MyWorkDrive Version 7.1 Released to Preview

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What’s New in Version 7.1

New Management API for Shares

MyWorkDrive version 7.1 introduces a powerful new management API that allows administrators to automate the creation, configuration, and removal of file shares and permissions using HTTP requests.

New Web Client Bulk File Uploader

This new uploader adds the ability to handle larger files bulk transfer in a separate window with tracking and cancellation support.

Simple Name Search in Web Client (no search provider needed).

7.1 adds the ability to search for files and folders using a simple name search without configuring an external service provider. For full file content search we continue to support Windows File Search service and dTsearch.

MyWorkDrive Server

  • Locked files now display the locking user’s name when opening for edit in the web and mapped drive clients
  • Updated clustering to support load-balancer cookie session persistence in Web and mapped drive clients
  • Updated Web Client File Viewer with improved performance and support for HEIC files
  • Azure storage speed and upload improvements
  • File Directory listing algorithm improvements
  • Server based copy & zip support for all clients
  • Added support for S3 Storage

Windows Client

  • Improved disk space / free space lookups to improve performance
  • Improved directory refresh performance
  • Improved Zip & Copy Directory efficiency on the Map Drive clients
  • Improved background write process to improve status notification
  • Added support for Direct Connection to Microsoft Storage for downloads (Improved Performance when opening files)
  • Various improvements to writing process and warning messages when low/no bandwidth is available to save large files.

MacOS Client

  • Improvements in the MWD window for dragging files to/from applications
  • Support for Keyboard Shortcuts in the MWD Window
  • Improvements to reauthentication when sessions expire
  • Improved Zip & Copy Directory efficiency on the Map Drive clients
  • Added support for Direct Connection to Microsoft Storage for downloads (Improved Performance when opening files)

Mobile Client

  • Mobile Client updates to improve file access via iOS Files
  • Android Client bug fixes

Additional Fixes and Updates

  • A list of minor bug fixes and updates is available in the release notes.

Upgrading Existing MyWorkDrive Servers

  • Upgrading existing MyWorkDrive servers to version 7 to migrate them from Active Directory based identity to native Entra ID authentication is unsupported. No upgrade path exists between MyWorkDrive server Active Directory identity and Entra ID due to differences in storage provisioning and user access. To deploy a MyWorkDrive server with Entra ID identity native authentication, it’s advised to set up a new server and configure it from scratch. Azure AD SAML identity for Active Directory based MyWorkDrive servers will continue to be supported in version 7.

For enhancements and fixes, monitor our release notes: Server | Windows Client | macOS Client

Customers are advised to test version 7.1 in a separate or standalone environment prior to deploying to production.

Contact sales@myworkdrive.com if you need additional trial keys or existing license key activations for test environments. The Server download requires a login or trial account to download. Click the links below to get started.

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