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Important security updates are available for WHD. SolarWinds recommends you upgrade to version 12.8.3 and apply WHD 12.8.3 Hotfix 2.

WHD 12.8.3 release notes

Release date: July 17, 2024

WHD 12.8.3 Hotfix available

Last updated: August 16, 2024

Important security updates are available for WHD. SolarWinds recommends all customers apply WHD 12.8.3 Hotfix 2.

Web Help Desk 12.8.3 is a service release providing bug and security fixes for release 12.8. For information about the 12.8 release, including EOL notices and upgrade information, see Web Help Desk 12.8 Release Notes.

New features, improvements, and enhancements

Canned response templates can be split across request types or status types

This enhancement improves the canned response templates feature released in a previous version. There are some limitations in the existing canned response templates. For example, when hundreds of canned templates exist, selecting the appropriate template from the dropdown could be cumbersome due to the large number of templates listed. This enhancement addresses the limitations by splitting canned templates across status types and request types.

When creating new canned templates, users can now select the target status type and request type.

After the selections are made, the Templates list shows the status type and request type.

When you add a ticket note for a particular status type or request type, the canned templates automatically filter based on the ticket's status type or request type. This removes the overhead of searching through a large list of canned templates in the dropdown.

Parent-child ticket visual indicators were added

From My Tickets and Group Tickets, technicians and administrators can now associate parent and child tickets and identify closed child tickets in a new Child Ticket column.

Technicians can:

  1. Click add new tickets.

  2. Add a child ticket into a parent ticket.

  3. Edit Column Set and add child ticket. From column, drag from right to left and Save.

Administrators can also add color to identify parent-child tickets. To do so:

  1. Navigate to Setup > Ticket > status > add color for each status.

  2. Refresh the Ticket List page to see the indicator for each ticket.

Each organization can configure it own password complexity rules

The minimum password length, password criteria, maximum number of invalid login attempts, and the password expiration can be modified. This complexity rule is applicable for tech and client passwords validation.

  • Minimum password length can be set by the number of desired characters. By default the length is 12.

  • Password criteria can be set by any one of the following:

    • Mixed capitalization: must contain at least one uppercase and one lowercase letter

    • Mixed capitalization and numbers: must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and one number

    • Mixed capitalization, numbers, and special characters: must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one of the following special characters: !#$%-_=+<>&@ . By default this option is selected.

  • Maximum number of invalid login attempts can be configured by selecting a number from a dropdown list. You can allow up to 10 attempts.

  • Password expiration can be configured by selecting an option from a dropdown list. Options are never, every month, every 3 months, every 6 months, and every 12 months. The default value is 3 months.

See Password policy.

Configure outgoing email account for Microsoft 365

You can now configure outgoing emails for Microsoft 365. See Configure an outgoing email account for Microsoft 365.

Fixes

Case number Description
01580462, 01625951 Resolved issues related to inability to update discovery password connection.
01451770 Due date/time matches in client (user) view and administrator view.

01578555, 01641128, 01624278

Resolved issues with the Gmail OAUTH+IMAP incoming email account.
01614816, 01624061, 01622779 Resolved issues related to "not supported calendar" message for ICS.
01675660 Resolved issue related to display of @mention notes in Client UI.
01439715 Assets can be reserved with no error message.

01622143

Custom login messages display in HTML formatted text rather than plain text.
01607299 Ticket filters properly take effect and return back to ticket filter from other menus.
01577934, 01582599, 01612131 Canned Response Templates properly format text tags.
01605479 New CAB process works as expected when the ticket is approved or denied via email.
01616568 Security vulnerability addressed.
N/A

When someone attempts to reserve an asset from the Assets tab, the Reserve Checked button reserves the asset as expected.

N/A To improve product functionality, resolved issues related to execution of blocked scripts.

Known issue for WHD 12.8.3

Last updated: July 23, 2024

Tickets from older WHD versions are not accessible through the Client’s UI

In WHD 12.8.3, previously existing tickets are inaccessible on the Client’s UI.

Workarounds: A knowledge article is available containing two workaround options with troubleshooting steps to resolve the issue related to older tickets in WHD 12.8.3. not being accessible on the Client's UI. The article includes scripts for MS-SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL.

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