Version History

5/24/2011

Userbooster Light v.4.1

From now on Userbooster is fully Unicode aware.
Added support for logging on to directory servers through Kerberos and Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA). In the latter case, you connect to Active Directories as a logged on user.
Improved the way you can edit attributes of multiple objects. When you select several objects, their combined attributes are displayed in the Object Properties window. Now the window contains only those attributes that share the same object class.
Unknown attributes in the Object Properties window can be shown or hidden.
Multiple CNs are now supported. CNs are now editable.
GUIDs and SIDs are now displayed in a readable format.
Added a command to export all modified objects to a directory server. That makes it more convenient to save changes made.
Statistics in all common formats (XML, CSV, XLS) can be sent through SMTP.
Added support for creating/removing mailboxes on Exchange Server 2008/2010.
Freeware edition is now available for any commercial and non-commercial purposes.

12/30/2009

Userbooster Light v.4.0

Completely changed the way you can view and modify attributes of an object: Now regardless of which view is now active (the Tree view or List view), you work with the same objects. That means if you have modified some attributes of an object in the Tree view and then switch to the List view, you will see the very same object with the modified attributes. This makes it more convenient for you to work with objects using different views.
Greatly improved the performance: you can now within seconds retrieve thousands of objects, modify their attributes and export them back to the server. The product is now really scalable in terms of the number of objects and attributes.
Streamlined the way you handle particular objects and attributes: you can limit the volume of data by applying an object filter, an attribute filter or both. In addition to a rich set of out of the box object filters, you can create your own object and attribute filters.
Date/time attributes are now in the current locale format.
Completely redesigned the LDAP Schema grid to make it easier and more efficient to manage the LDAP schema.
Added a brand new report wizard that allows you to create printable reports. You can now easily customize the two out of the box report templates or create new ones that meet your demands. Userbooster retrieves data in XML format so you can modify or create your own XSL transformations to control the layout and appearance of objects and attributes in reports.
You can now save some frequently-used actions (like Export to Directory Server, Create New Report and more) to scripts on the file system. This allows you to execute a particular script in unattended mode as a Windows scheduled task.
Streamlined and redesigned the application's user interface.

5/25/2009

Userbooster Light v.3.5

What's New

Added drag-and-drop support for all external file types (csv, ldif and xls). You can now grab a file with LDAP data in Windows Explorer and drag into the Import view.
Now the service for managing Microsoft Exchange Post Offices on remote machines is installed through an msi package, which reduces installing and uninstalling the service to a single mouse click.
Added a feature that allows you to easily execute in unattended mode all export and import operations that you can normally perform using the user interface. You save the information about what should be exported or imported in a special script and then you can run this script file either by simply clicking on it in Windows Explorer or by executing it from Windows Scheduler.
You can now export any supported LDAP schema directly to a csv or xls file.
Installation of prerequisite components was merged with the main installation so you will have to go through only a one-piece installer.
Added two preconfigured LDAP-Explorer profiles that out of the box allow you to browse public OpenLDAP directories of the University of Michigan.

7/1/2008

Userbooster Light

Support of a generic Web-Monitor Any kind of LDAP objects can be visualized in a grid, which supports sorting searching and some filter for the convient presentation of LDAP attributes.
Extension of role based profile management for LDAP attributes The catogorized attribute feature enables a fast switching between complete different set of attributes according to the desired information (e.g. telephone book, login properties, etc.)
Support of command line parameter Now the program can automatically produce XML. XSL oder other output files without any user interface. This feature is very useful when the program wil be integrated in existing framework solutions.
Enhancement of support of placeholder values Additionally to the existence using attribute names as placeholder, now you can define new strings acting as placeholder.
Enhancement of configuration of protocol activities The protocol file can now be configured, to save only the necessary informations. This helps to increase the performance executing long term import/export operations.

3/1/2007

Userbooster Version Professional/Light

A new professional and user-friendly interface implemented The complete user interface was exchanged to support the latest UI trends and let the user paricipate the most innovative up-to-date graphical user interface.
Enhancement of plugin modules The support of IBM-Websphere MQ-Series now allows a direct data exchange between middleware solutions.
Redesign of saving of temporary data All configuration data saved in a centralized XML file.
Compilation of professional statistics Comparison facilities between the productive directory service and the Offline Repository enable the selective documentation of changes in selected directory structures (who modified what, and when). The display takes the form of the industry standard XML, enabling this information to be made available to other systems without additional effort.

10/1/2006

Userbooster Version Professional

Data storage in a relational database All the LDAP objects incl. the attributes of the productive directory service are stored in a tree structure in the form of objects in a database (MS-SQL or Oracle). The elements to be synchronised are selected from the relevant structure by means of filters.
Extension of the supported LDAP objectsThe productive directory structure is saved in the form of a so-called Offline Repository
Support of time-controlled, periodic actions Planned changes can be prepared in the offline mode, and transferred into the productive directory service at a defined point in time. Recurring activities or defined standards are ensured and automated by means of a synchronisation mechanism.
Compilation of professional statistics Comparison facilities between the productive directory service and the Offline Repository enable the selective documentation of changes in selected directory structures (who modified what, and when). The display takes the form of the industry standard XML, enabling this information to be made available to other systems without additional effort.
Support of SSL technology The security requirement is taken into account with the support of SSL connections. This also offers the facility of establishing a communications link to the directory service via the HTTP or HTTPS protocol.
Web integration This offers the facility of integrating the application into existing company portals.

9/1/2004

Userbooster 2.0

Creation of user objects in different directory services A source of different target platforms
Excellent administration of user properties An independent basis for further use based on the stored results
Flexible design variabler Einsatz des Werkzeuges Variable use of the tool through the efficient use of filters
Documentation of all activities All activities are documented in detail in a log file
Import capabilities Support of the import of user objects without LDAP support (e.g. Windows-NT4)
Compilation of modified statistics Documentation of special attribute of a user object in a CSV file or XML file. The values of an attribute are thereby shown in a readable form. The output can if required be made direct in HTML format (e.g. last password change, object creator, last log-in, etc.).
Combination of LDAP activities with API functions Extension of the LDAP modifications with helpful additional functionalities. These include the creation of directories, the allocation of necessary rights within the file system, the support of DFS, the installation of mailboxes, etc.