Changelog

1.7.3

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where, in rare cases, the configured service account was unintentionally replaced by the currently logged-in admin user after logging into the web interface.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the admin promotion job from starting due to an invalid internal scheduling parameter.
  
  

Changed

• The currently logged-in user is now displayed on the Info (“i”) page, improving transparency for administrators working with multiple accounts.
• Administrators can now change the configured service account directly in the Settings, without requiring manual intervention or reconfiguration for improved service account management.
• File extension matching is now case-insensitive. Previously, only uppercase file extensions were recognized.
  
  

1.6.3

Fixed

• In rare cases the files progress bar spinned indefinitely although the job was completed.

New

• Policy Offloads can now be scheduled to run automatically. By default, the next run will be started 7 days after the last run ends.
• Libraries that have Content Approval enabled, are skipped for offloads and restores.
• Files that cannot be successfully processed (i.e. due to crashes and server restarts) are now tracked and picked up by a CleanUp background process later.

1.5.1

Fixed

• In rare cases, the policy simulation or offload was aborted with an unexpected error regarding a missing "lastRow" field.

1.5.0

New

• Offloads can now be configured to include or exclude specific file extensions.

Fixed

• On some libraries, ShArc did not find any files.

1.4.3

Changed

• Improved shutdown logic.

1.3.1

Added

• Onloads and restores can now be simulated to determine the exact amount of files and the affected size.
• Job reporting to get detailed results based on each library. Details
• Direct access to the job history.

Fixed

• The estimation did not show the total file file count with all excluded files.
• In some cases restoring a single file as a non-admin user would show "Access Denied"
• Old files that were recently moved into a new location were not picked up as offloadable
• In some cases, starting an offload for a non-existing folder or library could lead to an offload of the parent library/site

1.2.0

Added

• You can now define inclusion and exclusion policies to specify different offload criteria for different parts of your SharePoint environment. All URLs within a defined path automatically inherit the closest matching policy or exclusion. For more details, check the newly added "Policies" page in ShArc.
• The "Progress" page now shows your estimated annual saving for each offload. By default, this uses average pricing, but can be customized in the ShArc settings.

Changed

• Re-design of the "Progress" page to support the new policies feature.

1.1.0

Added

• The rollback procedure has been improved to minimize the possibility of data loss in case of errors

Fixed

• An error during an offload or restore could cause the job to become unresponsive

1.0.0

Added

• Stub files now contain an SHA256 hash to make sure they cannot be manipulated to access another file
• It is now possible to get notified through Azure Alerts about certain ShArc events. Details

Changed

• The way HTTP connections are re-used has been changed, which may solve the occasional "Gateway Timeout" error

Fixed

• In rare cases, the values for "Modified By" and "Modified Date" in SharePoint libraries would not be maintained and instead overwritten by the current time and the ShArc service account. A retry mechanism prevents that from happening now.

0.4.17

Fixed

• Internal fields like modified date, author and file type were not be reliably updated, which could lead to invalid .sharc files

Added

• The original author and modified values of offloaded files are now retained as metadata on the blob

0.4.16

Fixed

• Occasionally SharePoint would not update the file type after the file extension was changed. The file type is now explicitly updated
• If an error occurred during the signin process, the application crashed

0.4.15

Added

• Cancellation of offloads and mass restores is now possible
• Improved log analytics logging now allows to create job statistics and job detail reports
• A server information page has been added that shows the product version and general hints

Changed

• The stub file format was changed from .url to .sharc to enable copying and moving of stub files
• Offloaded files now have a new icon, making it easier to identify them as ShArc stub files
• Error messages have been improved

Fixed

• Onloading moved or copied files restores into the correct location
• The progess bar sometimes indicated a progress greater than 100%
• Modification date and editor are now preserved in almost all cases
• Restoring big files no longer leads to "Write buffering" errors
• Special characters in the file name (i.e. #) led to issues during user onload

0.3.26

Added

• Video files are now supported
• The offload preview now includes additional details about the approximate total size and number of scanned libraries/sites, complementing the previously available estimated size and number of items to be offloaded

Fixed

• After a restore, the progress screen showed the wrong amount of total restored file sizes
• Moving a stub file to another library led to an error during onload

0.2.3

Fixed

• If a file onload failed, it remained in the faulted state and couldn't be retried

0.2.1

Fixed

• Files with special characters produced an error when offloading
• Subsites were not being offloaded

0.2.0

Changed

• Stabilizing and optimization for large amounts of files

0.1.0

• Initial release