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DNN Upgrade - Release Notes

2.7.0 - Sunday, April 20, 2025

  • ENH: Updated for DNN 10.x compatibility.
  • ENH: Updated recommended upgrade path.

2.6.0 - Monday, December 18, 2023

  • ENH:Show last backup date/time in DNNBackup details (when it is available).
  • CHG:Internal updates for improved compatibility with DNN 9.13+

2.5.0 - Saturday, March 19, 2022

  • ENH: Updated suggested upgrade path.
  • CHG: General updates and fixes.

2.4.0 - Saturday, April 3, 2021

  • ENH: Updated suggested upgrade path.
  • ENH: FIPS support.
  • CHG: Better management of exceptions.

2.3.0 - Sunday, February 9, 2020

  • ENH: Updated suggested upgrade path.
  • ENH: Improved .NET version report.
  • ENH: Tested in DNN 9.5 (upgrade to 9.5)

2.2.0 - Friday, March 23, 2018

  • ENH: Compatible with DNN 9.2
  • ENH: Still compatible with DNN 4/5/6/7/8/9
  • ENH: Updated suggested upgrade path.
  • FIX: General updates, bugs fixes and improvements.

2.1.0 - Saturday, March 10, 2018

  • ENH: Implemented support for the latest GitHub API.

2.0.1 - Monday, February 19, 2018

  • ENH: Support for sites without direct Internet access and using a proxy server.

2.0.0 - Thursday, February 8, 2018

  • ENH: CodePlex doesn't exist anymore. Now DNNUpgrade can grab older DNN version (4/5/6/7) from somewhere else.
  • ENH: Updated suggested upgrade path.
  • ENH: Improved .NET version detection.
  • ENH: Improved SQL Server version detection.
  • ENH: Some small internal updates.

1.10.00 - Saturday, October 7, 2017

  • ENH: Schedule tasks enhancements.
  • ENH: Improved DNNBackup version compatibility checking.

1.9.0 - Thursday, September 21, 2017

  • ENH: Improved .NET version detection.
  • ENH: New and improved notification settings.
  • ENH: New settings to allow the exclusion of CodePlex and/or GitHub packages. Note: if you are already running DNN 7.4.2 or later, excluding CodePlex packages will speed up things.

1.8.1 - Friday, March 3, 2017

  • ENH: Updates required for DNNBackup version 8+
  • ENH: General updates and small bug fixes.
  • FIX: v 1.8.1 (March 30) Fixed bug introduced in 1.8 that was happening when DNNBackup wasn't installed in the site.

1.7.0 - Monday, December 12, 2016

  • ENH: Updated suggested upgrade path (DNN 9)
  • ENH: Improved handling of upgrade information (in case of network error)
  • CHG: Some minor improvements and bug fixes.

1.6.1 - Sunday, September 4, 2016

  • ENH: SQL Server 2016 support.

1.6.0 - Wednesday, August 31, 2016

  • ENH: Compatible with both GitHub (DNN 8+) and CodePlex releases.
  • ENH: Improved installed .NET Framework version detection.
  • ENH: When the module is uninstalled, the scheduled job created by the module is deleted.
  • ENH: Mino bug fixed and enhancements.

1.5.0 - Wednesday, December 9, 2015

  • ENH: New: Optional email notifications: Check daily whether there is a new stable DNN version, and notify by email.
  • ENH: Updated suggested upgrade path.
  • CHG: Upgraded shared library.

    1.4.0 - Sunday, July 26, 2015

    • ENH: Enhanced suggested upgrade path.
    • CHG: Internal updates and minor (cosmetic) bug fixes..

    1.3.0 - Sunday, August 10, 2014

    • ENH- Updated to recognize SQL Server 2014.

    1.2.1 - Tuesday, April 29, 2014

    • ENH - New Tool, to perform a more detailed verification of the file system permissions (these same enhanced tests are performed at upgrade time).
    • ENH - Verify SQL Server version when upgrading to DNN 7 or later.
    • ENH - Verify and update SQL Server compatibility level.
    • ENH - Enhanced app_offline page.
    • ENH - Usability (UI) enhancements.

    1.1.0 - Thursday, October 31, 2013

    • ENH - FIPS compliance.
    • ENH - Advise users to switch to .NET 4.0 or later when the site is using an older version and the site is about to be upgraded to DNN 7 or later.

    1.0.1 - Wednesday, August 14, 2013

    • ENH - First public release (updated for DNN 7.1.1).

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