What’s New for Admins in ownCloud 9.0¶
See the ownCloud 9.0 Features page on Github for a comprehensive list of new features and updates.
ownCloud has many improvements. Some of our new features are:
- Split Linux packaging, dividing ownCloud and dependencies into two separate packages (Preferred Linux Installation Method)
- Separate encryption for home storage and remote storage; you may encrypt remote storage without encrypting local storage. (Encryption Configuration)
- New command to transfer files from one user to another. (Transferring Files to Another User)
- Streamlined Federation sharing with user and group name auto-fill. See (Creating a new Federation Share (9.0+ only))
- Configurable password reset URL. See (Resetting a User Password)
- Command-line options added to the Updater app. (Upgrading ownCloud with the Updater App)
- Many new
occ
commands. (Using the occ Command) - Admin option to enable and disable sharing on external storage mountpoints. (Mount Options)
- New
occ
commands for migrating contacts and calendars from 8.2, if auto-migration during upgrade fails, and new commands for creating addressbooks and calendars (Dav Commands) - New optional second name attribute in the LDAP app, so that user names appear
as
User Foo (optional 2nd attribute)
(Directory Settings)
Enterprise Only¶
- Advanced tagging management with the Workflow app. (Advanced File Tagging With the Workflow App (Enterprise only))
- Advanced authentication backends. (Enterprise-Only Authentication Options)
- Password policy app for share links, for setting password requirements such as minimum length and required characters. (Share Link Password Policy)