M-Files December 2021 release

Critical regression found and fixed in Dec'21 Update, Monthly Cloud Update 19th December cancelled, Auto-updates for and manual downloads now online

  • Critical regression has been found in New Web functionality in M-Files Dec'21 Update.
  • Fix for this issue has been already identified and we are in process of building & testing new version of M-Files Dec'21 Update already
  • However, due to this issue, general M-Files Dec'21 Update to Cloud Customers tomorrow Sunday 19th Dec is cancelled. Next planned full-scale Global Cloud Update will be on 16th Jan 2022 but some most critical Cloud Customers migth needed to be updated separately prior that.
  • For On-premises Customers and for M-Files Client Auto-Updates a new patched version of M-Files Dec'21 Update is now online and available.

M-Files Online December '21 Update (21.12.10943.6)

Rollout with automatic updates begins on December 20, 2021.

  • OAuth support for External Mail Sources (Google Mail)
    • You can now set external mail sources that use Google Mail to use OAuth authentication for better security.
  • Anonymous login for the new M-Files Web and M-Files Mobile
    • You can now set vaults to use anonymous login in the vault authentication settings in M-Files Admin. M-Files Desktop and the classic M-Files Web do not use this setting.
    • This lets you easily create vaults that people without an M-Files account can access with the new M-Files Web or M-Files Mobile.
  • Electronic signatures in the new M-Files Web
    • Electronic signatures are now also supported in the new M-Files Web.
    • To use the feature, you must enable WebSocket Protocol in Web Server Role (IIS) Services.
  • Theming support for the new M-Files Web
    • You can now change the appearance of the user interface for the new M-Files Web. This lets you brand the user interface, for example, with a company logo and a color theme.
    • You can find the appearance options in Advanced Vault Settings > Client > Web > Appearance.
  • Multi-Server Mode support for M-Files Compliance Kit
    • The new version of M-Files Compliance Kit supports Multi-Server Mode. This enables a wide range of use cases also for large environments.
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes
    • See the release notes for M-Files December '21 Update after the rollout date.

M-Files 2018 December '21 Update (21.12.10943.6)

  • OAuth support for External Mail Sources (Google Mail)
    • You can now set external mail sources that use Google Mail to use OAuth authentication for better security.
  • Many other improvements and bug fixes
    • See the release notes for M-Files December '21 Update after the rollout date.
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