ADHQ Lite Version History

9/23 version 9.1.0.0

ADHQ Lite v9.1.0.0 adds the following enhancements:

General

• Modified the Run Simulation feature to run the simulation without closing the currently open tool dialog, thus allowing the user to run the tool immediately after a successful simulation.
• Added the ability to import objects from a domain other than the logged in user's domain using the canonical name or the userPrincipalName as the identifying field.

Office 365 Support

• Upgraded the Office 365 features to use Microsoft's latest Graph SDK.
• Added support for Azure and AD directories that are synchronized using the mS-DS-ConsistencyGuid attribute.

ADHQ Lite v9.1.0.0 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed an issue where importing tasks from a previous version during the initial install would create the tasks but the tasks would not run.
• Fixed an issue where clicking rapidly multiple times on the application's desktop icon could cause the application to be launched multiple times.
• Fixed an issue where the header would not appear consistently when browsing for a single object.
• Fixed an issue where some buttons in the Active Directory browser do not move correctly on re-size.
• Fixed an issue where clicking on a sortable column header would not sort the contents of the column in several dialogs.
• Fixed an issue with UTF-8 encoded import files. The byte order mark (BOM) would display as "" in the Import Wizard's Preview pane.

Add/Modify Users

• Fixed a issue where the program would display an error setting a mail archive for users with cloud mailboxes, even if no changes to the mail archive were requested.

4/23 version 9.0.5.0

ADHQ Lite v9.0.5.0 addresses the following issues:

Modify Computers

• Fixed an issue where the Local Password Reset operation would incorrectly warn you that the password field was empty immediately upon loading

2/23 version 9.0.3.2

ADHQ Lite v9.0.3.2 adds the following enhancements:

General

• Modified program to exclusively use an app registration to interface with Azure or Microsoft 365
• Removed requirement of using an Office 365 account without multi-factor authentication to configure app registration
• Added option to send emails using an Office 365 Exchange mailbox

ADHQ Lite v9.0.3.2 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed an issue in the Share Browser, which prevented users from manually entering a share location
• Fixed several visual issues with the dark theme
• Fixed a crash when using Export to File button to save home screen contents to an XLSX document

12/22 version 9.0.2.1

ADHQ Lite v9.0.2.1 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed copy/paste not working properly from tool and report output windows.

Add Users

• Fixed an issue where program would incorrectly prompt for smart card login when creating a user account.

Modify Users

• Fixed an issue where modifying a user's 365 license assignement would incorrectly assign multiple licenses to the user.
• Fixed an issue where program would incorrectly prompt for smart card login when resetting a user password.

11/22 version 9.0.1.6

ADHQ Lite v9.0.1.6 adds the following enhancements:

General

• Converted the program to a 64-bit application
• Added the ability to hide the administrator password for Office 365 settings
• Added the ability to set a different workspace to open by default
• Added the ability to add random characters to templates, with options to include letters, numbers, and special characters
• Added new Office 2019 inspired visual themes
• Added a setup wizard to import settings, reports, collections, tasks, and custom tools from previous major versions
• Added the ability to run an Exchange script with saved credentials
• Added the following Common Properties for filtering:

  User Properties
  Manager Email	The email address of the user's manager.
  Mailbox Type	The type of the user's Exchange mailbox.
  Send As Users	For users with shared mailboxes, this property returns a list of users with the "Send As" permission.
  Full Access Users	For users with shared mailboxes, this property returns a list of users with the "Full Access" permission.
  Litigation Hold Enabled	Does the user have a litigation hold in effect on their Exchange mailbox?
  Litigation Hold Duration	For users with a litigation hold in effect on their mailbox, how long will messages be held?
  Local Archive Enabled	Does the user have an archive enabled on their local Exchange mailbox?
  Cloud Archive Enabled	Does the user have an archive enabled on their cloud Exchange mailbox?
  Group Properties
  Manager Email	The email address of the group's manager.
  Computer Properties
  Manager Email	The email address of the computer's manager.
  Reboot Pending	Does this computer have a reboot pending?
  Server Uptime	How long has it been since this computer was rebooted?
  System Manufacturer	The manufacturer of the system, as returned by Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
  System Model	The model of the system, as returned by Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

Add/Modify Users

• Added the ability to set account expiration as a number of days instead of a specific date
• Added the ability to enable litigation holds for on-premises Exchange mailboxes
• Added the ability to enable a mail archive for on-premises Exchange mailboxes

Import Users

• Added the ability to update the Manager field with netBIOS or userPrincipalName format in addition to distinguishedName format

Modify Users

• Added the ability to modify drive and path without changing security

Password Output File

• Added the ability to include more fields in the password output file, including EmployeeID
• Added the ability to specify the order of columns in the password output file

Modify Groups

• Added the ability to set "Manager can update membership list" flag without changing the current manager

Collections

• Added the ability to exclude OUs from the collection scope

Scheduled Tasks

• Added the ability to backup and restore scheduled tasks
• Added the ability to transfer scheduled tasks from one computer to another

ADHQ Lite v9.0.1.6 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed an issue where using %password% in a template for another attribute in Modify tools would not resolve correctly
• Added a scroll bar to the Comment field of the Send an Email operation
• Added a warning when saving a collection that includes all objects in the entire domain
• Fixed an issue during install where program would not be able to locate installed Azure PowerShell module
• Fixed an issue creating password files with %time% in the filename
• Fixed an issue where templates whose parameter options contained unexpected characters (%,) would not resolve properly
• Fixed many issues with controls not following the selected visual theme, especially in dark themes

Add/Modify Users

• Disabling the listbox showing Office 365 service plans will no longer take away the ability to scroll the box and read its content

Deprovision Users

• Added the Set Attributes operation to the Deprovision Users tool
• same as below with profile folder
• same as below with remote profile folder
• Fixed an issue where the Home Folder attribute was not cleared if the folder was being removed
• Fixed an issue where the Remote Desktop Home Folder attribute was not cleared if the folder was being removed

Modify Groups

• Fixed an issue where setting mail alias to %Full Name% would result in a blank value

Import Computers

• Fixed an issue where Netbios Name would be set to "$" if the template specified %cn%

Scheduled Tasks

• Fixed an issue where output files from tools run during scheduled tasks would incorrectly be named "Tool Engine"
• Added a warning when creating a "Run a Tool" action that includes all objects in the entire domain

Custom Tools

• Added support for previously illegal characters in names of custom tools (:?*<>\/|)

4/21 version 8.4.0.1

ADHQ Lite v8.4.0.1 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed an issue introduced in version 8.4.0.0 where importing a Unicode file would trigger an out of memory error.

4/21 version 8.4.0.0

ADHQ Lite v8.4.0.0 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed an issue where including %time% parameter in output file names could cause DOS error 22

Add/Modify Users

• Fixed an issue where logon hours were being set an hour earlier than specified

Modify Users/Groups

• Improved the behavior for the "Remove from all groups" checkbox in the "Remove from Groups" operation. Objects are now removed from groups individually, so an error removing the object from one group does not prevent it from being removed from others.

Modify Groups

• Fixed an issue removing members from a group when the members belong to a foreign domain.

Scheduled Tasks

• Fixed an issue where %toolname% in the name of output files was resolving to TaskEngine instead of the name of the tool being run

5/20 version 8.3.0.0

ADHQ Lite v8.3.0.0 adds the following enhancements:

General

• Added support for creating Exchange 2019 mailboxes, and reporting on Exchange 2019 attributes.

Office 365 Licensing Operations

• Expanded License and Service Plan grids to show more items
• Implemented right-click menu in the Service Plan grid with commands to improve usability, such as: Assign all plans, Unassign all plans, Clear checks, Expand, Collapse, Expand All Licenses, Collapse All Licenses
• Reordered the columns in the License grid to match the titles in the Service Plan grid
• In Add tools, licenses are no longer displayed in the Service plans grid unless they have been assigned in the License grid

Scheduled Tasks

• Implemented the %taskname% parameter for output file names in scheduled tasks

ADHQ Lite v8.3.0.0 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed an issue causing tools to run slowly when working in multiple domains
• Modified filter processing to improve the performance of tools with complex filters

Import New Users

• Fixed an issue where users could be created with passwords that do not meet organization's complexity requirements
• Fixed an issue where attributes could return the wrong value when used in templates. This occurred when the referenced attribute needed to be modified by adding digits to make it unique. This issue affected templates containing %username%, %name%, %FullName%, %sAMAccountName%, and %userPrincipalName%.

Import User Changes

• Fixed an issue where imported passwords could be ignored if the users were being moved to another location
• Fixed an issue where updating a user's Office 365 licenses would fail for plans containing certain non-alphanumeric characters

Scheduled Tasks

• Fixed an issue causing scheduled tasks to hang after executing, especially when run against empty import files

9/19 version 8.2.0.0

ADHQ Lite v8.2.0.0 adds the following enhancements:

General

• Modified internal storage of program option passwords to meet or exceed industry standards (e.g. password for Exchange 2016)

Import New Users

• Added the ability to ignore objects in import file that already exist based on any unique identifying field(s)

Import New Users / Import User Changes

• Added the ability to set the msExchArchiveGUID attribute
• Added support for importing UTC time attributes like expirationTime in the short time format defined by the operating system

ADHQ Lite v8.2.0.0 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed an issue that occurred while saving output from tools with slashes or backslashes in their name

Import New Users

• Fixed an issue where program was resolving Middle Name from imported Full Name even when data for "Middle Name" was also imported
• Made several changes to improve error handling for issues occuring during Office 365 account creation

User Properties

• Fixed an issue where the Remote Desktop properties for a foreign account could not be viewed from a computer in a trusted domain.
• Fixed an issue causing the "Must change password" property to return the wrong value.

Tool Editor

• Fixed an issue where the options for formatting text were not displaying in Auto-generate templates after typing a colon
• Fixed an issue where disabling the service plans grid in the Office 365 Licenses would incorrectly prevent the grid from showing the plans for the selected licenses

1/19 version 8.1.0.9

ADHQ Lite v8.1.0.9 addresses the following issues:

General

• Fixed an issue causing the program name and description to appear incorrectly.
• Fixed an issue causing values stored in combobox controls to unexpectedly reset when editing tools.

Import Users

• Fixed an issue where importing the thumbnailPhoto attribute would fail to set the attribute without giving an error.

Scheduled Tasks

• Fixed an issue where tools that could be run against multiple object types would only allow users to pick from User Collections.
• Fixed a display glitch where the task time would appear one day different from its true scheduled time.
• Fixed an issue causing the Set Import File option to be unavailable sometimes when setting a task scope.

8/18 version 8.1.0.1

ADHQ Lite v8.1.0.1 adds the following enhancements:

General

• Added support for creating Office 365 users with non-complex passwords.

ADHQ Lite v8.1.0.1 addresses the following issues:

General

• Creating scheduled tasks and then running the program as a different user would cause the scheduled tasks to be incorrectly removed.
• Dummy users created in simulation mode were not always being removed.
• Fixed an issue where Search & Replace tool would not correctly find specified objects in AD.

2/18 version 8.0.1.8

ADHQ Lite v8.0.1.8 contains the following features:

Active Directory Object Management

• Tools for creating and managing AD users, computers, contacts, groups, and OUs
• Tools for bulk modifying AD users, contacts, and groups
• Tools for bulk importing AD users, contacts, and groups
• Tools for bulk deleting and de-provisioning AD users, contacts, and groups
• Tools for bulk moving AD users, contacts, and groups
• Search and Replace AD object attributes and common properties
• Use custom or pre-defined filtered collections to define which objects to modify, e.g. users with soon to expire passwords

Scheduled Tasks

• Create scheduled tasks to run any tool or report at a later time and date using built-in wizards
• All tools and reports have a Run-Later feature to quickly create a scheduled task rather than running the tool or report immediately
• Tasks may be run daily, weekly, monthly, one-time only, at logon or when the computer starts.
• Tasks can be scheduled to re-occur as often as needed (e.g. every five minutes).

ADHQ Lite v8.0.1.8 adds the following enhancements:

General

• Added a new Undelete tool for restoring deleted objects
• Added a new tool for modifying Office 365 licenses and service plans
• Added ability to open multiple tool windows at the same time. For example, you may now open the properties from two different users at the same time.
• Added auto-update feature to automatically download and install updates
• Added ability to create remote mailboxes in Office 365 hybrid environments
• Added support for Exchange 2016
• Added the following Common Properties for filtering in Collections and the Search and Replace engine:

  Logon Hours Properties
  Allow Logon Always	No logon hours have been restricted
  Allow Logon Never	All logon hours have been restricted
  Exchange Version Properties
  Exchange Version	Exchange version in text form
  Exchange Version Year	Exchange version year as an integer
  Account Properties
  When Deleted	The date and time when this object was deleted
  Is Expired	Is the user's account expired?
  Is Password Expired	Is the user's password expired?
  Mail Properties
  Mail Deleted Items Period	How long to keep deleted items in a user's mailbox
  Mail Deleted Items Flag	Do not permanently delete items from a mailbox until it's been backed up
  Mail Enabled	Is user mail-enabled (i.e. they have an external mailbox that mail is forwarded to)?
  Mail Storage Quota	Send a warning message when mailbox exceeds this size
  Mail Over Quota Limit	Disable sending messages when mailbox exceeds this size
  Mail Over Hard Quota Limit	Disable sending and receiving messages when mailbox exceeds this size
  Mail Send Max Size	Maximum outgoing message size
  Mail Receive Max Size	Maximum incoming message size
  Mail Recipient Limit	Maximum number of message recipients
  OWA Enabled	Is OWA (Outlook Web Access) enabled?
  MAPI Enabled	Is MAPI enabled?
  POP3 Enabled	Is POP3 enabled?
  IMAP4 Enabled	Is IMAP4 enabled?
  MAPI Cached Enabled	Is MAPI Cached enabled?
  Mailbox Enabled	Does the user have an Exchange Mailbox?
  Remote Mailbox Enabled	Does the user have a Remote Exchange Mailbox (i.e. manageable via a local Exchange 2016 Management console)?
  Office 365 Properties
  Office 365 Is Licensed	Does the user have an Office 365 license?
  Office 365 Licenses	List of all Office 365 licenses and the user's assigned status
  Office 365 Plans	List of all Office 365 service plans and the user's assigned status
  Office 365 Logon Name	Office 365 logon name
  Office 365 Last Sync Time	Last date and time the Office account was synched to Active Directory via the AD Connector
  Office 365 Mailbox Enabled	Does the user have an Office 365 mailbox?
  Office 365 Object ID	Globally unique Office 365 object ID
  Office 365 Account Blocked	Is the Office 365 account blocked?
  Office 365 Usage Location	Office 365 usage location (i.e. the country the license is being used in)?
  Security Properties
  Is Password Empty	Is the user's password empty?
  MNS Logon Account	An MNS account is required for the operation of cluster nodes for Windows Server 2003 (and newer). This flag should never be set for a user account.
  Inter Domain Trust Account	Account is a special hidden account to facilitate trusts between two domains
  Trusted For Delegation	Is this service account trusted for delegation (i.e. can it temporarily use the identity of a user of the service)?
  Group Properties
  Nested Groups	a list of only the nested groups contained within a parent group (i.e. not the users)
  Nested Groups Count	the count of only the nested groups contained within a parent group (i.e. not the users)

Add/Modify/Import User

• Added the ability create a synched Office 365 account when adding or importing a user.
• Added the ability to set the user's Office 365 Usage Location, assign licenses, and enable specific service plans.
• Added the ability to create a remote Exchange mailbox for hybrid Office 365 environments

Scheduled Tasks

• Added optional expiration date and time for scheduled tasks and ability to delete the task after it expires
• Added ability to repeat tasks (e.g. run the task every half hour)

Previous Versions

ADHQ Lite version 8 was built upon the foundation of ADtoolkit version 7. The complete version history for ADtoolkit can be found at:
http://www.javelinasoftware.com/support/ADtoolkitVersionHistory.pdf

Future Versions

Many of the new features we add to our software come directly to us as requests from our users. If you have a feature suggestion for future versions of ADHQ Lite, please tell us about it with our Feature Request Form.