Administration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the administration of Meridian Enterprise:

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full Profile (the Client Profile is insufficient) is now required.
• New server registry values TablesDBSqlCeOptions and TablesDBMsJetOptions have been added. They allow specifying optional parameters to add to the connection string that is used by Meridian Enterprise to connect to the SQL Server Compact Edition or Microsoft Access database where external lookup lists are stored.
• The default timeout settings for AutoVue Client/Server have been changed to 1440 minutes (24 hours).
• The UserGroupCacheTimeOut registry value is now automatically adjusted from 5 to 60 depending on the current Security role assignments setting in the vault’s properties. If the value is set to other than one of these values, it is not adjusted.
• A new registry value RunRemoteApp has been added for use with remote access software. This value enables support for opening documents in the registered Windows application on the remote client PC when the user double-clicks on the document in PowerUser running on a remote host PC.
• New registry values DocAccessUseTmpFileOnSave and DocAccessUseTmpFolder have been added to improve Citrix support.
• The Meridian Enterprise setup program now includes options to also install Meridian Enterprise Server, Meridian Explorer, and BlueCieloPublisher. Now only one setup program is needed to install any combination of the products. The products should not all be installed on the same computer except for demonstration or development purposes. For detailed installation instructions, continue to refer to each product’s Administrator’s Guide.
• By default, the account that is assigned to the AutoManager EDM Server service is now set as the rescue (backdoor) account unless a different account is already set.
• A new page has been added to the Meridian Enterprise setup program that prompts for the name of an account to assign to the installed services and application pools. A checkbox is provided that, when enabled, will also assign the account to the AutoManager EDM Server and BlueCielo License Server services if they are already installed. If installed, the BlueCielo File System (AMFS) service is not affected by the option and should always be run under the Local System account.
• In accordance with our software support policy, Microsoft Windows XP is no longer supported as a platform for server or client computers. If Windows XP support is required by your organization, contact your BlueCielo Account Representative about Extended Lifetime Support.
• Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported.
• The Meridian Enterprise setup program now creates dedicated Internet Information Services application pools for the products that it installs: BCMeridian (Web Access), BCWebService (AutoVue Client/Server), BCExtensibility (audit log viewer and Meridian Web Client asset management), BCEnterprise (Meridian Enterprise Server). The application pools are automatically assigned to the applications during installation with a specified user account. The default timeout period of each application pool is set to 1440 minutes (24 hours).
• The Meridian Enterprise setup program now requires that Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition be installed in order to initialize the external tables and user accounts databases. If Microsoft Access will be used instead, the appropriate registry settings must be configured in advance of running the setup.

• A new server registry value QuickFindScope has been added to control which indexes are searched by the Quick Search box in the toolbar in the Meridian Web Client: all text properties (default), all text properties and the full-text index, or the Name property only.

• Meridian Enterprise Configurator now supports the Microsoft Access 2013 Runtime (Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.15.0) for table maintenance.
• All language locales that are supported by Windows Search are now supported by Meridian Enterprise except Chinese.

For more information, see BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.