Directory Update - News and Updates
 

• August 19, 2008 - New, comprehensive Directory Update v1.6 documentation now posted on the Downloads page.
• August 11, 2008 - Interim builds of all products (Directory Update 1.6.1, Directory Manager v1.2.1, and Directory Search v1.2.1) are coming soon. All bug fixes will be included as well as a few new attributes and the ability to define wider or higher fields
• August 10, 2008 - Change Password / Reset Password / Forgot Password features are coming this fall sometime. This feature will be an "additional charge" feature, probably around US$150 to US$200 to enable this feature.
• August 6, 2008 - Updates and bug fixes are available for Directory Manager v1.2 and Directory Update v1.6.  You do not need to re-install.  Download the files, and replace the DLL files in each application's BIN folder. Of course, make a backup copy of your entire installation, first. If you are using Photo support, please update your DLL files.
• August 5, 2008 - Want to allow anonymous access to Directory Search? Download the following Web.Config.Anon file and replace Directory Search's Web.Config file with this one. (You will need to rename the Web.Config.Anon file to Web.Config)
• July 30, 2008 - Support and maintenance policy - please read if you are an existing customer that is interested in ongoing software maintenance and support.
• July 15, 2008 - iPhone support?  We have had a few inquiries as to whether or not we have a style sheet that will fit the iPhone window better. Not yet, but we are curious how many people are interested in such a feature.
• May 4, 2008 - We are very seriously looking at designing a distribution list / mail group manager for Active Directory.  Read more...
• April 18, 2008 - The RegEx Library site is an excellent resource if you are using Regular Expressions to validate telephone number or other attribute formats
• April 12, 2008 - New Directory Search and Directory Manager "Applying Search Filters" documentation
• March 20, 2008 - We are pleased to release Directory Update v1.6, Directory Manager v1.2, and Directory Search v1.2
• December 28, 2007 - A few people have asked if we have an Exchange 2007 version.  Currently we have no Exchange specific features in the product though we may consider allowing users to change things such as Unified Messaging PINs and their cell phone (ActiveSync device) PINs.
• November 30, 2007 - Windows 2008/IIS 7?  We have not yet tested our products on W2K8 and continue to recommend you run on Windows 2003 for the next few months.
• November 20, 2007 - Based on customer feedback, here is our new features and development priorities
• October 25, 2007 - Directory Search v1.1 released
• Sept 22, 2007 - Directory Manager v1.1 released
• Sept 17, 2007 - Directory Search released
• Sept 7, 2007 - Demo page for Directory Search is now posted!
• August 22, 2007 - Directory Update v1.5 released and available for download
• August 8, 2007 - Doh!  Our Directory Update public demo virtual machine has been shutdown for a week!  Sorry!
• August 7, 2007 - Directory Update v1.5 to be released in the next 2 weeks
• August 6, 2007 - Directory Manager v1.1 to be released in the next 2 - 3 weeks.
• July 10, 2007 - Directory Update v1.4 ready for download
• July 9, 2007 - Directory Manager v1.0 ready for download
• June 23, 2007 - Are you still using Notepad to edit XML files?  You need Notepad++! It's free!
• June 15, 2007 - Directory Manager online demo ready - Ask us about downloading the eval
• June 10, 2007 - ITCS Hawaii is becoming Ithicos Solutions - Watch for a new site and logo
• June 1, 2007 - Directory Manager released soon! See the demo!
• April 29, 2007 - Directory Update v1.4 demo available online
• April 14, 2007 - Directory Update v1.4 coming soon! Features include address sets, default field values, multi-domain support, basic auditing, and improved localization.
• April 10, 2007 - We are doing alpha testing on the first version of Directory Manager. We will post an online demo in the next 2 weeks. 
• March 10, 2007 - Exchange 2007 U.S. road show featuring Jim McBee.
• February 27, 2007 - Looking for a good XML Editor? Try the Open XML Editor by Dieter Kohler
• January 20, 2007 - Directory Manager and Directory Search on the drawing boards - Read more...
• January 13, 2007 - Multi-domain version in development
• January 6, 2007 - Directory Update v1.3 available for download
• December 30, 2006 - Demo site available
• December 23, 2006 - Regular Expression samples for telephone number format validation posted to Tech Notes.
• December 21, 2006 - Microsoft has released a freebie called XML Notepad. It makes editing the APPSETTINGS.XML file much easier. Read more...
• December 17, 2006 - We are still testing v1.3. We are including a new licensing scheme and a new set of web controls and want to make sure we are getting everything.
• December 8, 2006 - Firefox finally! v1.3 will have Firefox support. Upgrade your Style.css file for v1.2.6 to use Firefox!
• December 7. - Directory Update v1.3 is still in beta testing.  We are testing the new directory lookup controls that will be used with the Manager, Secretary, and Assistant fields.
• December 5 - Directory Update price increase coming on January 15. We are raising the price to $299 per domain. This is partially to help us cover the cost of the Telerik ajax development framework we are now using.
• November 23 - Directory Update v1.3 is finally almost ready. We are beta testing it now. It includes the Manager, Secretary, and Assistant fields as well as configuring required fields and phone number validation.
• November 13 - We posted Directory Update v1.2.6 that includes a customizable confirmation pop-up messages when a user updates the form and a customizable URL that directs the page when you Log Off.
• October 14 - Sorry, folks, thanks to the Big Island earthquake, we were offline all day
• October 13 - Directory Update v1.2.5 interim build released includes Description, Web Page, additional phone numbers attributes, and Integrated Windows Authentication option.
• September 15 - Directory Update is reviewed by Daniel Petri
• September 7 - Directory Update v1.2 released early - Custom Attributes, Employee ID, Employee Number fields can now be shown on the User Information form. This version also uses the Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0. See the v1.2 Release Notes. This version does not include the Manager field, though. See the Directory Update v1.2 press release.
• August 31 - Read about Directory Update on Rui Silva's subject: exchange blog
• August 26 - Active Directory guru Jason Sherry writes about Directory Update
• August 24 - Read about Directory Update on the MS Exchange Blog and Slipstick Systems!
• August 20 - Version 1.1 posted! - See Downloads (Don't forget to read the new documentation!) 
• August 18 - We are spinning our wheels with the new version.  We will be releasing v1.1 without Firefox support due to the way Firefox re-arranges fields after a field is hidden.  Fixing this is going to require a re-write of the interface.
• August 16 - We now accept credit cards, see Purchasing
• August 13 - Version 1.1 is coming sooner!  Features include hiding fields, hiding an entire section, and changing drop-down lists to text boxes
• August 5 - Version 1.2 is coming - Read more!