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· 2 min read

Changes compared to 20.5.0

New Features

  • Option to quickly select common backup source paths when creating new Protected Items in the Comet Backup desktop app. This currently includes Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, Videos, Favorites, Outlook, and Windows Mail
  • Allow restricting Comet Server admin accounts to access the branding and/or Requestable Storage parts of the Setup Wizard only
  • Allow restricted Comet Server admin accounts to change the branding and/or Requestable Storage server settings without requiring a full daemon restart
  • Allow preventing other Comet Server admin accounts from changing their own password via their My Account page. When coupled with the pre-existing ability to prevent access to the Setup Wizard, this can entirely prevent a Comet Server admin account from changing their own password
  • Option to reset a customer's 2FA from the Actions menu in the Comet Server web interface
  • Show the number of users using the corresponding policy in group policy page in the Comet Server web interface

· 4 min read

Changes compared to 20.2.2

PLEASE NOTE: this is a limited-security feature only, protecting only (A) registering new devices; (B) opening the desktop app; and (C) logging in to the Comet Server web interface as an end user. Because backup jobs need to run unattended without 2FA prompting, this feature does not provide full 2FA protection in all cases.

PLEASE NOTE: For privacy reasons, these features may be disabled by the customer using the "Allow administrator to view file names" option.

New Features

  • Support TOTP 2FA for customer accounts
  • Support remote browsing a customer's PC when selecting files for backup
  • Support remote browsing a customer's PC when selecting a restore path in the Comet Server web interface
  • Support an end user changing their own password, language, account-name, TOTP when logged in to the Comet Server web interface
  • Support an admin changing customer's password without recovery code, if they otherwise know the customer's password
  • Option to automatically request new buckets on Wasabi Cloud Storage
  • Option to require user account to change password on next login
  • Option to generate a random password when creating a new user account in the Comet Server web interface
  • Option to redirect live-connected user to log in to a different Comet Server Auth Role URL
  • Option to set the Comet Server internal database integrity check level
  • Policy option to enforce that password entry is required into the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Add a new policy to hide all cloud storage branding from client-side interfaces
  • Add a live-connection action to remotely uninstall Comet Backup software
  • Add a new Command-line option to remove saved credentials when using the Comet Backup silent uninstaller
  • Offer to remotely uninstall the Comet Backup software when deleting an account or revoking a device from the Comet Server web interface
  • Prompt for one valid TOTP code before enforcing it for future logins in the Comet Server web interface
  • Support case-insensitive operators when performing a custom job search

· One min read

Changes compared to 20.3.5

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with saving the "hide cloud storage branding" policy option when in group context
  • Fix an issue with direct-to-Wasabi bucket requesting outside of the default us-east-1 region
  • Fix an issue with direct-to-Wasabi bucket requesting after the first subfolder is already created

· One min read

Changes compared to 20.3.4

New Features

  • Option to automatically request new buckets on Wasabi Cloud Storage
  • Add a new policy to hide all cloud storage branding from client-side interfaces
  • Add a live-connection action to remotely uninstall Comet Backup software
  • Add a new Command-line option to remove saved credentials when using the Comet Backup silent uninstaller
  • Offer to remotely uninstall the Comet Backup software when deleting an account or revoking a device from the Comet Server web interface

· One min read

Changes compared to 20.3.3

New Features

  • Option to require user account to change password on next login
  • Option to generate a random password when creating a new user account in the Comet Server web interface
  • Policy option to enforce that password entry is required into the Comet Backup desktop app

· 2 min read

Changes compared to 20.3.2

PLEASE NOTE: For privacy reasons, these features may be disabled by the customer using the "Allow administrator to view file names" option.

New Features

  • Support remote browsing a customer's PC when selecting files for backup
  • Support remote browsing a customer's PC when selecting a restore path in the Comet Server web interface

· One min read

Changes compared to 20.2.1 previously appearing in 20.3.1

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with Comet Server on Linux starting too early before the network was up
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with long decimal display when viewing replication ETA in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with the table filter search bar being misaligned at small screen widths in the Comet Server web interface