Release Notes for SMOP 1.2 (Self Management of Passwords)

Overview

SMOP 1.2 is an incremental release of SMOP that incorporates the latest .NET Framework support and some additional features our customers have requested.  This section details the differences between SMOP 1.2 and SMOP 1.1 and gives some important information for our SMOP 1.1 and 1.0 customers who are upgrading from the previous version.  All other items referencing SMOP 1.1 also apply to SMOP 1.2, including upgrade information.  

Features and Changes in SMOP 1.2

SMOP 1.2 has the following changes from SMOP 1.1:

• Batch Enrollment: Ability to pre-enroll sets of users with challenge/response questions and answers so that users do not have to enroll themselves

• UPN Login Support: Users can now log in using both the standard naming convention of username or User Principal Name (UPN) - for example, tesuser@testdomain.com
• Notifications Log File: Notifications that were previously available for email can also now be logged to a file or sent via email or both

Features and Changes in SMOP 1.1

SMOP 1.1 has the following changes from SMOP 1.0:

• Separate Unlock Account/Reset Password: Reset Password and Unlock Account functionality can be separated.  This is done through an administrative option.  More details are available here.

• Mobile interface: SMOP user interface has been optimized for mobile screens.  Below is a sample screenshot:

New Mobile User URL

After the upgrade to SMOP 1.1 - users will have a second URL that they can access:

http://<SMOP server>/SMOP/Mobile

This will access the mobile optimized screens for SMOP.  

Upgrade from SMOP 1.0 to SMOP 1.1

The upgrade from SMOP 1.0 to SMOP 1.1 is straightforward.  However, please keep in mind the following that may affect your installation.  

It is recommended that you perform a fresh installation in a test environment before upgrading your production environment.  This will allow you to assess the changes in the product and prepare your production environment for the upgrade accordingly.  

Please keep in mind the following:

• SMOP Upgrade will copy over all of your IIS files.  Any customizations you may have done will be lost.  
• SMOP 1.1 full upgrade has some changes for security purposes that affect how the ASPX files are handled.  This may affect any customizations you have done to the SMOP user interface.  
• All user registration and enrollment information will continue unchanged.  
• If SMOP has been moved from the default web site to another web site or different virtual directory, please be sure to specify the virtual directory path during the upgrade.  
• All settings in SMOP Administrator will be preserved.  The new additional setting for Separate Unlock Account by default will be OFF so that users will see the same interface as in SMOP 1.0.  
• All customized questions will be preserved in the upgrade
• You will need your SQL connectivity settings, including the TCP/IP port, sa account and password and your db_smop account password for the upgrade.  

More information can be found in the Upgrading from SMOP 1.0 to SMOP 1.1 section.