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What’s new

Rencore Governance ships continuously, about 10 times a day. Follow new governance for Digital Workplace, AI & Agents, and Apps, Automation and BI as it lands, newest first.

Rencore Governance release highlights in motion: the inventory lists Microsoft 365 object types, Planner newly added, and Claude and ChatGPT in preview, while release cards arrive for a new feature, an improvement and a fix; the view then switches to the Rencore app in Microsoft Teams, where two Teams App updates arrive beside a guest review.

16th December 2022

Features

2
  • AutomationSettings

    Branded email templates

    Design templates for automation emails with your own logo, header, and footer, and set one as the default.

  • Inventory

    Group hierarchy

    Groups show the groups they belong to and their child groups, which makes nested group structures visible.

Improvements

3
  • ConsentAutomation

    Consent for automation apps

    The Manage consent page has a tab for the apps that automations and actions use, where you check and manage their consent.

  • General

    Cancel file exports

    Cancel a file export while it is queued or running.

  • General

    Longer sessions for Microsoft accounts

    Users who sign in with a Microsoft account stay signed in for up to four hours of inactivity.

6th December 2022

Improvements

1
  • AutomationSettings

    Clearer automation audit entries

    Audit log entries for automations carry more detail, including the names of the user and the automation next to their IDs.

Fixes

2
  • ReportsReport builder previews show data for reports on large inventories.
  • ScanningScans collect newly created Exchange message redirect rules.

8th November 2022

Highlight

Turn inventory data into charts and tables with Reports

Reports give you one place to build charts and tables from your inventory data. Start from a report template or build your own, then add the report to a dashboard or share it. Licenses in the inventory carry a cost, and report templates for cost use cases build on it.

  • Chart and tabulate your inventory objects
  • Start from report templates, including cost reports
  • Add a report to a dashboard as a tile
  • Share reports once or on a schedule

Improvements

4
  • Dashboards

    Sort list tiles

    List tiles on dashboards sort by title, violations, severity, or changes.

  • InventoryPolicies

    Unique permissions on SharePoint sites

    SharePoint sites show whether they have unique role assignments. A policy lists SharePoint subsites with unique permissions.

  • Scanning

    Closer watch on app credentials

    App registrations, registration certificates, and client secrets are scanned bi-weekly by default, instead of monthly.

  • Inventory

    Related objects load sooner

    Related objects on an object’s details page load faster.

Fixes

1
  • ScanningPower Automate and Power Apps scans include team and developer environments.

27th October 2022

Highlight

Act on inventory objects directly with built-in actions

Built-in actions let you act on what you find without building an automation. Run an action on one object or on several selected objects, straight from the inventory. Actions include adding or removing user licenses, deleting or restoring users, and removing SharePoint file versions. Roles decide which actions each person may run.

  • Run an action on a single object or a selection
  • See only the actions that fit an object's current state
  • Decide per role which actions are available
  • Each action carries a criticality level

Features

2
  • Settings

    Your own mail server

    Send Rencore Governance emails through your own SendGrid account, with your own sender address and display name.

  • Inventory

    Site roles for SharePoint sites

    SharePoint sites relate to their owners, members, and visitors, as site collections already do. This covers sites with unique permissions and sites that inherit them.

Improvements

3
  • ConsentSettings

    Manage consent permission

    A dedicated role permission decides who sees and gives consent, including consent for actions.

  • General

    Automatic sign-out

    Rencore Governance signs you out after 15 minutes of inactivity. After you sign back in, you return to the page you were on.

  • Settings

    Onboarding emails for partner workspaces

    Partners can turn off marketing onboarding emails in the appearance settings.

Fixes

3
  • PoliciesSearch in policies covers results on every page.
  • GeneralExcel exports sort numbers and dates by value.
  • ScanningViva Engage scans collect all communities.

14th October 2022

Improvements

2
  • Inventory

    Notification addresses for enterprise applications

    Enterprise applications include their notification email addresses as a property.

  • Scanning

    Leaner file data storage

    Scans store SharePoint and OneDrive file data more efficiently.

Fixes

2
  • AutomationImporting an automation carries over the policy it was built on.
  • AutomationAutomation emails fill in the creation date placeholder for enterprise applications.

19th September 2022

Features

2
  • Inventory

    Teams usage reports in the inventory

    Three objects bring Microsoft Teams usage data into the inventory: user activity, user device usage, and team usage.

  • Policies

    Switch policies on and off

    A toggle on the Policies overview activates or deactivates a policy without opening it.

Improvements

4
  • InventoryPolicies

    Admin flag for registration details

    User registration credentials show whether the user holds an admin role. The Admins without MFA policy uses this property.

  • Consent

    Permissions per service

    The Consent page shows which permission each service needs.

  • Scanning

    Shorter finalizing phase

    Scans spend less time in their finalizing phase.

  • Scanning

    Daily scans of team membership

    Team owners and members are scanned daily by default, instead of weekly.

24th August 2022

Features

1
  • ScanningSettings

    Scan intervals per object

    Choose how often each object is scanned, for objects of all services, on the Configure objects page. Properties and relations that take long to collect get their own intervals.

Improvements

2
  • Scanning

    OneDrive scan speed

    OneDrive scan jobs run considerably faster.

  • General

    Tidier workspace overview

    The Workspace overview page has an improved layout.

Fixes

2
  • PoliciesDashboardsCompliance charts use the same colors as the policy tiles on dashboards.
  • InventoryVerified publisher objects list their related applications.

12th August 2022

Features

2
  • Inventory

    Arrange the inventory overview

    An edit mode on the Inventory overview page lets you move segments and hide the ones you do not need.

  • PoliciesAutomation

    Bulk actions for policies and automations

    Select several policies or automations on their overview pages to export or delete them in one step.

Improvements

3
  • General

    Choose related properties in exports

    When you export a data grid, pick the property shown for related objects, such as a user principal name, and choose how sizes appear.

  • Scanning

    Scan phases in the job status

    The job status shows which phase a running scan has reached.

  • Automation

    Automation runs in demo data

    Demo environments include sample automation runs.

27th July 2022

Features

2
  • Settings

    Restrict access by domain

    Lock down access to a workspace by listing the domains its users may come from.

  • General

    Redesigned notifications

    The Notifications and What’s new panels have a fresh design and can be filtered. Notifications focus on finished scans and finished file exports.

Improvements

2
  • General

    Instant exports for small grids

    Small data grids export right away. Larger exports show their status while they run.

  • Inventory

    MFA method for registration details

    User registration credentials include the MFA method as a property.

7th July 2022

Improvements

4
  • General

    Responsive data grid filtering

    Filtering and searching in data grids respond faster.

  • Scanning

    Add-on scans in the job history

    The job history tells regular SharePoint and OneDrive scans apart from the add-on scans that collect files.

  • Scanning

    Combined scan jobs

    Power Apps and Power Automate are scanned in one job. Exchange, Viva Engage, and Entra ID also share a single job, which makes scanning more efficient.

  • InventoryPolicies

    Version labels as numbers

    The Version Label of SharePoint files is stored as a number, so policies and segments can compare versions when they filter.

Fixes

1
  • PoliciesPolicies that combine related objects with an Or condition return the matching objects.

17th June 2022

Features

3
  • Automation

    Clone automations

    Copy an automation with its trigger, actions, and details to start a new one.

  • Automation

    Email automation templates

    Start from automation templates built for email use cases.

  • Settings

    Pick your beta features

    Workspace owners choose which beta features to turn on once beta mode is on for a workspace.

Improvements

5
  • General

    Download history for exports

    Each exported file has a download history, and the audit log records downloads.

  • Consent

    Consent in the audit log

    The audit log records when a user gives consent to a service.

  • Settings

    Icon choice for custom buttons

    Pick from a wider set of icons when you create custom buttons for the top area.

  • Policies

    Chart descriptions

    Charts on the policies overview page have descriptions.

  • Inventory

    Flow default columns

    The flow grid shows Last run, Last modified, and Creator by default.

Fixes

2
  • GeneralThe Contributor role includes downloading exports.
  • ConsentThe consent page loads faster.

2nd June 2022

Features

1
  • Scanning

    Files in sites without search

    SharePoint scans include files in sites and libraries where search is turned off.

Improvements

2
  • Inventory

    Item ID for files

    SharePoint and OneDrive files have an Item ID property.

  • PoliciesAutomation

    Invalid policies flagged

    Policies with an incorrect configuration are flagged in the interface and do not trigger automations.

Fixes

2
  • SettingsAdditional environments in an existing workspace are provisioned faster.
  • DashboardsDashboards redraw to fit when you resize the browser.

25th May 2022

Features

2
  • Dashboards

    Manage recurring dashboard emails

    The dashboard menu opens a page that lists your recurring dashboard sharings, so you can manage them in one place.

  • Inventory

    Described properties across services

    Property descriptions now cover the objects of Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Entra ID.

Improvements

5
  • Inventory

    Search and export on object details

    The properties grid on an object’s details page has search and export built in.

  • Settings

    More regional formats

    Choose from more countries for date, time, and number formats in your profile.

  • Inventory

    Managed users and related teams

    Users relate to the users they manage. SharePoint sites show their related teams and groups.

  • General

    Template gallery views

    The automation, tile, and policy template galleries offer new display options.

  • Automation

    Readable automation results

    Automation result details are easier to read.

Fixes

1
  • ConsentThe consent status page shows who gave consent.

11th May 2022

Highlight

See who changed what in Rencore Governance with the audit log

The audit log records the actions users take inside Rencore Governance, for example creating, editing, or deleting a policy. Two workspace permissions control it. One lets a role view the audit log, and the other lets a role turn it on or off.

  • Review actions such as creating, editing, and deleting policies
  • Decide which roles can view the audit log

Features

3
  • Settings

    Beta mode for workspaces

    Turn on beta mode for a workspace, and its users can try features that are still in beta.

  • Inventory

    Deleted teams

    The Teams inventory lists deleted teams.

  • InventoryPolicies

    Password age tracking

    Users have a Last password change date property. A policy, Users with passwords not changed in last 6 months, builds on it.

Improvements

5
  • Inventory

    Several notes per object

    Add more than one note to an object and give each note its own title.

  • Inventory

    Property descriptions

    Objects show a description for their properties where one is available. Look for it on the details page and in grid column headers.

  • Inventory

    Mail and offline client properties

    Groups gain the Mail and Mail enabled properties. SharePoint sites and libraries gain the Excluded from offline client property.

  • Scanning

    Relation updates in incremental scans

    Incremental scans find relation updates the same way full scans do.

  • Inventory

    Sign-ins by date

    Entra ID sign-ins are sorted by date, and date filters can find values that are blank or set to Never.

Fixes

3
  • ScanningInventoryIncremental scans pick up flows that were disabled, and flow runs report their Longest run in minutes.
  • PoliciesPolicies accept size values such as 20 GB.
  • GeneralExports follow the date format set in your profile.

26th April 2022

Features

3
  • Consent

    Reconsent page

    Reconsent has its own page, which replaces the reconsent step of the environment setup. The reconsent banner uses updated wording.

  • Policies

    Entra ID application policies

    Three policies cover Entra ID apps: Application registrations without owners, Enterprise applications without owners, and Enterprise applications with Full Control or Write permissions.

  • Policies

    Search and Outlook usage policies

    Three more policies cover Sites with disabled search, SharePoint Libraries with disabled search, and Users with E3 license not using Outlook in last 12 months.

Improvements

3
  • Policies

    External redirect rules

    The policy Mailboxes with external redirect rules uses the Is external property of domains.

  • Dashboards

    Name a cloned dashboard

    Set a title for a dashboard before you clone it.

  • Inventory

    Private channel sites

    SharePoint site collections relate to their private Teams channels.

Fixes

3
  • ScanningSharePoint scans cover site collections in multi-geo tenants.
  • InventoryFile sharings with internal users are labeled as internal.
  • DashboardsDashboard exports include all tiles.

6th April 2022

Highlight

Run Rencore Governance from a data center in Australia

Rencore Governance adds Australia as a data center region. When you set up a new workspace, the setup screen offers Australia next to the existing regions.

  • Choose Australia as the data center region for a new workspace
  • Pick the region right on the workspace setup screen

Features

3
  • Inventory

    Redirect sites

    The SharePoint inventory lists redirect sites, which SharePoint keeps when a site address changes.

  • Inventory

    One File Sharing object

    Shared files and file sharings for SharePoint and OneDrive are combined into one object, File Sharing, which covers shared folders too. File Sharing objects relate to their sensitivity label.

  • Policies

    Devices with disabled users

    The policy Devices with disabled user accounts finds devices whose user accounts are disabled.

Fixes

3
  • ConsentPower Platform consent supports tenants that use the admin consent request workflow in Entra ID.
  • SettingsThe roles list shows each role with its permission count.
  • PoliciesPolicies that use property groups return the matching objects.

18th March 2022

Features

2
  • Consent

    Role and license validation

    Power Platform consent checks that the consenting user has the required roles and licenses, such as the Power Platform Administrator role.

  • Consent

    Missing permission warnings

    The consent page warns you when an app is missing a permission and names the permissions that are missing.

Improvements

4
  • Dashboards

    Dashboard ownership details

    Dashboards show who created them and who last modified them.

  • Inventory

    Group relation for app role assignments

    App role assignments relate to the group they are assigned to.

  • Consent

    Renamed consent apps

    The Groups consent is now called Microsoft 365, and the global consent app has a new name and icon.

  • Consent

    Updated app permissions

    The Microsoft 365 consent app reads directory roles and domains to confirm licenses and roles for Power Platform consent. The audit app reads the directory to scan the last sign-in date of users. These changes required reconsent for environments connected with per-service consent.

Fixes

2
  • AutomationAutomation placeholders for SharePoint lists and libraries fill in with their values.
  • InventoryThe Last message posted property of Teams channels shows the date of the latest message.

4th March 2022

Highlight

Find SharePoint Add-ins with expired certificates or client secrets

Enterprise applications in Rencore Governance relate to their client secrets and certificates. That lets you find SharePoint Add-ins with expiring secrets or certificates. Two built-in policies list enterprise applications with certificates or client secrets, and those whose certificates or client secrets have expired.

  • See the client secrets and certificates of each enterprise application
  • Spot SharePoint Add-ins whose credentials have expired

Improvements

3
  • Inventory

    Add notes from the Notes tab

    When an object has no general note yet, its Notes tab offers an Add note button.

  • Inventory

    Classic sites segment

    The built-in Classic sites segment leaves out sites built on the new SharePoint site template.

  • Automation

    Tidier automation builder

    The action builder has an improved layout. Renaming a step comes with Save and Cancel buttons.

Fixes

4
  • PoliciesTrend charts on policy details plot the value of each scan.
  • InventoryGroups show their membership type and link to their SharePoint site collection.
  • ConsentPower Platform consent supports users from another domain, and services you turn on later list their consent apps.
  • AutomationThe Send mail action preview lists its recipients.

16th February 2022

Improvements

3
  • Policies

    Edited policies marked as custom

    When you edit and save a built-in policy, Rencore Governance marks it as custom. Built-in policies you have not changed receive the latest settings automatically.

  • Policies

    Export policies from a dialog

    Select the policies you want to export in a dialog on the policies page.

  • Settings

    Simpler user menu

    Profile and settings have a tidier layout, with direct entries for Workspace settings and Profile.

Fixes

2
  • ScanningMailbox scans cover tenants that conceal user details in Microsoft 365 usage reports.
  • InventoryEnvironments with several domains show each of their domains.

28th January 2022

Highlight

Keep context on your inventory with notes on objects

Rencore Governance lets you add notes to inventory objects. A note keeps context right next to the object it describes. Each note links to the object’s details page, so you can move from a note straight to the object.

  • Add a note to an inventory object
  • Jump from a note to the object's details page

Features

2
  • Inventory

    Service plan assignments

    Microsoft 365 has a Service plan assignments object that shows which service plans are assigned to your users.

  • Policies

    Pending guest invitations policy

    The policy External users invited 3 months ago with pending acceptance finds guests who have not accepted their invitation.

Improvements

5
  • Settings

    Change roles from the members list

    When you view the members of a role or team in your workspace settings, change a member’s role or team right there.

  • Inventory

    Copy values in one click

    Hover over a property on an object’s details page and copy its value to the clipboard.

  • Inventory

    User and file properties

    Users gain the On-premises SAM account name and Created properties. SharePoint and OneDrive shared files show whether they are shared anonymously.

  • Inventory

    Relations through group membership

    User relations include users who get access through a group.

  • Dashboards

    Dashboard actions up front

    Add tile is the main action on a dashboard, and Add dashboard is now called Create dashboard.

Fixes

2
  • InventorySharePoint site collections list their admins and members.
  • GeneralThe workspace list includes workspaces from other data center regions.

12th January 2022

Features

1
  • Settings

    Custom colors

    Pick your own colors for Rencore Governance on the Appearance page.

Improvements

2
  • Inventory

    File category and root web properties

    SharePoint and OneDrive files have a File category property. SharePoint sites gain an Is root web property.

  • General

    Better performance

    Pages across Rencore Governance respond faster.

You’ve reached the start of 2022.

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