Release Postponed:
Unfortunately, the release of SuperOffice 11.6 On Site has been postponed again. We are currently investigating four critical issues that must be resolved to ensure a positive experience for our On Site customers. Given the high cost of upgrading On Site solutions, we are committed to maintaining a higher standard of quality.
Current Timeline:
- Best-case scenario: Release during next week (Week 50, 2025)
- Estimated release date: 11 December 2025
- Worst-case scenario: Release may be pushed to January
Please note that these dates are subject to change as we continue our work across multiple teams.
Impact:
We recognize this delay may disrupt planned customer activities. However, delivering a stable version is our top priority, rather than releasing a version that would require immediate patching.
Important Change – Active Directory Support:
- No AD Authentication: Version 11.6 On Site will be released without support for Microsoft Active Directory (AD) as an authentication provider.
- Reason: Microsoft AD is now considered an obsolete technology, making development, debugging, and testing increasingly costly and time-consuming.
- For Customers Using AD: If you rely on AD authentication, please wait to upgrade until a future release restores this functionality. At this time, we do not have a confirmed date for AD support in upcoming releases.
Alle Svar (2)
Hi,
A bit confusing strategi regarding AD Auth. (many of customers that has decided to stay on ground has also mad decisions to have Lokal AD or Hybrid solution with MS entra Id synk). Eg many of the SO customers still using SO on PREM also still uses Local MS AD and AD-login to SuperOffice.(SSO or just AD-connected). I have at least 2-3 such customers that I can think of directly.
Microsoft Active Directory is indeed not an obsolete technology. (Some customers depend heavly on this since they are not allowed to use more modern cloud solutions like MS Entra Id). Please consider releasing a 11.6.1 with added back AD-Auth.
//Anders
Hi,
While it is much appreciated that you are ensuring that the OnSite release is of a high standard of quality, I do want to respond to the following:
Microsoft AD is now considered an obsolete technology
By who? Certainly not by Microsoft, it is not listed here or anywhere else in an official Microsoft document.
Since SuperOffice has been behind on authentication/identity management for years now (we have lost customers and prospects based on that), and the only way to authenticate with AD is the local variant, this basically means the upcoming release can't be used at any company that requires SSO/Central user management, which is a hard requirements for companies this day (and justifiably so).