OMS Server definitions now support the following security features:

1. Business Service assignment.
2. Security Permissions
   
3. Visibility Restrictions
   If the "Strict Business Service Membership Read Constraints" System Property is set to "true", OMS server definitions will not be visible to users who do not have at least read permission to the OMS server. 

OMS Server definitions are encompassed in the following Security Roles:

• ops_admin
• ops_oms_admin
• ops_service

A new Administration Configuration section for Password Settings has been added to a) group local password related properties and b) provide new options to specify requirements for locally defined passwords:

A new system property has been added to allow customers to change the default selection for the Task Launch Skip Condition when creating a new Trigger definition.

Certain Universal Templates created and maintained by Stonebranch are now available directly within the Universal Controller product package. A new Administration, Server Operation called List/Load Built-in Universal Templates has been added to allow customer to activate these Universal templates.  Listing and Loading the Built-in Universal Templates will require the ops_admin role or the ops_server_operation_admin role.

After activating a Built-in Universal Template user's with active sessions can Refresh their Navigation Tree to display the new Universal Task under the Automation Center tree menu. Documentation for the Built-in Universal Templates is available here.

Built-in Universal Templates are READ only. If you require to make changes or use the template as a basis for your own Universal Task you will need to first copy the Built-in Universal Template to create your own Universal Template, Stonebranch will not provide support for any templates you create.

Built-in Universal Templates cannot be promoted as they may be Universal Controller version specific, however tasks created from a Built-in Universal Template can be promoted to a Universal Controller instance that is at the same or higher version. When promoting a Universal Task that references a built-in Universal Template, the Universal Template will be included in the promotion payload to ensure that the Universal Task is compliant with the built-in Universal Template on the Promotion Target as well as for auditing and reconciling differences between the incoming built-in Universal Template and the original built-in Universal Template.  Note, however, the original built-in Universal Template will never updated via promotion.

Bulk export and import considerations, the bulk export and import of Universal Controller artifacts is designed for use when applying upgrades to a Universal Controller instance, the importer will fail if a Universal Template exists with the same name or SYSID as the built-in Universal Template being imported.

Late Finish and Early Finish options can now be set to compare against the Tasks Average Duration. The User Estimated Duration field will be required for Early Finish Type Average Duration or Late Finish Type Average Duration.  The User Estimated Duration will be used when the Average Duration is not available; for example, on the first launch of a task.

When selecting the Average Duration, you have the option to use the Average Duration as is or specify a duration or percentage offset, for example Late Finish based on average Duration plus 1 minute, or Late finish based on average Duration plus 20%.