Duet 1.5 SP3 - What's Changing
Several updates will be delivered with the upcoming Duet 1.5 SP3 release. This version will be released in just a few weeks so keep connected for the official release announcement. In the meantime the following highlights a few of the key updates you can expect to see in upcoming release. This release provides providing various improvements in Duet for both the end user and Duet administrators.
Improved client install experience (Single click client install)
Yes this means you will no longer need to use the installation script to apply various KB fixes and numerous Duet patch installations (this is my favorite improvement!). Duet 1.5 SP3 client will be in all inclusive installation experience, the required pre-requisites will be verified and applied as required (does not include installation of Office or support packages)
This change will dramatically simplify the installation process and allow everyone to focus on the functionality and not how we are going to deploy the client.
Improved server install
On the server side you will find simplified release information notes to help direct more quickly to the required notes to be applied and indicate what service packs will shorten this list. You have already seen the .Net and Java notes separated from the ABAP notes for SP2. We will continue to refine this process to make the server side patching for Duet as easy as possible.
Removal of malicious code pop-up dialogs
This has been a troubling error for end users as the Duet actions could sometimes be indicated as a malicious code execution. Great effort has been invested to remove the occurrence of these errors and avoid the potential concern for the end users.
Supportability
Much effort has been devoted to improving the supportability of Duet in SP3. This includes: making the CCD more robust by using explicit APIs to access client details, improved logging to keep a series of smaller log files, a mechanism to receive client log files from a central location, and improvements in the log files increasing the actionability of the messages being logged.
Encryption Change
This change will alleviate some issues where encrypted data could not always be retrieved and could result in failures for the user. The encryption algorithm used for encrypting the personalization data is updated and will result in a more stable experience for the user under all circumstances.
Various Bug Fixes
Of course the release also delivers various bug fixes for open issues.
Disclaimer
All features are subject to change until the Duet 1.5 SP3 is released.
