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Server Manager 2025 Release Notes

Build Description Date
25.0.0.81 Fixed several high-profile bugs. 2024-10-16
  • Previously the installer did not permit GMSA accounts to remote install the agent. The WIX installer has been forked and updated to now allow this functionality.
  • A recent update to the LogonUser API, so single air gapped installations did not have a STIG finding, has caused remote users, that are RDPing into the server to run the Management Console, which have not been granted the logon locally permission, to receive an access denied error. The LogonUser call has been updated to fallback to a network logon when a local logon fails.
  • A recent update to the Syslog Servers, for Syslog Aggregation for our Cloud SIEM solution, caused the verbose logging messages to no longer write to the server.log file. This bug has been fixed.
  • A previous update caused the Directory Watcher Template to no longer execute. This bug has been fixed.
  • The Log Monitor Rules Properties View has been updated to optionally display line items in a detailed tabular format. The modal dialog view has been removed.
  • A recent update caused some log reports to truncate the Message column to 64 characters. Reports are not automatically updated to display all of the characters in the message.
25.0.0.73 Fixed a bug in the new Database Action. 2024-09-29
  • The Database Action was not processing Event IDs and Event Log, Syslog and Text Log Message columns. This bug has been fixed.
25.0.0.71 Updated sample report groups. 2024-09-24
  • Several of the Sample Report Groups and members have been updated to better group like items.
  • A bug had been recently introduced that caused text log monitors that were monitoring dated filenames which the files were not found to leak a node in the Explorer View. This bug has been fixed.
25.0.0.69 Added the offline agent installer to the full installer. 2024-09-19
  • The full installer has been updated to include the offline agent installer.
  • Previously when attempting to hide PowerShell results from the Detail View found in the Monitor Status View, the filtered rows, either informational or triggered, were not being removed. This bug has been fixed. To retain informational values in the Detail View but hide informational values in Actions, use the Hide informational data table rows found on the Actions Tab.
  • Previously when logging into the Management Console locally, a network logon was executed. On STIGed machines this is a finding. The code has been updated to logon interactively when connecting locally.
25.0.0.64 Fixed a new text log retention bug. 2024-09-17
  • A recent update to the Text Log Consolidation Monitor caused some files to stop deleting entries no longer needed. This bug has been fixed.
  • The keep-alive flag is now automatically set when a new host is added to the system. This flag is ignored when not using the Agent.
  • Previously the Audit Policy Monitor Template Properties View was erroneously returning the localhost’s audit policy rather than using the Agent to pull remote policies. This bug has been fixed.
  • A new real-time audit policy monitor template called, Real-Time Audit Policy Changed, has been added to the Sample Templates.
  • The JSIG EVTX File backup template has been updated to save log files for 5 years.
25.0.0.55 Added a new Linux Management Console and added a new text log monitor feature. 2024-09-11
  • A new Linux Management Console is now available for download. The new interface is under heavy development and not production ready.
  • 3 new Red Hat RPMs have been authored enabling easier installation of the Linux Agent, Server and new Linux Management Console (LMC).
  • The Text Log Monitors have been updated to support using the {ALIAS} variable in the logical filename as well as the _ALIAS_ key in the column definitions to include a column in the output database table that specifies each host’s alias.
  • A new installer is now available that includes .Net 8 Desktop Runtime embedded in the package.
  • Previously when viewing consolidated log entries, then grouping by a user column defined as an Enum Type, the group by header was showing the actual value, an integer, rather than the string representation of the value. This bug has been fixed.
25.0.0.53 Added several new Syslog Reports. 2024-09-10
  • Two new sample reports are now included that parse FortiGate and SonicWall syslog messages.
  • Syslog Reports have been updated to support Enum Definitions, for example you can now translate numbers to string representations such as category IDs to category strings.
  • Previously the Directory Size Monitor Template was logging each file it scanned. The message is now only logged when the -logdebug flag has been set as a startup parameter.
25.0.0.50 Added back the Database Action previously available in Server Manager 2012-1018. 2024-09-04
  • The Database Action that was previously available in Server Manager 2012-2018 has been added back in. The addition of this action enables users to write report output to a database table then consume the data in other applications such as Microsoft Power BI.
25.0.0.47 Added Text Log Monitor entry compression to Agent. 2024-08-28
  • Previously when monitoring text log files via the Agent, text log entries were always uploaded uncompressed. The upload function now acts exactly like the Event Log monitors. If less than 500 entries are read, the entries are uploaded uncompressed, otherwise the entries are compressed locally the uploaded to the server.
  • A recent bug was introduced into the Management Console which broke the Group By feature found in the Running Monitors and Running Reports views. This bug has been fixed.
  • A recent bug was introduced that caused the Auto-Clear-Trigger message to no longer display in the History View. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously after clearing a real-time log monitor trigger, the running icon was lost in the Explorer View. This bug has been fixed.
  • A waiting spinner has been added to the Batch Assignment View.
  • Previously when running the local management service with an account, the c:\windows\systemtemp directory was not scanned. This limitation has been resolved.
  • The overridden Corner Bowl temporary files directory is now included in the delete temporary files template for both the agent and the service systems.
25.0.0.45 Added a SCAP Vulnerability Scanner Template and three other scanning Templates. 2024-08-25
  • A new SCAP Vulnerability Scanner Template has been added, accessible through a paid add-on which can be purchased online, that implements SCAP vulnerability scanning and DISA STIG Viewer checklist file generation.
  • A new System Security Monitor Template has been added that enables users to monitor Security Policy and User Rights Assignments found in the built-in Windows secedit.exe program. This Template was created to implement required functionality in our new SCAP Vulnerability Scanner Template.
  • A new File Permissions Monitor Template has been added that enables users trigger alerts when permissions match user defined filter criteria. This Template was created to implement required functionality in our new SCAP Vulnerability Scanner Template.
  • A new WMI Query Template has been added that enables users to generate their own WMI queries, then trigger alerts based on results. This Template was created to implement required functionality in our new SCAP Vulnerability Scanner Template.
  • The PowerShell Template has been updated to include must have filters.
25.0.0.44 Added temp directory option to agents. 2024-08-20
  • Per a customer request, the agents have been updated to include an option to override the temporary file directory.
25.0.0.43 Added auto-re-installer for re-initialized air gapped VMs. 2024-08-13
  • The internal Agent Installer Service has been updated to attempt to re-install when a host does not connect within the agent connection schedule or, if longer, the host connection schedule. This feature enables the agent installer service to re-install the agent on VMs that have previously connected but have since been re-initialized and the agent is no longer installed, a common scenario in air gapped environments.
  • The Start a Process Action has been updated for Text Log Monitors. When triggered and the arguments includes the {ITEM_MESSAGE} variable, a process is spawned once for each entry.
25.0.0.41 Fixed several legacy agent installer bugs. 2024-08-10
  • Previously when using the agent on Server 2008 and Windows 10 machines and internet access available, the v23 .Net 472 version of the agent installer was being downloaded rather than the .25 .Net 472 version. This bug has been fixed.
  • Previously the .Net 472 version of the agent installer was incorrectly checking for windows version 602 rather than 601 breaking support for Server 2008 and Windows 7. This bug has been fixed.
  • The legacy agent installer has been updated to download the .Net 472 agent when Server 2012 non-R2 is detected.
  • The AI Anomaly Detection (Template Triggers) Report now includes the same anomaly detection minimum count filter seen in the log-based anomaly detection reports.
  • A recent refactor change caused some of the report titles and descriptions to no longer display when viewed within the console. This bug has been fixed.
25.0.0.40 Fixed an agent-based rolling text log consolidation bug. 2024-08-08
  • Previously when using the agent’s new command and control feature to consolidate rolling text log files, such as files named with the current date, data duplicated. This bug has been fixed.
  • A recent update caused collection triggers to show OK items as errant. This bug has been fixed.
25.0.0.33 Overhauled the Registry Monitor Template. 2024-07-31
  • The Registry Monitor Template has been updated to support monitoring an array of registry key values.
25.0.0.27 Added several user requested features. 2024-07-29
  • The Text Log Consolidation Monitor has been updated to enable users utilizing the Logical Filename option to include a {HOST} tag. Once included, the database table name will include the hostname within the table name.
  • The Database Log Consolidation Template (SharePoint) has been updated to include an initial number of days to download.
  • The Dashboard has been updated to include a History Summary view.
25.0.0.26 First Release Build 2024-07-26
  • We are excited to release Corner Bowl Server Manager 2025. Please note LTS support for v23 ends July 1st 2025. Until that time, any critical bugs discovered in v23 will be addressed. Version 25 is complied against .Net 8 which has LTS until November 11th 2026. The most visible update in v25 is a new Tray Icon. The Tray Icon now enables you to select between different Server Manager connections, enabling users to more easily identify desktop triggers when connected to multiple installations of Corner Bowl Server Manager. Another major update is to the internal memory management which now more explicitly removes objects from memory rather than relying on .Net to clean up at its’ leisure, significantly reducing the footprint of all processes. We are currently developing a Linux Management Console so stand-alone air gapped installations can be locally configured. We plan to release the Linux Management Console with minimal functionality by end of Q3. Please let us know if you are interested in early testing of the Linux Management Console and we will add you to our list of beta users. As always, we are continually adding new user driven feature requests so please let us know what you would like to see.