inappropriate error message
IMPROVEMENT contentACCESS provider is not re-connecting after Outlook restart
IMPROVEMENT Manual archive and restore is not available if contentACCESS is deployed to a non-standard port

officeGATE Version 6.1

(Apr 11st, 2023)
For detailed release notes please click here.

Email archive

NEW Email archive shortcut opening process − officeGATE will take over when opening shortcuts from Outlook forms, including forward and reply actions

Common

NEW Preview service integration − any attachment can be viewed now through HTML 5 without having the native application installed
NEW Dark mode support − officeGATE fully supports dark theme
NEW Auto − detect Outlook language – officeGATE can use the same language as your Outlook without any extra configuration
IMPROVEMENT Share attachments from item preview − we have eliminated the extra step needed to share an attachment
IMPROVEMENT Using WebView2 − this modern web rendering engine will be used (if available) to display HTML content
IMPROVEMENT Performance and stability fixes

officeGATE Version 5.3

(June 9th, 2022)
For detailed release notes please click here.

Common

NEW

TECH-ARROW Store integration – you can manage your subscription from officeGATE

IMPROVEMENT

Performance and stability fixes

officeGATE Version 5.2

(January 14th, 2022)
For detailed release notes please click here.

Sharing

NEW

Folder sharing – officeGATE is now able to share whole folders or folder structures

NEW

Download notification – the option is also available in officeGATE

 

Common

IMPROVEMENT

TLS 1.2 – officeGATE will automatically pick the highest possible TLS encryption

IMPROVEMENT

Performance and stability fixes

officeGATE Version 5.1

(August 13th, 2021)
For detailed release notes please click here.

Sharing

IMPROVEMENT

Basic view of folder shares – allows to view shared folders and items and modify the sharing settings

 

Common

IMPROVEMENT

fileNshare support ended – connector has been already removed from officeGATE

IMPROVEMENT

Performance and stability fixes

officeGATE Version 5.0

(April 16th, 2021)
For detailed release note please click here.

Features

NEW

Share from archive – share archived items directly from officeGATE in Outlook

NEW

SharePoint proxy integration for SharePoint and OneDrive for Business – system won’t be duplicating the shared items, only sharing their reference

IMPROVEMENT

Drag&Drop – smoother process with displayed progress bar

NEW

Logged on user for contentACCESS – possible to see the currently logged on user in contentACCESS settings

NEW

Office365 Hub site support – connect to a hubsite directly from officeGATE and browse/search the attached subsites of it

IMPROVEMENT

Performance and stability fixes


Update from older versions

NEW

Update to .NET4.8 – the minimum .NET version was increased from 4.5.2 to 4.8 for all aplications

officeGATE Version 4.1

(August 3rd, 2020)
For detailed release note please click here.

Features

NEW

SharePoint modern authentication – safer and faster way to authenticate

IMPROVEMENT

Updated time selector – time can be picked from a dropdown list

IMPROVEMENT

Updated OneDrive provider – now it uses Microsoft Graph API to be super-fast

NEW

New OneDrive sharing link – share the link to OneDrive files directly from their context menu

officeGATE Version 4.0

(June 1st, 2020)
For detailed release note please click here.

Features

NEW

Check-in management
– possible to manage the check-in state of document directly from officeGATE

NEW

Creating new items
– officeGATE allows creating new documents based on the predefined templates in SharePoint in the selected library

NEW

Creating Outlook calendar entries
– officeGATE allows creating Outlook calendar entries for a SharePoint calendar item

NEW

contentACCESS item preview
– the double-click on a contentACCESS item is now opening a new preview panel, which provides access to item content and attachments

officeGATE Version 3.9

(November 11th, 2019)
For detailed release note please click here.

Features

NEW

List item management – manage SharePoint list items directly in Outlook

NEW

Creating lookup items directly from list item creation – lookup items can be created during list item creation directly in Outlook

NEW

Edit documents and document set libraries – now possible to not only view, but also edit properties

NEW

EIM integration – send officeGATE invitations with pre-configured My SharePoint Sites directly from EIM

IMPROVEMENT

Faster loading – SharePoint provider now loading much faster in tree view

IMPROVEMENT

Stability and performance improvements – for much faster and smoother officeGATE experience

officeGATE Version 3.2

(March 7th, 2019)
For detailed release note please click here.

Features

NEW

New languages added – Slovak, Czech, Hungarian and Polish

NEW

New filtering options added for email archive search

IMPROVEMENT

Improved Offline synchronization performance

officeGATE Version 3.1

(November 7th, 2018)
For detailed release note please click here.

Features

NEW

Offline cache limitation for date and size – synchronize only the recently modified files, do not fill your disk with unnecessary files

NEW

Possibility to disable ribbon buttons Show / Hide panel, Share with contentACCESS and Email archive buttons

NEW

Optimized SharePoint connections – SharePoint servers are connected only on demand, connections are no longer pre-created

officeGATE Version 3.0

(February 8th, 2018)
For detailed release note please click here.

Features

NEW

Dedicated search window for contentACCESS email archive

IMPROVEMENT

Brand new icon set and small user interface makeup

IMPROVEMENT

Manual folder creation in contentACCESS file archive

IMPROVEMENT

Drag & drop to contentACCESS file archive

IMPROVEMENT

Unified contentACCESS item view with contentWEB

IMPROVEMENT

Opening contentACCESS email archive shortcuts offline

IMPROVEMENT

contentACCESS email archive additional mailboxes are shown in a separate folder

IMPROVEMENT

Deeper contentACCESS email archive integration, archive, restore and search are directly accessible from Outlook ribbon

officeGATE Version 2.8

(November 15th, 2016)

Features

NEW

Offline synchronization. This feature was created for users who are working often without connection to their essential company IT systems. The new Offline synchronization enables access to files and folders even without network connection. Files can be periodically downloaded to a read-only local document storage. This speeds up document opening as well, as when a document is up to date in the local storage, it is by default opened locally. Of course, it can be opened online, too.

NEW

Single sign-on for OneDrive. The user has to enter his credentials only once for both OneDrive Business and Personal

IMPROVEMENT

Better OneDrive support. Search and a full support for both read and write operations (folder creation, document upload, rename, and delete operations) were added

IMPROVEMENT

Improved user experience. The provider configuration is checked before connection, faster item listing for contentACCESS, fixed tree and list refresh issues, fixed configuration issues, improved error handling and logging

officeGATE Version 2.7

(May 4th, 2016)

Features

NEW

New native OneDrive connector

NEW

New Perceptive Workplace connector

IMPROVEMENT

Improved sharing options. The user can now save sharing options as default and can set these options to use for every new share and don’t need to specify them before share. Information added to email’s body about the accessibility of the shared files. The user can now attach contentACCESS file also in these item types: Appointment, Contact, Task, Meeting

IMPROVEMENT
If the user searches in all providers he can now browse search result after the first providers result

officeGATE Version 2.6

(February 24th, 2016)

Features

NEW

Share your files directly in Outlook using officeGATE. With the help of contentACCESS you can share documents with your partners, customers and colleagues with a few clicks

NEW

Federated search! This new version allows to get search results from all providers with a single query

NEW

We have a new MSI setup allowing group policy installations and automatic configuration of officeGATE. This is a great help for administrators to set up officeGATE on all user workstations in a fully automatized way

NEW

Open the parent directory of the document in the search result using the context menu

NEW

Verify your connection settings to contentACCESS and MS SharePoint

NEW

Upload a new file into the selected folder using the new option in the context menu. This works for all providers

NEW

officeGATE is optimized to work with the newest MS Outlook 2016

NEW

Tooltips for Favorites now show the parent folder to ease the navigation

officeGATE Version 2.5

(December 15th, 2015)

Features

NEW

German version, switch the language in Settings

NEW

MS Outlook 2016 support

NEW

MS SharePoint Tasks support. Work with task attachments, create tasks and many more

NEW

Allow users to upload original email if a contentACCESS Email archive shortcut is dropped onto an officeGATE container

NEW

Connecting multiple MS SharePoint sites (Premium feature)

NEW

Less branding in premium version (Premium feature for OEM partners)

IMPROVEMENT

Easier switch between Tree and Grid view using middle mouse button

officeGATE Version 2.4

(October 11th, 2015)

Features

NEW

Datengut DMS support

NEW

Perceptive DMS support

NEW

Supporting multiple 3rd party dms system connections

NEW

Paging in list mode

IMPROVEMENT

Increased performance

officeGATE Version 2.3

(June 29th, 2015)

Features

NEW

Search (local drivers, cloud connectors, SharePoint, contentACCESS and other connectors)

NEW

Copy-paste documents also between connectors and Windows Explorer

NEW

Keyboard commands (Home, End, Enter, Delete, PageUp, PageDown, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V)

NEW

Send as ZIP. Send documents from any connector as ZIP compressed attachments

IMPROVEMENT

Optimized memory usage