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Our flagship SharePoint migration product, DocKIT for SharePoint 2007 has come out with a feature rich new version. This new version of DocKIT for SharePoint 2007 v3.9 is a significant release from the solution’s usability standpoint. Usability is something that we keep constantly improvising on.

Our DocKIT customers would now be bestowed with the following provisions with the new release:

1. Web Services Component Indicator: DocKIT has in it now a provision to indicate to the user about the existence of DocKIT Web Services component in the destination SharePoint server. The user has to specify the SharePoint site URL and its corresponding credentials to verify the existence of DocKIT Web Services component. It can be accessed from the Tools Menu of the application (Tools–> Test DocKIT Web Service). The new feature is expected to avoid any Web Services Component mismatch. DocKIT Web Services component indicator has been incorporated based on suggestions from some of our DocKIT’s customers.

2. Support for Forms Authentication: DocKIT now supports a Forms Authentication validating the users against the corresponding SharePoint environment. With this feature, DocKIT extends its support to websites configured with Forms Authentication validation type. DocKIT would automatically initiate Windows Authentication or Forms Authentication depending on the destination SharePoint site configuration settings.

We also added forms authentication to our SharePoint to Windows file system migration tool, SPListX quite recently: http://www.vyapin.com/blogs/index.php/2010/03/10/splistx-for-sharepoint-2007-v31-released/.

3. Elapsed Time Display: Users can view the time taken for a particular task to migrate documents to the destination SharePoint document library. DocKIT now keeps the user informed about the time involved in migrating documents and this would help the user in scheduling migration tasks.

4. Profile Manager Tool: Users now can define the User Profiles and their credentials through the Profile Manager tool. Windows-based credentials and Forms-Based credentials can be defined through this. Using this, the users can just select their corresponding credentials without manually entering them every time.

For a 30-day free trial version or to upgrade to the latest version of DocKIT software, visit the product home page at http://www.vyapin.com/products/sharepoint/moss-2007/dockit/sharepoint-2007-file-migration.htm.

This week continues to be special as we have rolled out a major version of Admin Report Kit for Exchange Server (ARKES) v6.0.

ARKES, a powerful reporting solution for Microsoft Exchange Server is the next to follow our SPListX 3.1 release. The new feature-rich ARKES version is certain to add value to your IT infrastructure.

ARKES v6.0 offers the following new features and benefits to our customers:

1. Support to Exchange Server 2010: The new ARKES supports Microsoft’s latest version of Exchange Server 2010. ARKES over a period of last 7 years has evolved in line with the Exchange Server’s hierarchy since Exchange Server v5.5. ARKES is now compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010/2007/2003/2000. ARKES no more supports Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 owing to functional difficulty in achieving backward compatibility.

2. Generate reports for specific objects: ARKES now enables users to generate specific information on recipient objects or recipients in specific Organizational Units. This would allow the user to pull out ‘spot-on’ information without having to generate reports across the vast hierarchy.

3. E-mail ARKES reports: ARKES reports can now be distributed through e-mails. This is a significant enhancement to the previous report export & print feature.

4. SQL Database: ARKES is now scaled up by SQL database keeping in mind Microsoft Access’s storage and functional limitations. SQL Database would ensure improved application performance and storage optimization.

5. Multi format Reporting: ARKES now has the ability to export or print reports in a variety of report formats. This would go a long way in addressing our users’ domestic compliance and documentation needs.

6. Extended support to Microsoft Windows 64-bit platform.

7. Improved GUI: ARKES now has a highly interactive GUI definitely marking a new milestone from the solution’s usability standpoint.

You can read more information about the product at:
http://www.vyapin.com/products/exchange-audit/exchange-server-reporting.htm

We have made a significant and much improvised release of SPListX for SharePoint 2007 version 3.1 recently. We have included a powerful feature to export documents and list items from SharePoint lists based on ‘Search Criteria’ provided by the user. This new feature uses the built-in SharePoint Search facility in the background to deliver the results.

With the new SPListX for SharePoint 2007 version 3.1, users have the following new provisions:

1. Search Criteria: Export SharePoint list items with file attachments, version histories and metadata based on SharePoint Search results. Previously the user had the choice to export list items through the browse option or export them using an external batch file. Now, with the new ‘Search Criteria’ feature choice, the user can search for matching list items to export using Keywords or Advanced Search options at a site collection level or farm level. This feature was designed to leverage SharePoint’s Search feature, which is its value proposition.

2. Search Validation Settings: The user can validate the search results for a given search criteria (Keywords or Advanced Search). The ‘test search’ feature helps the user to verify the search results, thereby allowing the user to fine tune the search criteria to retrieve better results.

3. Support for Forms authentication: Prior to the current version, SPListX allowed only the users registered with the corresponding Active Directory domains to be validated against the SharePoint environment. But with the current release, SPListX supports users registered outside the Active Directory environment too. SPListX would initiate Windows authentication or Forms authentication automatically, depending on the destination SharePoint site.

4. Fully qualified domain name format: SPList X now supports a fully qualified domain name, i.e. username@domain format in all its user validation.

The ‘Search criteria’ function and the other functionalities were eagerly awaited by many our existing customers. SPListX with these new features incorporated is certainly bound to add value to your existing SharePoint infrastructure.

For a 30-day free trial version of SPListX, visit the product home page at: http://www.vyapin.com/products/sharepoint/moss-2007/splistx/sharepoint-2007-list-export.htm