Release Notes for Password Management Toolkit

Release Notes for Password Management Toolkit

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Microsoft ended mainstream support for SharePoint 2007 in October 2012. See Microsoft’s Lifecycle Support Policy.
At that time, Bamboo stopped enhancements to our SharePoint 2007 product line, but continues to provide support and bug fixes to customers with active support contracts until October 2017. Previously purchased licenses will continue to function after October 2017, but support for these products will end, and no additional bug fixes will be provided beyond that time. Bamboo plans to cease selling new licenses and annual support contacts for its SharePoint 2007 products in October 2016 to ensure customers will be eligible to receive support for at least one year after purchase.
Microsoft plans to end mainstream support for SharePoint 2010 in October 2015. See Microsoft’s Lifecycle Support Policy. At that time, we will stop any enhancements for our SharePoint 2010 product line but will continue to provide support and bug fixes for our SharePoint 2010 products to customers with active support contracts until October 2020. Previously purchased licenses will continue to function after October 2020, but support for these products will end, and no additional bug fixes will be provided beyond that time. Bamboo plans to cease selling new licenses and annual support contacts for its SharePoint 2010 products in October 2019 to ensure customers will be eligible to receive support for at least one year after purchase.

Visit our website where you can get the latest info about each of our products for SharePoint 2013.

A separate installation package and license key is required for SharePoint 2013 deployment. For additional details, review the following knowledge base articles:

Bamboo Solutions has also begun releasing products for SharePoint 2016. For additional details, check the product release notes in the link above, or contact us.

For details on migration, see the Knowledge Base Article “Migrate Bamboo Products from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016”

Understanding Bamboo Releases:

  • Bamboo offers Trial, Basic and Premium support.
    • Free Trial support expires after 30 days.
    • For more information about Basic and Premium support, please see the Support Plans page.
    • There may be a fee to upgrade from a major version to another.

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Overview of Suite or Pack Licensing

Overview of Suite or Pack Licensing

Overview of Licensing and and Product Activation

The bundled licensing in Suites and Packs allows multiple products to be licensed with a single key. This is a huge benefit over having to manage a license key for each product and each WFE server. Once the Suite or Pack is successfully licensed, each included product will show that it is running under the license for the Suite or Pack.

Take the Grants Management Solution Accelerator as an example. When installation is complete, the Grants Management Accelerator Pack appears in the Bamboo Web License Manager in the Suites and Packs area. If you click the plus sign next to the name, you will see all the products that are included in the pack.

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If you click on the Pack name or select Status from the associated menu, you will see the status of the Pack license. In the screen shot below, we can see it was activated on each WFE server with a valid license key. The current status of the license is Active.

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The Alert Plus Web Part is included in the Grants Management Accelerator Pack. If you click on the product name listed in the Individual Products section of the Web License Manager, you will see the status of the individual product license. In the screen shot below, we can see it is running under the Grants Management Accelerator Pack Licensing.

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The Grants Management Accelerator Pack includes eight web parts. Rather than having to license 8 products on two WFE servers in my farm individually (16 different license keys), I use the pack license and am able to save a lot of time.

Sometimes a Suite includes another suite or a pack. The Project Management Suite includes several packs, including the SharePoint Project Management Central Pack. If the PM Suite is licensed, the license status of the SharePoint Project Management Central Pack will show that it is running under the Project Management Suite Licensing.

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Overview of Password Management Toolkit

Overview of Password Management Toolkit

Bamboo Toolkits combine some of our most powerful products into a simple, easy-to-purchase solution designed to solve some of the most common problems in SharePoint. Add the complete, targeted functionality your SharePoint environment needs, and make every purchase count thanks to bundled pricing. No matter what your organization is trying to accomplish, there’s a Bamboo Toolkit for you that takes the guesswork out of SharePoint.

Log in to My Bamboo and click Toolkits, Suites and Libraries for a complete list of products included with your Bamboo Toolkit and for tools to manage everything from licensing to product update alerts.

Install the License Package for your Bamboo Suite/Toolkit

Install the License Package for your Bamboo Suite/Toolkit

Install the License Package for your Bamboo Toolkit or Suite so you can license it. Until the package is installed, the Toolkit or Suite will not appear in the Bamboo Web License Manager in SharePoint Central Administration.

Step Action
1.

Download the self-extracting product EXE from My Bamboo and save it to a local folder on the appropriate SharePoint server (see Location of Install Files if you are unsure about which SharePoint server to install on).

Double-click the package EXE file to extract the contents of the download. The Setup program will automatically start (see example screen shot below). If you aren’t ready to install, click the X in the upper right corner to close it. To start the Setup program manually, double-click the Setup.bat file in the root folder where the package files were extracted.

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2. Highlight the package in the Core Components section of the Components list and click Install.pswdtoolkit setup2.png
3. The installation program will start. Click Next to continue.
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4. The install will perform some system checks. When all pass, click Next to continue.
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5. Check the box to accept the terms of the License Agreement and then click Next to continue.
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6. The progress of the installation will be displayed. When it’s complete, click Next to continue.
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7. A summary of the install will be presented. Review the summary to ensure that no errors occurred during the install, and then click Close to complete the installation of the License Package.
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8. The Toolkit Package should now appear in the Suites and Packs section of the Bamboo Web License Manager in SharePoint Central Administration. Please see Activating Your Bamboo Product License for information about activating the license.

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