Release Notes

This topic contains information on new features, known issues, and updates as we version the Splunk Supporting Add-on for Active Directory.

Version 2.0 of the Splunk Supporting Add-on for Active Directory was released on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.

What's new

Here's what's new in the latest version of the Splunk Supporting Add-on for Active Directory:

• The add-on no longer requires Java to run. (MSAPP-2271)
• The add-on now has a user interface for setup. (MSAPP-967)
• The add-on now has full compatibility with Universal Character Set + Transformation Format—8-bit (UTF-8) character encoding. (MSAPP-1129)
• The add-on now has support for search-head pooling and search head clustering. (MSAPP-2462, MSAPP-3110)
• The add-on now supports field value substitution on all parameters for the ldapfetch, ldapfilter, and ldapgroup commands. (MSAPP-3008)

Current known issues

The Splunk Add-on for Windows has the following known issues:

• The Configuration page does not work properly on some versions of the Chrome browser. As a workaround, use another Splunk-supported browser.

Change log (what's been fixed)

• The add-on now has custom formatters for Security Identifiers (SID), Globally Unique Identifiers (GUID), and security descriptors. (MSAPP-3022)
• The add-on now uses a different logging format with a modified props.conf file. (MSAPP-3018)