Hi,

We are glad to announce the release of Password Manager Pro 9 (build 9000), which also launches our new user interface. The new interface is modern, smart, and efficient, with a strong focus on enhancing user experience. We hope you enjoy the fresh look of Password Manager Pro and find that it adds more value to your business. We further take this opportunity to thank all our customers and users for their feedback and the continued support.

What's new in PMP 9?

A) New User Interface

From build 9000 onwards, Password Manager Pro will switch to a new user interface (UI) in order to improve user experience. The rich, modern look of the new UI embraces the flat design, and includes enhancements to the speed and usability of the application. 

New UI Highlights:

1. Faster loading: Pages load 10 times faster, resulting in increased productivity. Even extremely complex and resource-intensive data fetching operations take no more than three seconds.
2. Smarter operations: Admins perform fewer keystrokes and clicks to execute tasks. End users gain one-click access to IT systems. Single window operation with minimal pop-ups keeps users focused on their tasks.
3. Quicker navigation: Navigate between tabs quicker than ever before as data can be accessed without page reloads.
4. Informative dashboard: A new dashboard with live feeds, reports and graphs provides a unified view of privileged accounts usage, managed IT resources and a quick overview of privileged access in the organization.
5. Consistent elements: Consistent design elements, icons and widgets across pages create a simple, intuitive user experience of the solution.
6. Customizable columns: Users can now control how their information is displayed in the UI. They can drag-and-drop, rearrange, collapse or expand columns to their preference.
   
   

B) Important Change in the Design of Criteria-based Dynamic Resource Groups 

Note:  This change was introduced in PMP 8.0 for those who installed the full version afresh. Therefore, this section is not applicable for customers who have directly installed builds 8000 and above since the behavior of dynamic resource groups in their installation is already the same as explained below. The change will be felt only by customers who have been using Password Manager Pro before the 8000 build was released.

From build 9000 onwards, for criteria-based dynamic resource groups, criteria will be applied only on the resources owned by the group owner and on the resources owned by the administrators who have manage permission to the group. Criteria will not be applied on the shared resources.

This represents a significant change from the existing design. At present, criteria gets applied on all resources that are owned by the user who is creating the group and on the ones shared with ‘Manage’ permission. Shared resources are being excluded in the new version. Once you move to the latest version, some resources that were part of a criteria-based dynamic group created by you would have been removed from the group due to this change.

In the new design too, administrators who have access to a dynamic group with 'Manage' permission (henceforth known as ‘Full Access’ permission) shall be able to add the resources owned by them to that group. That means, the resources owned by them shall become part of the dynamic group upon satisfying the criteria.   

Following example would illustrate the scenario better:

1. Assume "Admin 1" is creating a dynamic group specifying a criteria. All resources owned by that admin that satisfy the criteria specified, shall become part of the dynamic resource group. The resources that are shared with ‘Admin 1’ WILL NOT become part of the group, even if they satisfy the criteria.
2. Assume "Admin 1" shared the dynamic group with "Admin 2" with "Full Access" (Manage) permission. Now, "Admin 2" will be able to see all the resources that are part of the dynamic group created by "Admin 1". In addition, all the resources owned by "Admin 2" that satisfy the criteria specified shall become part of the dynamic group. Now, "Admin 1" shall be able to view the resources added by "Admin 2" to the group.
3. If "Admin 1" shares the dynamic group with "Admin 2" with any other permission (View, Modify), the resources owned by "Admin 2" will not be added to the group even if they satisfy the criteria.
   
   

In addition to the above, this version (build 9000) also incorporates further enhancements and important bug fixes. Refer to the Release Notes for details.