Skip to main content Skip to footer

Version History

This page contains a summary of the many new features and enhancements in Promodag Reports for Exchange.

  • Version 14.0.0131

    Wednesday, March 27, 2024

    This new minor release implies a database upgrade for customers previously using v.14.0.0119. The Exchange Online Management PowerShell module shipped with the product is upgraded to the latest version, i.e. v. 3.4.0.

    Improvements

    • The import of message tracking logs is now possible if a directory import is in progress and processing the retrieval of group members.
    • The preparation step for on-premises Exchange servers prior to importing their message tracking logs has been optimized.
    • If the Global Catalog server defined in the Active Directory connection options is unavailable, the application now searches for another and imports the directory and tracking logs.
    • The zipping and unzipping of tracking logs is now handled by a separate process.
    • Indexes have been added to the database to optimize certain queries.
    • Individual purge of imported tracking logs via the Import history has been optimized.
    • The default expiry value of a scheduled task created by Promodag Reports has been changed from 3 days to 1 day.
    • The accuracy of import times for message tracking logs has been improved in trace files.
    • Options for selecting future periods have been added to the Calendar Items Search report. Current weeks, months, quarters and years are also considered up to the actual end of these periods in the same report rather than up to today's date.
    • Exports to CSV/database table in the Message Response Times report now display the SMTP address of both sender and recipient.
    • An option has been added to the Output tab > File > CSV to indicate the size unit in the corresponding column header.

    Bug fixes

    • A ghost task could continue to appear in Running state in the Console Activity option, even though the corresponding process had been killed.
    • The interruption of a message tracking log import and the subsequent launch of Promodag Reports could take a very long time.
    • An SQL exception of type “Cannot insert the value NULL into column ‘Id_Message’” could occur while importing message tracking logs.
    • The Append to table option did not work when exporting a report to a database table.
    • Filtering items by SenderEmailAddress gave inconsistent results in reports of the Mailbox Content category.

  • Version 14.0.0119

    Tuesday, January 23, 2024

    This new minor release does not imply any database upgrade for customers previously using v.14.0.00114. Some deprecated NuGet components have been updated.

    Improvements

    • The Inbox Rules report now features a tab for filtering rules by type, such as forwards and redirects. See this blog post.
    • The export method to SharePoint Online and related diagnostic messages have been improved.

    Bug fixes

    • A database compaction could prevent the creation of Office 365 tracking logs.

  • Version 14.0.0114

    Thursday, December 7, 2023

    This new minor release does not imply any database upgrade for customers previously using v.14.0.00110.

    Improvements

    • Entering an "impersonated user" is now optional when configuring the Office 365 connection with certificate-based authentication. It is only necessary for customers whose public folders are hosted in Exchange Online.

    Bug fixes

    • The ApplicationID parameter required for certificate-based authentication to Office 365 was incorrectly saved, resulting in the error message "Parameter 'AppId cannot be null for certificate based connections".
    • A "TenantId is required for modern authentication" error could occur when testing EWS with user authentication.
    • A message indicating that the configuration of the Office 365 connection was incomplete could appear at the end of the configuration wizard, after data imports.

  • Version 14.0.0110

    Thursday, November 30, 2023

    This new minor release does not imply any database upgrade for customers previously using v.14.0.00101. The security of the certificate authentication mode has been strengthened, requiring the creation of a new application in Azure and the deactivation of the standard application used until now.

    Improvements

    • Report names and numbers now appear in the operations report issued at the end of a batch.
    • Database size import has been adapted to use PowerShell.
    • Mailbox counters have been improved and clarified in the Office 365 section of the License window.

    Bug fixes

    • The Recipients by Attributes report counted unique recipients, which could distort totals.
    • The Chart Palette preview did not work in the Style Editor.

  • Version 14.0.0101

    Wednesday, October 18, 2023

    This new minor release does not imply any database upgrade for customers previously using v.14.0.0091. The Exchange Online Management PowerShell module shipped with the product is upgraded to the latest version, i.e. v. 3.3.0.

    Improvements

    • The case of mailboxes being moved from one Exchange database to another is now considered when importing mailbox sizes.
    • Several unnecessary warnings are no longer displayed in email notifications sent on completion of batches.
    • The diagnosis of configuration errors preventing the execution of reports on mailbox and public folder contents has been improved.

    Bug fixes

    • Recurring meetings appeared twice in the Calendar Item Search report.
    • Activating the option to aggregate the remaining data could generate inconsistent results when grouped in the Mailbox Storage Information report.

  • Version 14.0.0091

    Wednesday, August 30, 2023

    This new minor release does not imply any database upgrade for customers previously using v.14.0.0079. The certificate associated with the Promodag Reports application published in Azure AD has been updated. 

    Improvements

    • Contacts and groups can now be sorted by date last used in the Mail Contact Usage and Distribution Group Usage reports.
    • The Calendars option has been extended to the Mailbox Traffic and Traffic Statistics reports. 
    • Some 50 palettes for selecting colors for graphics have been added to the Style Editor option. See this blog post.
    • The SMTP address of distribution group owners has been added to the CSV export of the Distribution Groups report.

    Bug fixes

    • Endpoints for Office 365 Clouds other than Worldwide were not correctly defined in the application. 
    • A "The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted" exception could occur when exporting a report to a database table.
    • Use of the Append to table option when exporting to a database table could return an error if the existing data was inconsistent with that of the table to be added.
    • An exception of type "The multi-part identifier "#Tmp_RptKeysInclude.Id_Group1" could not be bound" could occur with the Mailbox Size Growth report.
    • An "Invalid column name 'GroupName1'" exception occurred when grouping and reporting separately in the Distribution Groups report.
    • The Separate report option on the Group tab only produced a single page.

  • Version 14.0.0079

    Tuesday, June 13, 2023

    This new minor release does not imply any database upgrade for customers previously using v.14.0.0066.

    New Reports

    • A new report providing statistics on mailbox creations and modifications by date has been added to the Organization Overview category: Recipient Management Statistics. See this blog post.
    • A new report offering the equivalent of the information provided by the Global traffic Comparison by Correspondent report at mailbox level has been added to the Mailbox Traffic category: Mailbox Traffic Comparison by Correspondent. See this blog post.

    Improvements

    • It is now possible to display the top n "consumers" in the traffic reports, in which it is now possible to sort on the total messages sent and received.
    • The Mailbox Traffic Across Time Interval report now offers a time interval per minute.

    Bug fixes 

    • An error "Incorrect function called or unknown function called" could be incorrectly displayed in the Task Automation option for scheduled tasks.
    • The report search engine no longer worked on custom report names in the Report Explorer.
    • Limits expressed in MB and GB were incorrect in the Selected Attributes from Recipients report.
    • The Item Breakdown by Folder report did not take sub-folders into account.
    • An exception of type "Conversion from type 'DBNull' to type 'Long' is not valid" could occur in the Mailbox Storage Information report.
    • An exception of type "Invalid object name '#Tmp_RptTemp'" occurred with the filter "Issue warning - total item size (MB)" in the Mailbox Folder Size report.

  • Version 14.0.0066

    Monday, April 3, 2023

    This new minor release implies a database upgrade for customers previously using v.14.0.0062. The version of the ExchangeOnlineManagement module shipped with the product is 3.0.1.

    New Features

    • The attribute indicating that distribution groups are moderated is imported along with the list of their moderators. It can be exported in CSV and Database formats into the Distribution Group report, displayed in this report as an optional attribute, and filtered in its advanced selection settings. For more information about this feature, see this blog post.

    Improvements

    • The import of synchronized recipients from Exchange on-premises to Office 365 has been optimized.
    • A message is now displayed if some SMTP addresses in the list have not been identified in the Tools > Create a Recipient Selection option. For more details about this option, see this blog post.
    • The tabular version of the Correspondents by Traffic Level report now aggregates correspondents not in the selected top n into an <Other> category.
    • Database compaction has been made optional at the end of an upgrade.

    Bug fixes

    • The link to an on-premises SharePoint output library displayed after outputting a report did not work.
    • Several exceptions occurring when exporting to CSV format from the Mailbox Traffic in a Time Interval, Mailbox Storage Information and Delegated Mailings reports have been fixed.
    • An exception of type "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" occurred when clicking the Choose Fields link in the CSV export option of the Traffic Optimization group reports.
    • A "Cannot drop the table '#Tmp_RptTemp3', because it does not exist or you do not have permission" exception could occur in the Mailbox Groups by Traffic Level report.
    • An exception of type "Ambiguous column name 'Id_Group1'" could occur in the Mailbox Size Fluctuation report.

  • Version 14.0.0062

    Friday, March 3, 2023

    This new release implies an upgrade of the database for customers previously using v.14.0.0046.

    New Features

    SQL Server 2022 is now supported.

    Improvements

    • Reports using intervals have been made more user-friendly and readable.
    • Deleted users now appear in the lists displayed in the Permissions on Mailbox Folders report.
    •  Groups that have no members are now listed in the Distribution Group Usage report.

    Bug fixes

    • Repetitive errors of type "ServiceRequestException: The request failed. The remote server returned an error: (401)" would occur in the Item Breakdown by Age report if the token used by modern authentication expired before a very large folder in an Office 365 mailbox was finished processing.
    • An error of type "Public folders not accessed: Autodiscover blocked a potentially insecure redirection to https://outlook.xx.xx/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml" could prevent the generation of reports in the Public Folder Content category.
    • An exception of type "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" occurred when clicking the "Collapse All" buttons in the Report Explorer.
    • An exception of type "An item with the same key has already been added. Key: G0" occurred when clearing the content of the Search for Reports field.
    • An exception of type "The multi-part identifier "ADCONTAINERS_1.NetBiosName" could not be bound" could occur when exporting the Recipient Delegate Permissions report to a CSV file or database table.
    • An exception of type "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" could occur when exporting the Mailbox Storage Information report to a CSV file or a database table.

  • Version 14.0.0046

    Wednesday, January 18, 2023

    This new release implies the upgrade of the database format to v.14.3 for customers previously using v.14.0.0036. It is shipped with .NET 6.0.13 which fixes the Denial of Service vulnerability CVE-2023-21538.

    Improvements

    • The Run a Group of Reports option now allows you to generate multiple reports based on a time interval. See this blog post.
    • The management of SharePoint exports now considers the sub-sites. See this blog post.
    • Some irrelevant data are no longer imported with the content of the Exchange tracking logs, which improves the import time and avoids overloading the database unnecessarily.
    • The design of the main window of Promodag Reports has been revamped.

    Bug fixes

    • Office 365 licenses were not imported if their name started with "Microsoft 365".
    • Database connection was no longer working when using an alias due to a bug in .NET 6.
    • The Office 365 tenant name was not retrieved when switching from user authentication mode to certificate authentication mode in the Office 365 Connection tab.
    •  The Configuration Wizard was launching unexpectedly at the end of the migration process of settings and scheduled tasks in the previous version of Promodag Reports.
    • An "Ambiguous column name 'LastLogonTime'" SQL exception occurred when exporting this attribute to CSV or Database Table in reports.
    •  A "The correlation name 'RECIPIENTS_PROPS' has the same exposed name as table 'RECIPIENTS_PROPS'" SQL exception occurred when exporting to CSV or Database Table the LastInteractionTime, LastLogoffTime, LastLogonTime or LastUserActionTime attributes in the Recipient Details report.

  • Version 14.0.0036

    Tuesday, December 6, 2022

    Improvements

    • The operation for creating Office 365 tracking logs is now fully decoupled from the connection to a database in batch mode, which will avoid losing valuable information in case of temporary unavailability of the database.

    Bug fixes

    • A Quick Update of the Office 365 directory requested the recipients modified since 01/01/0001 at 00:00:00.
    • Exporting reports larger than 2 MB to SharePoint Online was impossible.
    • The result of the send test in the Email and Notifications tab was negative even though the message had been sent successfully.
    • The dialog box to send a trace to Promodag was running in the background and was blocking the application.
    • An SQL exception of the type "Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'Database'" occurred systematically when exporting the Recipient Detail report as a CSV file.
    • Several bugs affecting the completeness and readability of the Calendar Item Search report have been fixed in this release.

  • Version 14.0.0032

    Tuesday, November 22, 2022

    This new release implies the upgrade of the database format to v.14.2 for customers previously using v.14.0.0029.

    Improvements

    • The migration wizard for v.11 and v.12 settings has been revised and corrected.
    • A warning is now issued if an SQL Server Express LocalDB database reaches 90% of its maximum size (10 GB).

    Bug fixes

    • The behavior of the filter selection control had become erratic.
    • Launching custom reports from v.12 containing a filter on the LastLogonTime property caused an SQL exception of type "Invalid property".
    • The database upgrade could end in an SQL exception of type "The given key xxx was not present in the dictionary" if unicode characters (Hebrew, Arabic, Cyrillic) were present.

  • Version 14.0.0029

    Monday, November 7, 2022

    Improvements

    • It is now possible to connect to SharePoint Online using certificate authentication, and thus via modern authentication. See this post.
    •  Active Directory attributes such as Address and Description have been added to Office 365 mailboxes.
    • It is now possible to add time and minutes to the date of the exported files.
    • A Classification field has been added to the CSV export to indicate whether messages are classified as Normal, Spam, Virus or Failed. See this post.
    • This classification has also been added to the Find Specific Messages report at the message detail level.

    Bug fixes

    • An SQL exception "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint "STPFSI_PK"" could occur when importing the size of public folders.
    • An SQL exception "An item with the same key has already been added. Key: GenericExecute" could occur when executing the Recipient Delegate Permissions report.
    • An SQL exception "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" occurred systematically in batch mode when importing Office 365 tracking logs if the database was of type Office 365.
    • An Office 365 tracking log was missing after the switch to wintertime.

  • Version 14.0.0020

    Monday, October 17, 2022

    This new major version implies the upgrade of the database format to v.14.1 for customers previously using v.12. The Access database format is no longer supported as well as Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. For an overview of Promodag Reports v.14, see this post.

    New features

    • It is now possible to connect without an account to Office 365 by authorizing the Promodag Reports application in Azure AD. See this post.
    • The Office 365 license type is now retrieved when importing the directory and can be used as an attribute in reports. See this post.

    Improvements

    • Promodag Reports now works in 64-bit mode only. The only executable is Repex.exe.
    • Office 365 message tracking logs can now be generated 10 days back instead of 7.
    • The application was rewritten in .NET 6.
    • .NET 6, PowerShell 7 and the ExchangeOnlineManagement module are now delivered with the application, which eliminates most software prerequisites.

    New and Significantly Enhanced Reports

    • The Delegated Mailings report is used to show messages sent by delegates from an Office 365 mailbox. See this post.
    • The Find Specific Messages report now allows filtering for messages whose status is Spam, Quarantine/Virus, and Failed.
    •  The Mailbox Storage Information report shows whether limits are inherited from the Exchange database or are mailbox specific. See this post.
    •  Two CSV export formats are available in the Distribution Groups report: with or without the member list. See this post.
    • The layout of the Recipient Detail report has been revised and improved.

    Usability Enhancements

    • The Tag Messages by Subject option allows you to assign a category to your tags and choose the direction of the messages. See this post.
    • The context menu of the Report Explorer has been enhanced with a Rename command as well as two other entries that allow you to add a custom report to a new batch or an existing one.
    • The dialog box displayed when exporting a report to disk now contains a link to the output folder.

  • Version 12.0.0159

    Wednesday, October 19, 2022

    Improvements

    • A new option to force on-premises PowerShell requests to be submitted via https instead of http has been added to the PowerShell Connection tab of Tools > Options.
    • Promodag Reports startup has been optimized when selecting Office 365 mailboxes to license.
    • Notification messages are now prioritized according to their content (error, warning, OK) and their subject line has been shortened to make it more readable.
    • It is now possible to copy Exchange recipients' properties in the organization tree, especially their email addresses.

    Bug fixes

    • Daily IIS log file imports were only occurring every other day for some customers depending on their time zone.
    • The Mailbox Size Fluctuation report did not return any data when run in batch mode or via the Run a Group of Reports option.
    • An SQL exception of type "Arithmetic overflow error converting expression to data type int" could occur when running the data purge options.
    • A SQL exception of type "Could not find stored procedure 'sp_addlinkedserver 'server\instance'" occurred when copying the structure from a SQL Server database to a SQL LocalDB database.
    • A SQL exception of type "Cannot remove a table that has existing relations" occurred when exporting the Distribution Groups report.
    • Various SQL exceptions occurred when exporting the Recipient Detail report to a CSV file or a database table if all group attributes were selected.

  • Version 12.0.0150

    Wednesday, June 29, 2022

    Improvements

    • A MultiSubnetFailover option has been added to the Open Database and New Database options to accommodate this SQL Server setting.

    Significantly enhanced reports

    • The MessageID property can now be exported to the Message Response Times report.
    • The Mailbox Permissions report now executes only those commands that are strictly necessary to analyze the selected recipients.

    Bug fixes

    • A warning of the "Duplicated commonName <mailbox> for recipients xxxxxx and yyyyyy" type could be issued during the import of the Office 365 directory.
    •  The diacritical characters used in French, Spanish and Portuguese were no longer correctly decoded in the interface and in some reports.
    • The chart and table in the Individual Traffic Summary report used the dd/mm/yyyy date format, not the console's regional settings.
    • An "Incorrect syntax near "="" exception could occur when sending individual reports to the Manager.
    • Various exceptions could occur in the reports when using a legacy Access database.

  • Version 12.0.0136

    Monday, February 21, 2022

    Bug fixes

    • The commands used in the process of creating Office 365 message tracking logs were unnecessarily repeated.
    • An "Invalid column name 'RecipCount'" exception occurred when selecting a top n by recipient count in the Find Specific Messages report.

  • Version 12.0.0133

    Monday, February 14, 2022

    Improvements

    • The method for importing the size of public folders hosted in Office 365 has been improved and made more reliable. This change should benefit customers with more than 50,000 public folders in Exchange Online.
    • The Forward and Redirect property is now imported for mailboxes hosted in Office 365.
    • The option to copy the Administrative Consent link has been improved to prevent it from being interpreted as two separate links.

    Significantly enhanced reports

    • The access method for Office 365 mailboxes has been improved to avoid authorization token errors in mailbox content reports.

    Bug fixes

    • A "commonName xxx seems to concern recips nnnn and nnnn" exception could occur during the import of the Office 365 directory due to the presence of Soft Deleted mailboxes.
    • Some of the quota filter labels were showing KB instead of MB in the Mailbox Storage Information report. In addition, the same report could show an incorrect value for the size limit of outgoing and incoming messages.
    • Selecting a top n returned an incorrect result in the Public Folder Storage Information report.
    • The breakdown of sent messages by delegate displayed the mailbox name instead of the delegate names in the reports of the Mailbox Traffic category.
    • The total number of attachments displayed by the Message Attachments report at the Summary detail level was incorrect.
    • An "invalid column name iResult" exception occurred in the Mailbox Storage Cost Chargeback report when using a filter.
    • The recipient detail were no longer available in the Flow Origin and Destination report.

  • Version 12.0.0121

    Tuesday, November 30, 2021

    Improvements

    • The diagnosis of errors returned by the Office 365 connection test has been improved to cover all known situations to date, particularly the use of MFA which is not supported.
    • The process of importing the size of public folders in Office 365 has been accelerated and made more reliable to meet the needs of customers whose tenant hosts over 10,000 public folders.
    • The minimum version requirement for the Exchange Online Management module has been reduced to v. 2.0.3.
    • The case of Office 365 distribution groups not synchronized on premises for which contacts sharing the same SMTP address have been created in Active Directory for routing purposes is now accounted for.

    Bug fixes

    • The Admin Consent link was no longer offered upon testing the connection to Office 365.
    • The CSV export of the Selected Attributes from Recipients report was incomplete.
    • The connection to a SQL LocalDB database failed if the user session was closed.

  • Version 12.0.0110

    Wednesday, October 20, 2021

    Significantly enhanced reports

    • It is now possible to filter on specific Calendar properties in the Calendar Item Search report.
    • It is now possible to filter on a multi-word string using the Contains operator.

    Bug fixes

    • Reports were no longer emailed if the file format was CSV.

  • Version 12.0.0101

    Tuesday, October 5, 2021

    Improvements

    • The fields in a CSV file can now be selected, deselected, and reordered at will in the Choose Fields option before exporting.
    • The default order of the fields in a CSV file to be exported has been fixed so that it corresponds exactly to the one displayed in the grid of the Choose Fields option.

    Significantly enhanced reports

    • It is now possible to run mailbox content reports for more than an hour if basic authentication is disabled in Office 365.
    • The loading of the public folder tree in the Selection tab of the corresponding reports could take more than 3 minutes if there were many of them. It has been reduced to less than 5 seconds.
    • The Mailbox Permissions report now displays non-mail-enabled security groups in the delegate list.

    Bug fixes

    • An exception "Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation" could occur in batch mode if the ExchangeOnlineManagement module version was lower than 2.0.5.
    • The calculation of the average was apparently incorrect if mailboxes and their archives were selected in the Mailbox Size Growth report.
    • Reports in the Public Folder Content category were no longer working with modern authentication in Office 365 if a specific user account was not selected in the EWS Connection tab of the On-Premises Configuration section of the Options menu.
    • The Mail Contact Usage report incorrectly assigned 1 message to unused contacts.

  • Version 12.0.0089

    Thursday, September 2, 2021

    Improvements

    It is now possible to display the email address of mailboxes instead of their display name in reports.

    Significantly enhanced reports

    A graph and a Total level of detail have been added to the Message Traffic Based On Working Hours report.

    Bug fixes

    • In certain circumstances, several reports contained in a batch could produce files with the same name.
    • An exception "There is already an object named 'Tmp_FPATHS_PK' in the database" occurred in the Public Folder Size report.
    • An exception "The parameter GroupingLevel is no present in the file: PRR00xx_y" occurred in all reports of the Public Folder Content category.
    • The calculation of the number of distinct recipients was incorrect in the Recipient Breakdown by Day of the Week/Hour of the Day reports.

  • Version 12

    Tuesday, July 13, 2021

    New Features 

    • The PowerShell Exchange Online V2 cmdlets are now supported.  These commands speed up the import of the directory and mailbox size from Office 365 by a factor of between 4 and 8.
    • Modern authentication with Office 365 is now supported for mailbox content reports.
    • Office 365 GCC High environments are now supported.
    • The Access database format has now been superseded by SQL LocalDB, with a maximal size of 10 GB instead of 2 GB.
    • A Migration Wizard helps you migrate your entire v.11 configuration is a few clicks.
    • Promodag Reports now runs by default in 64-bit mode.

    Improvements 

    • The type of public folders used in your environment (legacy, modern, Office 365) is now better identified.
    • The method for importing the size of public folders has been improved.
    • The selection range of the tracking logs to import now takes the local time as reference instead of UTC.
    • Calendar-related notifications are excluded from traffic reports.
    • Scheduled tasks can be directly started and ended from the interface of the product. It is also possible to change their priority.

    Other Improvements 

    • The Public Folder Storage Information report now allows you to select individual public folders through a tree, or by their Public Folder mailbox.
    • The selection options for the Public Folder Content reports have been standardized with those of the Storage report. Folders can be selected by server, DAG, Public Folder mailbox or individually through a tree.
    • The Calendar Item Search report now displays recurring meetings. 
    • The Recipient Mobile Devices report now displays the last sync’s date.
    • All attributes of the distribution groups can now be exported to CSV format in the Distribution Group Usage report.
    • An error "The RPC server is unavailable" occurred if the Print Spooler service was disabled.

  • Version 11.2.0078

    Tuesday, May 18, 2021

    Improvements

    • It is now possible to purge more than 999 days of data in batch mode.
    • The execution time of the Permissions on Mailbox Folders report has been reduced by about 25%.

    Bug fixes

    • An exception "Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IN'" occurred in the reports of the Internal Message Delivery and Server Traffic categories.
    • Custom permissions were incomplete in the Permissions on Mailbox Folders report.

  • Version 11.2.0072

    Monday, April 19, 2021

    Update - major incident

    Following the April 2021 cumulative update, Microsoft disabled the WinRM scripts that Promodag Reports was using. As a result, PowerShell commands failed with the following error: "The syntax is not supported by this runspace. This can occur if the runspace is in no-language mode". This update of Promodag Reports solves this problem.

    Bug fixes

    Messages were no longer sorted chronologically at the Message Subject line detail level in the General Mailbox Traffic report.

  • Version 11.2.0067

    Thursday, March 11, 2021

    Bug fixes

    • An exception "A column has been specified more than once" occurred in the Mailbox Groups by Traffic Level report when grouping on two or three levels.
    • An exception Violation of PRIMARY KEY constrains 'MESCOU_PK'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.MESSAGES_COUNTERS' could occur in the Find Specific Messages report.
    • An exception "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" could occur in the Mailbox Permissions report.
    • The detailed list of members was not available in the CSV export of the Distribution Groups report.
    • The list of members allowed to send messages to a group could be incomplete in the Distribution Groups report.
    • The HTML export of the Individual Reports option generated a message without attachments.
    • The top n did not work if a tabular report was selected in the Mailbox Groups by Traffic Level report.
    • Grouping mailboxes by Manager produced inconsistent results in the Mailbox Storage Information report.
    • The Manager attribute was unreadable in groupings if using Unicode characters (Arabic, Hebrew) in the Mailbox Storage Information report.

  • Version 11.2.0052

    Wednesday, December 30, 2020

    New Features

    • The Configuration Wizard now fully supports Modern Authentication with Office 365.
    • Calendar notifications are now excluded from mailbox traffic reports.

    Bug fixes

    • The Advanced selection did not work in the General Mailbox Content report.
    • The message count could be inaccurate in the Distribution Group Usage report.

  • Version 11.2.0038

    Tuesday, October 13, 2020

    Bug fixes

    • A "Restriction contained too many elements" exception could occur if a large number of mailboxes had been selected in reports on mailbox content such as Calendar Item Search. 
    • The Advanced selection option had not been implemented in some reports.

  • Version 11.2.0035

    Tuesday, September 29, 2020

    New features

    • It is now possible to connect to Office 365 Government Community Cloud High (GCC High, Dod) environments.

    Improvements

    • The application does no longer issue warnings if storage size data has already been imported.
    • The method of checking the connection to Office 365 has been made more reliable.

    Bug fixes

    • The distribution groups were empty when the directory was imported for the first time from Office 365.
    • Some PowerShell commands failed if the culture set in the operating system was different from English-US.
    • The record counters for public folder size imports were not correctly updated in the Database Properties.
    • Storage reports with a Period tab using a single date were always exported with today's date.
    • An “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” exception occurred when opening the Styles menu.
    • The Compose For option generated empty reports.
    • Data anonymization of the Mailbox Storage Information report did not work.

  • Version 11.2.0018

    Thursday, June 11, 2020

    Improvements

    The Office 365 connection method has been improved and made more reliable, especially when using modern authentication.

     

  • Version 11.2.0011

    Monday, May 18, 2020

    Improvements

    • It is now possible to create Office 365 tracking logs in batch mode up to today's date (local time).

    Bug fixes

    • The execution of the OWA activity reports was very slow.
    • The application of the Office 365 mailbox filter was not working properly in the License window.
    • Mailbox selections by distribution group from v.10.4 changed to selection by display name.
    • A "Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression" exception occurred when copying a database to Access format.

     

  • Version 11.2.0007

    Friday, April 10, 2020

    Bug fixes

    • An exception "Error: An unknown error occured. Therefore, this import has not been processed. The import process will now stop" could occur upon importing message tracking logs.
    • A potentially critical bug affects the import of local tracking logs to a SQL database from version 11.0.337: if a message was sent by a local recipient to more than two correspondents, then only a part of the others were recorded.
    • The custom attributes of the recipients in Office 365 were not mapped correctly.
    • An error message "The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel" could occur in certain circumstances when validating the EWS service URL.
    • An exception "Object reference not set..." occurred when outputting the General Public Folder Content report to an exploring form.

  • Version 11.2.0000

    Thursday, February 27, 2020

    New Features

    • Office 365 directory import, tracking log generation and storage size import are now possible if using modern authentication with Office 365.
    • Very large reports are now generated as you go, rather than all at once, eliminating most of the memory overflow errors. The first pages are instantly displayed.

    Improvements

    • The Configuration Wizard has been enhanced to take better account of Office 365 and Hybrid environments.
    • PowerShell and EWS-related errors are now better managed. The linked help topics have been improved or entirely rewritten.
    • Diagnostics of permission errors in Office 365 have been improved.
    • A directory update is now forced after 24 hours instead of 1 hour before any tracking log import.

    Significantly Enhanced Reports

    • The Distribution Group report now displays the last usage date among other useful information.
    • The Recipient Mobile Devices report now only displays active devices.

    Other Improvements

    • ​The minimal permissions required for Office 365 have been identified and documented.
    • The ExportDate column has been made optional in the CSV export.

    Bug fixes

    • An exception ""An item with the same key has already been added" could occur in certain circumstances upon importing message tracking files.
    • An exception "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" occurred if exporting a report to an email recipient.
    • An exception "Attempted to divide by zero" occurred in the Mailbox Permissions report if using an On-Premises database.
    • An exception ""Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'BY'"" occurred in the Distribution Group Usage report if groups were sorted by message count or message size.
    • An exception "Conversion failed when converting the nvarchar value..." occurred in the OWA/ActiveSync activity reports if users were selected by Custom Attribute.
    • The public folder size import was limited to 10,000 public folders.
    • Some specific Group settings in custom reports were not migrated from v.10 to v.11.
    • None of the additional attributes of the v.10.4 custom reports were migrated to v.11.
    • Filtering by internal SMTP domains did not work in the License window.

  • Version 11.1.0003

    Tuesday, December 10, 2019

    New Features

    • 23 new canned reports have been added to the Favorites menu.
    • Reports saved as Favorites can now be displayed in the Report Explorer.
    • Office 365 quarantine email messages are now imported.

    Improvements

    • The Office 365 directory import process has been improved.
    • The Office 365 tracking log import process has been improved.
    • The integration of EWS into the interface is now complete.

    Significantly Enhanced Reports

    • Message filtering options by correspondent level (To, Cc and Bcc) have been implemented in Find Specific Messages.

    Other Improvements

    • Support of Windows Server 2019.
    • Support of SQL Server 2019.

    Bug fixes

    • An exception "The correlation name 'ACTIVE_COPIES' is specified multiple times in a FROM clause" occurred in Database Size Information if databases were selected by server. 
    • The calculation of the average number of distinct users was incorrect in the OWA and ActiveSync activity reports.

  • Version 11.0.0313

    Wednesday, August 21, 2019

    New Features

    • The Office 365 directory import process now also detects deleted recipients during a simple directory update.

    Improvements

    • The Office 365 directory import process has been improved.

    Significantly Enhanced Reports

    • The Permissions on Mailboxes report has been renamed Mailbox Permissions. This report lists mailboxes on which at least one of the following permissions has been granted to another user: Send As, Send on Behalf, Full Access, Forward and Redirect.
    • The Non-Delivery Reports report has been reintroduced in version 11.

    Bug fixes

    • Some other errors in the database upgrade process have been corrected. This particularly concerns customers whose databases have been upgraded several times in the past and contain old data.
    • An error "Invalid column name 'DeviceTypeClientIP'" occurred in the ActiveSync Activity report if the 'Ip Address' check box was selected.
    • Custom reports including a selection of recipients other than Mailboxes did not work in batch mode.

  • Version 11.0.0306

    Wednesday, July 10, 2019

    New Features

    • The additional Outlook item properties available in the Exploring form output (Read, Category...) can now be automatically exported.

    Significantly Enhanced Reports

    • The Permissions on Mailboxes report has been entirely rewritten and renamed Mailbox Delegation. This report lists mailboxes on which at least one of the following permissions has been granted to another user: Send As, Send on Behalf, Full Access, Forward and Redirect.

    Bug fixes

    • Several errors in the database upgrade process have been corrected. This particularly concerns customers whose databases have been upgraded several times in the past and contain old data.
    • Some report options were not properly converted to the v.11 format. This process has been corrected as well.

  • Version 11.0.0290

    Monday, June 3, 2019

    New Features

    • Availability of reports on Mailbox Content for Office 365 users.

    New and Significantly Enhanced Reports

    • Three new reports on user activity. Possibility to use reports on Mailbox Traffic in combination with custom calendars.

    Many Other Report Improvements

    • Possibility to run reports on Storage Size on past periods.
    • Definition of a custom Work Schedule at report level.
    • Possibility to select fields to export into a CSV file.
    • Availability of AND and OR operators in the filtering functionality.

    Usability Enhancements

    • Improved selection of recipients.
    • Possibility to create a recipient selection from a simple CSV file. 
    • Possibility to exclude automatic replies.

    For more details, see the following blog post.

  • Version 10.4.0004

    Thursday, March 8, 2018

    Improvements

    The Office 365 tracking log creation and import processes have been improved.

    Enhanced Reports

    The filtering abilities of the Find Specific Messages report have been improved.

    Other Improvements

    Support of SQL Server 2017.

    For more details, see the following blog post.

  • Version 10.3.0010

    Friday, September 1, 2017

    Report Improvements

    The Distribution Group Usage and Database Size Comparison reports have been entirely rewritten.  A pie chart has been added to two reports on Traffic Statistics. Reports on Mailbox Storage have been optimized as well as the Find Specific Messages report.

    Usability Enhancements

    The operational reports issued at the end of an import have been completely reviewed; the Configuration Wizard and the licensing system have been adapted further for the needs of Office 365 users.

    For more details, see the following blog post.

  • Version 10.2.276

    Wednesday, December 14, 2016

    New Features

    It is now possible to use custom styles in reports and manage your own stylesheets using a brand new Style Editor. Blog post

    New and Significantly Enhanced Reports

    Inter-Group Traffic: new report showing the communication level between groups of mailboxes.

    Many Other Report Improvements

    Possibility to choose between a curve and a histogram in all graph trending reports of the Storage, OWA Activity and ActiveSync Activity report categories.

    Usability Enhancements

    A new option lets you select the Office 365 mailboxes to be covered by the license.

     

  • Version 10.1.0127

    Monday, May 9, 2016

    New Features

    • Reports can now be branded to display your logo. Blog post
    • Export reports to SharePoint 365 and into a foreign SQL database. Blog post

    Improvements

    • Faster message tracking data gathering.
    • A link is made between Office 365 recipients and on-premises users in Hybrid environments. Blog post
    • Migrated mailboxes are identified and taken into account.
    • Improved identification and description of recipient types, such as User, Equipment or Shared mailboxes.

    New and Significantly Enhanced Reports

    • Recipient Mobile Devices: new report on user’s phones and mobile devices for inventory purpose. Blog post
    • Calendar Item Search: new report on meeting rooms mailboxes occupancy rates based on custom business hours. Blog post
    • Recipient Breakdown by Daily Traffic: now displays pie charts.
    • OWA User Activity and ActiveSync Activity: now display the IP addresses of users.
    • Distribution Groups: now also lists the group type, creation and modification dates, delivery restrictions, and whether the group requires authentication.
    • Mailbox Traffic Across Time Interval and Message Breakdown by Hour of the Day: now break down messages per half-hour and per quarter-hour.
    • Find Specific Messages: can now display whether messages were sent to primary (To), secondary (Cc) or tertiary (Bcc) recipients.
    • Public Folder Storage Information and Public Folder Size Growth: now also available for Office 365 environments.

    Many Other Report Improvements

    • New possibility to generate Traffic Statistics and Mailbox Traffic reports on public folders, distribution lists or contacts, and not only mailboxes.

    Usability Enhancements

    • Export to SharePoint options have been extended and entirely revised. Blog post
    • Clear identification of Resource mailboxes, such as Meeting rooms or Equipment mailboxes, by means of specific icons.
    • New Search box in the Organization tree to quickly find recipients by name in the entire Exchange organization. Blog post
    • Ability to navigate between Office 365 recipients and their on-premises counterparts using a new option in the context menu. Blog post
    • Support of report options files created before the migration of mailboxes to Office 365.
    • A new Export tab allows to configure the SharePoint and SQL Database export destinations at application level.

Try Promodag Reports Free for 45 Days

Cookie Notice

Find out more about how this website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience.