Changelog
9.22
Release date: 2022-06-15
Section | Change |
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Introduction | Updated the image and the descriptions of the components in the Platform overview. |
Add license purchase/Purchase tab | Clarified that assignments must be made for metrics that require assignments. |
Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage cost periods in Adobe Creative Cloud | Added step for selection of Adobe portal when adding license cost. |
9.21
Release date: 2022-04-12
Section | Change |
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Import or update licenses | Added a link to Data Import Field Description. |
Adobe Creative Cloud Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage user linking in Adobe Creative Cloud Adobe Creative Cloud/Manage cost periods in Adobe Creative Cloud | Reworked information and described new functionality. |
Microsoft 365 | Described updated activity-related charts and tables. |
9.20
Release date: 2022-03-09
Section | Change |
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Oracle verified data view | New |
Custom fields | Added information on what is required when you want to calculate the compliance for an application and include a custom field in the calculation. |
9.19
Release date: 2022-02-09
Section | Change |
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Adobe Creative Cloud | Added description of the subscription filter functionality. |
Oracle Java visibility | Clarified that the All Java installations report contains both Oracle and non-Oracle Java installations. |
SaaS overview SaaS overview/Manage cost periods in SaaS overview | Editorial rework of content. |
Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365/Manage user linking in Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365/Manage cost periods in Microsoft 365 | Editorial rework of content. |
The user interface/Remarks | Added remarks AL, DL, and UI |
9.18
Release date: 2021-12-08
Section | Change |
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Adobe Creative Cloud | Added description of the multi-portal filter and capability. |
Computers detail view | Clarified what kind of information is shown here. Added a note about Logical processors. |
9.17
Release date: 2021-11-17
Section | Change |
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Action log | Moved the content of section Appendix B - Action log to section Action log. |
9.16
Release date: 2021-09-16
Name | Change |
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Secondary use rights | Added support for Desktop - Desktop. |
Show report | Added information describing date operators. |
9.15
Release date: 2021-09-01
Section | Change |
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Oracle overview | Added information on Oracle Java to the Products tab. |
Oracle Java visibility | Added a new section. |
Microsoft 365 | Added information on new chart filtering based on subscriptions and that subscription utilization is for subscriptions with user-based metric. |
9.14
Release date: 2021-06-22
Section | Change |
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Assignment types | Added Users as a new available assignment type for metric Concurrent users. |
User settings/Settings tab | Added new setting Auto allocate licenses |
Assignment tab | Clarified that the setting for enabling auto allocation checkbox is configured in the User settings. |
9.13
Release date: 2021-05-05
Section | Change |
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Microsoft 365/Link users | Added information about the Unlinked users tab. |
Reports cache | Added a new section. |
Show report | Added information about how to show cached reports. |
Enable or disable caching | Added a new section. |
9.12
Release date: 2021-03-17
Section | Change |
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Microsoft 365 | Changed name from Microsoft Office 365 to Microsoft 365. Updated name of Microsoft 365 connector. |
Microsoft 365/Manage cost periods for Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365/Overview Microsoft 365/Subscriptions Microsoft 365/Users Microsoft 365/Cost | Added new sections. |
Cloud reports Agreement report License report User reports Computer and mobile device reports Application reports Manage subscription plans Add subscription plan Remove subscription plan Optimize Microsoft Office 365 subscription plans Find users that could switch from MS Office Plan E3 to E1 Find users that are not using their subscription plan Analyze cost per subscription plan Analyze Microsoft 365 data. | Removed sections |
9.10
Release date: 2021-02-17
Section | Change |
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Auto assign Oracle licenses | Added information that hard partitioned environments (IBM LPAR) are now included in the auto assignment process, provided that no licenses have been manually assigned to the environment. |
Archive computers | Added that saved details of archived computers can be found on Search for computers page. Removed sentence: "An archived computer cannot be restored." |
Share a Snowboard | Added new section. |
Invalid license assignments | Deleted the duplicated alerts No eligible application installed, Overassignment, and Invalid processor count. |
9.9
Release date: 2020-12-09
Section | Change |
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Oracle database detail view | Added text to the description of the Options used tab in the table concerning the new feature showing details of why an option is marked as used or not. |
User settings | Changed name of menu from Administration to Application. |
Help and support | Updated the information to reflect the user interface. |
Data Update Job | Removed sentence: "Snow License Manager 9.1 and later versions allow users to sign in at all times, regardless of whether Data Update Job is running or not." Added info about Data Update Job status. |
Assignment type: Organization | Updated the information to reflect that auto allocation is now selected by default. |
Invalid license assignments | Added all possible invalid license assignments, including descriptions. |
9.8
Release date: 2020-10-21
Section | Change |
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Computer/Applications tab | Added a note about allowlist and denylist functionality. |
Archiving and unarchiving licenses | Added new section. |
Archiving and unarchiving agreements | Added new section. |
License Reports Agreement Reports | Added Archived licenses and Archived agreements as examples of reports. |
Edit Oracle orders | Added new section. |
Delete Oracle orders | Added new section. |
Unassign Oracle licenses | Changed the title of the section from Bulk-unassign Oracle licenses. Removed the word bulk from this section. Removed information about when this functionality was introduced. |
Unassign licenses from one or more orders | Changed the procedure due to changed functionality. |
Unassign licenses from one computer/datacenter/cluster | Clarified a step in the procedure. |
Add or edit denylist criteria | Added steps describing new functionality for Comment and Organization. |
Several sections | Changed the word blacklist to denylist and whitelist to allowlist. |
9.7
Release date: 2020-06-17
Section | Change |
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Import data | Added section Import or update licenses. Removed section License import settings. Removed information concerning license import in section Preview of imported data. |
Oracle overview | Changed name of tab Orders & Licenses to Entitlements. Added information about Agreements and Auto assignments in Entitlements tab. |
Compliance summary view | Added information about the new feature Compliance trend. |
Agreements | Added specific information about Oracle agreements. Corrected the name for Upgrade rights (previously Automatic license upgrades) checkbox. |
9.6
Release date: 2020-02-12
Section | Change |
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License settings tab/Metric | Updated the information to reflect that you now can change the default metric. |
Multiple metrics | Updated the information. |
Auto assign Oracle licenses | Updated the information to reflect changes in the user interface regarding the auto assign wizard. |
9.5
Release date: 2019-11-06
Section | Change |
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Oracle overview | Updated the table with a description of the new Overview Products tab. |
Order summary view | Added a new section in the section Oracle overview. |
Compliance summary view | Added a new section in the section Oracle overview. |
Auto assign Oracle licenses | Added a new section. |
Manage lists | Updated the information to reflect that the functions List all applications and List all computers are no longer available. |
9.4.1
Release date: 2019-09-25
Section | Change |
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- | No changes |
9.33
Release date: 2019-09-03
Section | Change |
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Change password | Removed the "¤" character from the list of symbols. |
Reports | Updated the information to reflect the changes in the user interface. |
Invalid license assignments | Updated the information to reflect how Snow License Manager works and how alerts are shown in the user interface. |
Compare values tab Remove bundle licensing Restore bundle licensing Default metric compliance example 1 Other metric compliance example 1 | Changed the information about recalculating compliance to reflect what happens in the user interface. |
Oracle license compliance | Updated information about supported rule sets. |
9.3
Release date: 2019-06-27
Section | Change |
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Remarks | Added remark LH. |
License settings | Updated the information. |
Application detail view Licenses tab Compliance tab License settings tab Purchase tab | Added information about multiple metrics. |
Multiple metrics | Added a new section. |
Multiple metrics | Added a new section. |
Security tab | Corrected text about organization node. |
Adobe Creative Cloud | Added information on limitations and constraints. |
9.2
Release date: 2019-04-24
Section | Change |
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Oracle overview | Added new sections: Visibility: Products, Visibility: Orders, Oracle order list, Visibility: License assignments, Oracle license statuses, Oracle license compliance: Supported rule sets, Import Oracle orders, and Assign Oracle licenses. |
Add Oracle order manually | Changed the title of the section from Add Oracle order. |
Associate servers with Oracle orders | Updated the information. |
Add datacenters and clusters/General tab | Added information on new functionality to automatically populate Hypervisor technology and High availability for VMware Datacenter/Clusters. |
Adobe Creative Cloud | Added a new section. |
Link Snow License Manager users with Microsoft Office 365 users | Replaced "Snow Inventory 5" with "Active Directory user discovery". |
Edit cost information | Added information on Adobe Creative Cloud. |
Add new cost period for Microsoft Office 365 and SaaS | Changed the title of the section from Add new cost period. |
Delete cost period for Microsoft Office 365 and SaaS | Changed the title of the section from Delete cost period. |
Search for applications and computers | Added a new section. |
Save searches for applications and computers | Added a new section. |
Search for mobile devices, users, agreements, licenses, and objects | Changed the title of the section from Search. Added a note explaining that there are two different search functions. |
Save searches for mobile devices, users, agreements, licenses, and objects | Changed the title of the section from Save searches. Added a note explaining that there are two different search functions. |
Edit application Edit computer Archive computer Application blacklist Application whitelist IBM PVU licensing | Changed List all applications/computers to Search for applications/computers |
9.1
Release date: 2019-03-28
Section | Change |
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Data Update Job | Added new section |
Software enterprise agreement | Deleted the following sections: Software enterprise agreements, Add software enterprise agreement, Information tab, Purchase orders tab, and Distributions tab. |
Agreement | Deleted row Software enterprise agreement from the table. |
9.0
Release date: 2018-11-22
Section | Change |
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Oracle database detail view | In the table for tabs Options used and Management packs agreed, added information on a new feature to manually change values. |
Oracle overview | Renamed Database editions tab to Products. |
Oracle overview | Added line for tab Orders in the table. |
Platform overview | Updated information regarding Snow Inventory and Data Update Job. |