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Versions

2.10.2 (Published 2024-12-12)

Add:

• Silent authentication for SSO-enabled environments (80)

Fix:

• Improved proxy detection (9669)

• Moving and renaming files sometimes not stable (9594)

• Stability improvements

Downloads

• KONNEKT 2.10.2.0 Windows X64 64 Bit

• KONNEKT 2.10.2.0 Windows X86 32 Bit

• KONNEKT 2.10.2.0 Windows ARM 64 Bit

• KONNEKT ADMX-ADML 2.10.0.0

2.10.1 (Published 2024-11-22)

Fix:

• Improved SharePoint throttling management

• Parsing errors when checking IsSiteReadOnly on some SharePoint sites

• Opening Microsoft Office templates files from some drives opens the template instead of creating new document from template

• Shellext.dll might cause crashes

• Stability improvements

2.10 (Published 2024-08-28)

Add:

• Opt-in to new OAuth component (EnhancedOAuth)

  • New Azure app registration

  • New permissions set with fewer permissions required

  • Uses OAuth 2.0 API routes

  • Namespaces are built from default domain (\\onedrive-<DefaultDomainName>\...), no longer from initial domain (\\onedrive-<InitialDomainName>\...).
  • Intune DeviceIDs are sent during authentication

  • Works with Conditional Access policies, when using excluded apps (743)

• Improved lock and read-only check for files and directories (725)

• Added Co-Authoring for editing (="open") Microsoft Office templates in Windows File Explorer context menu. (68)

Fix:

• File Explorer cannot handle sites ending with a blank character (63)

• Adobe Acrobat might crash if not run in compatibility mode (67)

• New Notepad cannot save files (invalid function) (8599)

• Stability improvements

2.9.1 (Published 2024-02-15)

Add:

• Support for more than 10 KONNEKT Accounts

Fix:

• Account deletion may leave ghost volumes

• Explorer freezes if KONNEKT account or share is removed

• KONNEKT cannot find sites with dot in name when adding shares or managed mappings

• Windows Terminal Servers (Windows Server 2019) may freeze due to konnektrx.sys timeout after Windows Update

• Stability improvements

Downloads

• KONNEKT 2.9.1.0 Windows X64 64 Bit
• KONNEKT 2.9.1.0 Windows X86 32 Bit
• KONNEKT 2.9.1.0 Windows ARM 64 Bit

2.9.0 (Published 2023-11-16)

Add:

• Policy to disable Edge Browser component (WebView2)

• Full support of x64 Processes on ARM64 machines

Fix:

• SharePoint throttling: Parsing issues in Retry-After header

• Possible loss of delayed write data if disk IO pressure is high

• ARM64 setup may show a warning

• Gray login window due to failed browser component negotiation

• Stability improvements

2.8.0 (Published 2023-10-11)

Add:

• New document from office template in CoAuthoring mode (#30)

Fix:

• Security fix for libcurl CVE-2023-38545 (HIGH) SOCKS5 heap buffer overflow
• Security fix for libcurl CVE-2023-38546 (LOW)
• Malware alarm on konnektUpdate.exe due to missing digital signature (#31)

• Re-authentication not triggered after password reset (#23)

• Uninstall and install with suppressed reboot may lead to uninstalled driver after next reboot (#3855)

• SharePoint mapping might be shown empty when cache TTL is very long (#6)

• Stability improvements

2.7.2 (Published 2023-09-07)

Fix:

• Authentication window may be shown without content

• Stability improvements

2.7.0 (Published 2023-08-10)

Add:

• "View Online" for a folder directs to corresponding subfolder in SharePoint (591)

• Managed Mapping supports root site URLs and Teams URLs (741)
• Login prompt negotiates for Edge Browser (791)

• File support for OneNote notebooks (2730)

• CoAuthoring for OneNote documents (2730)

Fix:

• "View SharePoint Site" context-menu broken for OneDrive (1509)

• Added favorites lost after log off (2894)

• Stability improvements

2.6.0 (Published 2023-07-13)

Add:

• Circumvent error/outage of SharePoint Search (703)
• Extend Cache TTL range in policy (756)
• Policy to configure downloads directory (792)
• CoAuthoring support for additional file types including .xslb and office template files

• Ready for new Intune ADMX and ADML administrative templates import (public preview) (753)

  • New configuration & behavior for "Connect drive" policy (753)
• New Policies (754)

  • Skip Account Wizard
  • Open File Size Limitations

Fix:

• Error when opening certain office files (e.g. XLSB) with sensitivity/encryption enabled (768)

• Kernel driver misinterprets modern standby as deadlocked userland (809)

• Files and Folders named with a single character cause problems in searches (866)

• Stability issues

2.5.8 (Published 2023-06-28)

Fix:

• Copy Link To Clipboard fails on SharePoint libraries (1271)

• Konnekt read operations may fail if content-range directive is ignored by SharePoint.

• Error logged when accessing root of document library

• File lock/checkout checks produce parsing erros in log

• Stability issues

2.5.7 (Published 2023-05-30)

Fix: App may crash if the access token cannot be obtained

2.5.6 (Published 2023-05-25)

Fix: App may crash during SSO login attempt (1046)

2.5.4 (Published 2023-05-16)

Fix:

• Poor response times when trying to negotiate HTTP/2 multiplexing (836)

• Managed Mappings showing empty drives when the policy "Add all SharePoint libraries" is disabled (932)

2.5.2 (Published 2023-05-11)

Fix:

• Volume free and total size is wrong (896)

• Stability issues

2.5.1 (Published 2023-05-10)

Fix: An invalid account token may cause issues (895)

2.5.0 (Published 2023-05-08)

• Add

  • Updated API handling

  • Support for SharePoint Domain Name Change (765)
  • Support for Custom/Vanity SharePoint Domain Names (780)

  • Multi-Geo support is always active - no dedicated config needed anymore.
• Fix

  • Unable to install MSI file located in Konnekt share (748)

  • Cannot access sites with names ending on a dot (761)

  • Failed to open .XLSB files when sensitivity/encryption is enabled (768)

  • Move Folder within a library is reversed after some seconds (775)

KONNEKT version numbers 2.3 and 2.4 were skipped due to major code rework.

2.2.1 (2022-12-30 - Bugfix release for KONNEKT 2.2.0)

• Fix

  • Explorer may get unresponsive when creating new folder in SharePoint root - part 2 (648)

  • Deleted folders may re-appear in some scenarios (738)

  • Managed Mapping sometimes not working after machine reboot (763)

  • License check issue in version 2.2.0 (766)

Downloads

14MB

Konnekt 2.2.1.0-Preview.zip

archive

KONNEKT 2.2.1.0 (64-Bit, 32-Bit, Arm64 versions are available)

2.2.0 (Published 2022-11-17)

• ADD

  • ARM64 processor platform support (662)
  • SharePoint Throttling Prevention policy (730)
  • Add to favorites in Managed Mappings (733)
  • Changed search strategy for folder browsing to work around performance degradation of Microsoft SharePoint Online REST API (736)
• FIX

  • Explorer may get unresponsive when creating new folder in SharePoint root - part 1 (648)

  • "This file does not exist" after re-install or uninstall (649)

  • Save new file not working in special conditions, e.g. substring of existing file (651)

  • Prevent blue screen during driver update in some environments (672)

  • History misses one backslash in UNC for some entries (721)

  • Deleted folders may re-appear in some scenarios (738)

2.1.1 (Published 2022-07-05)

• FIX: Machine policy may not be applied correctly

2.1.0 (Published 2022-05-12)

• ADD

  • Multi-Geo support for OneDrive and SharePoint Online

  • Improvements for heavy load environments

  • Remove the limit of 192 libraries per site

  • Logging level policy

• FIX

  • Pinned links in taskbar lead to SPO site instead of UNC

  • CoAuthoring setting in ADMX not working
  • Installer coordinator issue during setup on some RDS environments

  • Unwanted policy changes after hibernation in some environments

  • "Enable Sharepoint Sites" option not grayed out after applying GPO/Intune policy.

  • Handling of error responses from SharePoint Online causing empty folders

  • "Add site favorite" feature

2.0.0 (Published 2021-12-03)

• ADD

  • Customize explorer UI (Hide several options, hide tray icon)
  • Custom site scope (individual search string)
  • Automatic mappings (Managed mappings)
  • Cache settings (individual write handling to SharePoint Online e.g. for VDI environments)
  • Intune Management
  • Offline Attribute Filter to enable explorer previews on certain file types

  • ADMX & ADML files got new policies & structure
• FIX

  • Broken file links when resolving mapped drives (e.g. copy path in Outlook)

  • Stability issue when uploading files larger than 1 GB

  • Cache directory may be filled up

  • SharePoint document libraries may be shown empty

1.20.0 (Published 2021-04-21)

• ADD: Advanced SharePoint throttle handling

• FIX: Handling of multiple accounts in the same tenant

• FIX: Stability issues under write pressure

1.19.0 (Published 2021-04-06)

• ADD: Improve dialog to add shares

• FIX: Konnekt cannot reach driver after upgrade

• FIX: Konnekt needs to be restarted after hibernate

1.18.0 (Published 2021-02-10)

• ADD: Improve SSO flow

• FIX: SharePoint token may expire

• FIX: Proxy settings are not reevaluated on network connection changes

• FIX: Path issues if profile path contains umlauts

1.16.0 (Published 2020-10-22)

• FIX: Cannot access foreign tenant on Azure AD joined clients

• ADD: Reduce reauthentication frequency

1.15.1 (Published 2020-09-24)

• FIX: Explorer unresponsive during move/copy operations

• FIX: Cannot add or remove favorites

1.15.0 (Published 2020-09-03)

• FIX: Cannot save as PDF from Google Chrome

1.14.1 (Published 2020-07-25)

• FIX: Manually added shares always open default document library

1.14.0 (Published 2019-05-14)

• FIX: Cannot save PDF files in several Adobe products

• ADD: Manually add private channels from Teams

1.12.6 (Published 2019-04-20)

• FIX: Login issues

1.12.4 (Published 2019-02-26)

• FIX: Wild card matching

1.12.3 (Published 2019-12-19)

• FIX: Cannot create account (key not found)

• FIX: SharePoint link scope policy

• FIX: License policy order

1.12.0 (Published 2019-11-18)

• ADD: Improved handling of additional SharePoint document libraries

• ADD: Configure drive letter for personal OneDrive volume

• ADD: Configure SharePoint link scope (default, organization, anonymous, disabled)

• FIX: Wrong SharePoint sub-group grouping

1.10.1 (Published 2019-09-02)

• ADD: Better visualization of upload errors

• FIX: Shell extension does not display any shares if an upload error occurs

1.10.0 (Published 2019-08-30)

• ADD: Add account endpoint to sharename if displayed one left side of explorer

• FIX: Double menu in Windows Explorer

• FIX: Account context menu is not completely visible in German language

• FIX: Crash in kernel driver

1.9.0 (Published 2019-04-17)

• ADD: Office co-authoring support for old office file formats

• ADD: Add additional SharePoint document libraries as shares

• ADD: Option to remove manually added shares

• ADD: Policy to rename "Konnekt" in the Windows Explorer

• ADD: Rename "Personal" in OneDrive to "OneDrive"

• ADD: Registry setting to set personal folder name in OneDrive

1.8.2 (Published 2019-04-02)

• ADD: German localization

• ADD: Display message during volume update

• FIX: Cannot open PDF files in Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader

1.8.0 (Published 2019-02-20)

• ADD: Policy for disabling FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE

• FIX: Improved performance during start-up on terminal servers

• FIX: Office Co-authoring opens wrong URL in personal OneDrive if user was re-created (#366)

• FIX: Co-authoring does not work on mapped network drives

• FIX: Co-authoring does not work for macro enabled Excel files (#360)

• FIX: Remove add account entries for German cloud (#342)

• FIX: Race condition during start-up

• FIX: Driver does not work on Windows 7 x64

• FIX: Improved logging

1.7.4 (Published 2018-11-23)

• FIX: Slow performance on terminal service while browsing available site in the shell extension (#304)

• FIX: Co-Authoring not working when using Excel macro enabled files (#360)

1.7.1 (Published 2018-10-18)

• FIX: TMP-file creation by MS Office applications (#336)

• FIX: Cannot open PDF files from UNC paths (#340)

1.7.0 (Published 2018-09-27)

• ADD: Improved proxy authentication support

• FIX: TMP-file creation by MS Office applications (#336)

• FIX: Improved wild card match of file names

• FIX: Cannot delete account if it is in error state

• FIX: Cannot open PDF files from UNC paths (#340)

• FIX: Enable SharePoint sites is greyed out in settings (#347)

• FIX: Crash in kernel driver

1.6.0 (Published 2018-06-15)

• FIX: Personal OneDrive is not updated if it was changed outside of Konnekt

• FIX: Improved rename operations

• FIX: Fixed a race condition during delete

1.5.0 (Published 2018-06-05)

• ADD: Support SharePoint sites without any default document library

• ADD: Improve OneDrive provider

• ADD: Set default log level to INFO

• FIX: Race condition during rename operation

• FIX: Crash during startup

1.4.15 (Published 2018-05-14)

• ADD: Evaluation version enables SharePoint sites by default

• FIX: Setup fails on Windows Server 2008

1.4.10 (Published 2018-05-02)

• FIX: Konnekt creates 0-byte files

• FIX: Potential deadlock in OneDrive provider

• FIX: Update window is not DPI aware

1.4.4 (Published 2018-04-09)

• FIX: Update window is not closed after clicking the version number

• FIX: Cannot open multiple PDF files in Acrobat Reader

1.4.2 (Published 2018-03-05)

• FIX: Context menu for localized SharePoint sites

1.4.1 (Published 2018-02-16)

• FIX: Office co-authoring fails to open url if the UPN contains minus characters

1.4.0 (Published 2018-01-30)

• ADD: Faster startup on terminal servers

• ADD: Improve SharePoint volume handling

• ADD: Group policy setting for co-authoring

1.3.3 (Published 2017-12-19)

• FIX: Race condition (#303)

1.3.2 (Published 2017-12-08)

• FIX: Acrobat Reader not working on Konnekt-UNC path (#216)

• FIX: Cannot save outlook attachments in Konnekt-UNC path on Windows 10 anniversary update (#301, #302)

1.3.0 (Published 2017-11-06)

• ADD: Display private SharePoint groups

1.2.4 (Published 2017-09-13)

• FIX: Crash during automatic update

1.2.0 (Published 2017-09-08)

• FIX: Crash after adding an account

• FIX: Rename open file

1.1.0 (Published 2017-08-25)

• ADD: Settings dialog

• ADD: Show favorite and personal shares in explorer's left side

• ADD: Remove chromium embedded framework in favor of MSHTML

• ADD: Automatically create account on first start if computer is joined to an Azure AD

• ADD: Setting to connect first personal volume to drive H:

• FIX: Cannot access SharePoint site if its name contains special characters (#258)

• FIX: Cannot open OneNote file in Konnekt (#261)

• FIX: No content is shown after folder rename (#255)

• FIX: Cannot add O365 account when proxy is used

1.0.2 (Published 2017-05-17)

• ADD: License key management

• ADD: Crash dump collects more information

1.0.1 (Published 2017-05-15)

• FIX: Cannot save document from website to SharePoint site using MS Edge

1.0.0 (Published 2017-05-12)

• FIX: Cannot delete directory if it contains files