[appsuite-announce] Open-Xchange releases OX App Suite v7.10.5, OX Documents v7.10.5 and OX Guard v2.10.5

Wed Feb 10 14:57:39 CET 2021

Dear Open-Xchange Customers and Partners,

Open-Xchange is pleased to announce the release of OX App Suite v7.10.5, OX Documents v7.10.5 and OX Guard v2.10.5.

OX App Suite v7.10.5

OX App Suite is a modular platform designed for Telcos, Hosters, and other Service Providers. It delivers a wide range of cloud-based services. These include email, file sharing, document management, time management, cloud storage and metrics for monitoring end-user behavior. Enhancements to the OX App Suite platform in this release include:

- Federated Sharing of Folders
Sharing of folders between context, or deployments, has been significantly enhanced to provide a smooth federated sharing experience. The sharing dialogs have also been updated to facilitate and simplify sharing in general.

- Improved “Connect your device” Wizard
Connecting other devices to OX App Suite has been made even easier. The “Connect your device” wizard has been significantly enhanced and features simplified device selection and enablement with the use of QR codes.

- OX Drive Usability
OX Drive has received some significant updates, such as the ability to Drag & Drop Desktop folders into OX Drive; improved file/folder sharing dialogs; improved OX Drive search features and the introduction of hints when files/folders are being moved.

- Saving Email Drafts
Email drafts are now automatically saved in the drafts folder and are therefore available on all devices by default.

- Navigation Improvements
The top navigation area has been slightly redesigned to make accessing modules, help and settings easier.

OX Documents v7.10.5

For service providers looking to attract customers, OX Documents is the perfect hook. Fully integrated into OX App Suite, OX Documents now includes the following new features:

- @mentions in OX Text 
@mentions can now be used in comments. This feature proactively sends relevant users a message when mentioned in order to grab their attention when collaborating.

- New Slide Show Toolbar
The new toolbar "Slide Show” has been introduced and allows users to start a presentation directly (from the first slide or the current slide). An additional option can start the presentation in full screen.

- Images as Background
OX Presentation now lets you use images as a background for other images. It is also possible to change the transparency of this image.

OX Guard v2.10.5 for OX App Suite v7.10.5

With this new release Open-Xchange has made some small changes to integrate OX Guard even more closely with OX App Suite.

What’s New in General and Feature Overviews

Open-Xchange now provides more detailed overviews and Feature Overview documents relating to new product releases. These can be found at https://www.open-xchange.com/resources/ox-product-updates/whats-new/

General Information – Please Note

- Open-Xchange encourages administrators to regularly update to the latest available release. To ensure a stable and up to date environment please note the different versions supported. An overview of the latest supported Major, Minor and Public Patch Releases can be found in the OXpedia at: https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Version_Support_Commitment

- Upgrade Hazelcast to v4.0 - There is a major Hazelcast library update to OX App Suite v7.10.5. This means that when updating from an earlier backend version, due to the upgraded library, it is not possible to form a cluster of nodes that run previous version of Hazelcast (i.e. existing volatile data in the cluster will be lost during the update). A consistent Hazelcast cluster is needed for cluster-wide cache invalidation. To circumvent problems with database update tasks that need to perform cache invalidation, please follow the steps described here: https://documentation.open-xchange.com/7.10.5/middleware/administration/running_a_cluster.html

- New Package Signing Keys - With this release Open-Xchange rolls out new cryptographic key material for package and repository signing. With the new key material, we are using future-proof cryptography and comply with upcoming platform requirements. Since the previous public-key is installed and trusted on all machines that fetch packages from software.open-xchange.com repositories and packages signed with the new key material will not be accepted by existing deployments and potentially cause error when attempting to update. In order to update packages from software.open-xchange.com it is mandatory to deploy and trust the updated public key. We are providing documentation on this topic for various platforms here: https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Importing_OX_Buildkey

- In accordance with the supported browser policy, Open-Xchange announces the discontinuation of support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 and Microsoft Edge Legacy, with the release. For details of all supported browsers please refer to the requirements page at: https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:OX_System_Requirements#Desktop_Browser_.28Minimum_display_resolution:_1024_x_768.29

Shipped packages and versions

- Open-Xchange App Suite Middleware (Backend) v7.10.5-rev5
- Open-Xchange App Suite Frontend v7.10.5-rev5
- Open-Xchange App Suite USM v7.10.5-rev2
- Open-Xchange App Suite EAS v7.10.5-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Hazelcast Enterprise v7.10.5-rev2
- Open-Xchange App Suite Documentconverter API v7.10.5-rev2
- Open-Xchange App Suite Documentconverter v7.10.5-rev2
- Open-Xchange App Suite Office v7.10.5-rev4
- Open-Xchange App Suite Documents Collaboration v7.10.5-rev4
- Open-Xchange App Suite Office Web v7.10.5-rev4
- Open-Xchange App Suite Readerengine v7.10.5-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite Imageconverter v7.10.5-rev4
- Open-Xchange App Suite Spellcheck v7.10.5-rev3
- Open-Xchange App Suite PDFtool v7.10.5-rev2
- Open-Xchange Guard v2.10.5-rev4
- Open-Xchange Mobile API Facade v1.12.0-rev1

Complete Release Notes 

- Open-Xchange App Suite v7.10.5:
https://software.open-xchange.com/products/appsuite/doc/Release_Notes_for_Release_7.10.5_2021-02-10.pdf

- Open-Xchange Guard v2.10.5 for OX App Suite v7.10.5:
https://software.open-xchange.com/products/guard/doc/OX_Guard_Release_Notes_for_Release_2.10.5_2021-02-10.pdf

- Open-Xchange Mobile API Facade v1.12.0 for OX App Suite v7.10.5:
https://software.open-xchange.com/products/mobile-api-facade/doc/OX_Mobile_API_Facade_Release_Notes_for_Release_1.12.0_2021-02-10.pdf

Download and Installation

For details of how to install and update OX App Suite, please refer to the instructions provided at:
https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:UpdatingOXPackages

For details of how to install and update OX Documents, please refer to the instructions provided at:
https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Documents_Installation_Guide

For details of how to install and update OX Guard, please refer to the instructions provided at:
https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:OX_Guard

For details of how to install and update OX Mobile API Facade, please refer to the instructions provided at:
https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Mobile_API_Facade

Best regards,
Your Open-Xchange Team

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