Active Roles 8.1.3 SP1
Release Notes
15 November 2023, 23:26
These release notes provide information about the Active Roles 8.1.3 SP1 release. For the most recent documents and product information, see Active Roles Technical Documents on the One Identity support portal.
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Active Roles 8.1.3 SP1 (build 8.1.3.10) is a service pack release containing additional new features and resolved issues compared to the original Active Roles 8.1.3 (build 8.1.3.2) release.
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For more information on the new features in 8.1.3 SP1, see New features.
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For more information on the enhancements in releases 8.1.3 and 8.1.3 SP1, see Enhancements.
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For more information on the resolved issues fixed in releases 8.1.3 and 8.1.3 SP1, see Resolved issues.
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For more information on the list of known issues, see Known issues.
The following is a list of features introduced in Active Roles 8.1.3 SP1 (build 8.1.3.10) and 8.1.3 (build 8.1.3.2).
New features in Active Roles 8.1.3 SP1
NOTE: The following new feature is available starting from Active Roles 8.1.3 SP1 (build 8.1.3.10) only. To check the build of your Active Roles installation:
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In the Active Roles Configuration Center, navigate to
(Information) > Technical Information.
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Alternatively, open the Add or Remove Programs list of the operating system, search for One Identity Active Roles, then click its entry.
Support for AWS Managed Microsoft AD:
Active Roles supports deployment and configuration in the Amazon cloud to manage AWS Managed Microsoft AD instances hosted via AWS Directory Service.
This allows you to:
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Synchronize directory data from an on-premises AD environment to AWS Managed Microsoft AD.
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Synchronize passwords from an on-premises Active Directory to AWS Managed Microsoft AD (with certain limitations).
For more information about the supported configurations and Active Roles features when managing AWS Managed Microsoft AD environments, see Support for AWS Managed Microsoft AD in the Active Roles Feature Guide.
For more information on configuring Active Roles to manage AWS Managed Microsoft AD environments, see Configuring Active Roles for AWS Managed Microsoft AD in the Active Roles Quick Start Guide or Active Roles Administration Guide documents.
For more information on configuring Active Roles to synchronize resources to or from AWS Managed Microsoft AD, see Installing and configuring for use with AWS Managed Microsoft AD in the Active Roles Administration Guide.
New features in Active Roles 8.1.3
Active Roles 8.1.3 introduces no new features compared to the previous release.
See also:
The following is a list of enhancements contained in both Active Roles 8.1.3 and 8.1.3 SP1.
Table 1: General Active Roles enhancements
In preparation for the deprecation of the Remote PowerShell (RPS) protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell, Active Roles 8.1.3 and 8.1.3 SP1 are updated to:
For more information, see Announcing Deprecation of Remote PowerShell (RPS) Protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell in the Microsoft Tech Community portal.
NOTE: You can continue using cmdlet New-PSSession to connect to on-premises Exchange Server deployments. |
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Table 2: Active Roles enhancements
Updated the Generic SCIM Connector with the following enhancements:
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Added support for the following Starling Connect connectors and connector versions:
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Pipedrive 1.0
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ServiceNow 2.0
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SuccessFactors HR 9.0
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WorkdayHR 3.0
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Zendesk 1.0
NOTE: While the Generic SCIM Connector may work with other SCIM 2.0-based Starling Connect connectors, One Identity tested it to work only with these connectors and connector versions.
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Added new Query only synced attributes setting to support querying only attributes that are specifically defined for synchronization.
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Added new Starling cursor-based pagination setting to support Starling Connect connectors using cursor-based pagination instead of the SCIM protocol-defined index-based pagination method.
For more information, see Configuring data synchronization with the Generic SCIM Connector in the Active Roles Administration Guide. |
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In preparation for the deprecation of the Remote PowerShell (RPS) protocol in Exchange Online PowerShell, Active Roles is updated with the following enhancements:
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Increased the minimum required version of Exchange Online PowerShell to v3.0.0.
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Replaced New-PSSession cmdlet calls with Connect-ExchangeOnline cmdlet calls.
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Updated the Microsoft 365 Connector (formerly known as Office 365 Connector) and the Microsoft Azure AD Connector to support certificate-based authentication and automatic configuration.
For more information on configuring the updated connectors, see Working with Microsoft 365 and Working with Microsoft Azure Active Directory in the Active Roles Administration Guide. |
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