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- Most notably, the visual appearance of the application has been updated to reflect Square 9's overall application styling. The desktop and browser clients are more visually similar in an effort to minimize experience issues when users move from one client to another.
- In an effort to improve feature parity and functional equivalence, the desktop client has been updated to leverage the same API backend in use by the browser client. Previously, desktop operations we driven by a legacy API set that is now completely deprecated. <TO DOC - Page on API removal>
- The desktop client is now only a user client. No admin functions are available in the desktop. All admin operations are managed exclusively in the browser.
- Desktop client deployments are now served from a web accessible location, and are now an option for Cloud customers. GlobalSearch C2 customers can now use the client that best serves there user community.
- Desktop client installation no longer require elevated permissions. Non-admin users can install the desktop client to the workstations without issue.
User Management
Security and user management functions have been updated and significantly enhanced. <Link to identity mgr docs, migrated users, etc.>
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- Authentication from 3rd party authentication services, specifically Okta and Azure Active Directory. These new authentication options provide single sign-on capabilities, in addition to any other authentication security protocols enforced by the provider (MFA, password history retention, etc), using an OAuth2/OpenID Connect login flow. Account provisioning via SCIM is also supported, allowing for accounts created / provisioned in 3rd party providers to be automatically created in GlobalSearch and added to groups when specified. <LINK TO PROVIDER AUTH DOCS>
- Groups have been added to the Square 9 user model, allowing for a significantly an easier approach to user administration in environments where there are larger numbers of users or when users may change roles frequently. <LINK TO USER GROUP ADMIN>
- User management tools have been updated to include a new Component (Database, Archive, Search) display. We believe the original "User" display (which is still the default) is extremely efficient for setting / resetting permissions for a user, collection of like users, or groups. For modifying existing permissions, or understanding what permissions are set for a specific component, the new view speeds and simplifies administration.
- To be more consistent with current web standards, Square 9 user accounts now default to using email address as the default user account name. Customers wishing to maintain current standards, or who otherwise wish to leverage a different username format may still do so.
- Password complexity can now be enforced by providing a regular expression for Square 9 users. The default complexity for users now requires that a password must contain 8-20 characters, 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 digit, and 1 symbol (@#$%). Cloud customers may request changes of enforcement rules through support, and the administrator can modify the rules in on premise environments.
- QuickStart now supports the ability to create of Groups, and Groups may be transported in database packages. When exporting databases with secured groups, it's important to note that users that are members of secured groups will also transfer with the package.
- Secured/Unsecured User and Group lists can now be filtered, speeding up access to the right accounts when looking to set permissions.