Build264December 18, 2023

CloudBlue Connect 1.7

CloudBlue Connect 1.7 introduces support for CloudBlue Connect Platform v30. This release introduces support for Microsoft 365 collaboration apps security. It will include a new 500 tier and automated flow for new offering items activations for the Reseller Connect Product. Additionally, the CloudBlue Connect 1.7 release features the support of MFA and extends the provisioning logic by adding "Inquiring" state for the optional parameters.

Prerequisites

Supported versions:

  • Acronis Cyber Cloud platform 23.12 or later
  • CloudBlue Commerce platform 21.7 or later
  • CloudBlue Connect v30

What's New

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Resellers

  • Microsoft 365 collaboration apps security
  • Product improvements:
    • Automated flow for new offering items activations that enables new services for existing partners
    • 500 USD tier support
    • MFA support during the provisioning
    • Inquiring state
  • Support of CloudBlue Connect v30


Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Customers

  • Microsoft 365 collaboration apps security
  • Product improvements:
    • MFA support during the provisioning
  • Support of CloudBlue Connect v30

Fixed Issues

  • [CI-24909] CloudBlue Connect 1.6 does not report provider-hosted storage in usage report.
Build218August 11, 2023

CloudBlue Connect 1.6

CloudBlue Connect 1.6 introduces support for the CloudBlue Connect Platform v27. This release introduces also support for the Advanced Automation and Advanced Security with EDR extension packs. It features various improvements in usage reporting. In addition, the CloudBlue Connect 1.6 release delivers the unbind tool that can be useful during migration projects.

Prerequisites

Supported versions:

  • Acronis Cyber Cloud platform 23.07 or later
  • CloudBlue Commerce platform 21.7 or later
  • CloudBlue Connect v27

What's New

General

  • New versions support

    • CloudBlue Connect v27

      • End Customer Connect and Reseller Connect Products compatibility


Migration improvements

  • Unbind tool that can be used to unchain the CloudBlue Connect subscription from the Cloud tenant


Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Resellers

  • New Acronis services support:

    • Group management for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
    • Geo-redundant backup (replication support)
    • Advanced Security + EDR pack

      • Additional usages for EDR
    • Advanced Automation pack
  • Product improvements:

    • Usage reporting descriptions standardization


Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Customers

  • New Acronis services support:

    • Group management for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
    • Advanced Security + EDR pack
    • Advanced Automation pack

  • Product improvements:

    • Usage calculation improvements for ranged offering items
    • Implementation of different counters and corresponding usage calculation, depending on the datacenter location
    • Usage reporting descriptions standardization
Build199March 3, 2023

CloudBlue Connect 1.5.2

CloudBlue Connect 1.5.2 introduces support for CloudBlue Connect Platform v26. This release brings also various improvements of the cancellation and migration processes. In addition, it includes support for the Advanced Data Loss Prevention pack and Synology NAS devices.

Prerequisites

Supported versions:

  • Acronis Cyber Cloud platform 23.03 or later
  • CloudBlue Commerce platform 21.4 or later
  • CloudBlue Connect v26

What's New

General

  • New versions support

    • CloudBlue Connect v26

      • End Customer Connect and Reseller Connect Products compatibility


Migration improvements

  • Tenants name simplification during the migration process from one integration into Connect


Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Resellers

  • New Acronis services support:

    • Synology NAS devices

    • Advanced Data Loss Prevention pack

  • Product improvements:

    • Cancellation Process improvements, required to simplify the partner termination procedure with customers


Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Customers

  • New Acronis services support:

    • Synology NAS devices

    • Advanced Data Loss Prevention pack

  • Product improvements:

    • Additional parameters simplification, required to improve services provisioning logic

Fixed issues

  • CI-21100 Invalid local storage items in CBC configs
  • CI-22027 Implement proper CopyOfferingItems method as per https://kb.acronis.com/content/71376
  • CI-20455 Empty 'record_note' column in ECC usage reports
Build173November 28, 2022

CloudBlue Connect 1.5.1

CloudBlue Connect 1.5.1 introduces support for CloudBlue Commerce Platform v21. This release brings also various improvements to the migration process, usage processing and cancellation notification flow. Additional data center provisioning logic was revised and improved.

Prerequisites

  • Support for:
    • Acronis Cyber Cloud platform versions: 22.11 or later
    • CloudBlue Commerce platform versions: 21.7 or later
    • CloudBlue Connect version: v25

What's New

General

  • New versions support
    • CloudBlue Connect v25
    • CloudBlue Commerce v21
      • End Customer Connect and Reseller Connect Products compatibility
      • Bulk migration script compatibility

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Resellers

  • Various product improvements in:
    • UI localizations
    • Cancellation notifications
    • Usage reporting
Build114February 2, 2022

CloudBlue Connect 1.4

The CloudBlue Connect 1.4 release provides support for the bulk migration scenario from Acronis CloudBlue APS integration to Acronis CloudBlue Connect integration. This update also contains various product improvements, such as notifications, delayed cancellation support and new offering items activation for the existing partners.

Prerequisites

  • Supported Acronis Cyber Cloud platform versions: 22.02 or later
  • Supported CloudBlue Commerce platform versions: 20.04 or later
  • Supported CloudBlue Connect version: v24

What's New

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Resellers

  • Product improvements:
    • Various UI localization improvements
    • Notifications
  • New functionality:
    • New offering items activation for existing partner tenants
    • Delayed cancellation support
    • Support of the Reporting and Data Export (RDE) functionality, required for CloudBlue Commerce reporting
  • Support for CloudBlue Connect version 24

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Customers

  • Partner-owned storage support
  • Support for bulk migration from legacy APS integration to CloudBlue Connect for both Reseller and Customer solutions
Build106October 15, 2021

CloudBlue Connect 1.3

The CloudBlue Connect 1.3 release provides support for the integrations' migration scenarios from Acronis CloudBlue APS to Acronis CloudBlue Connect.

This update also introduces new advanced packs as well as other improvements.

Prerequisites

  • Supported Acronis Cyber Cloud platform versions: 21.10 or later
  • Supported CloudBlue Commerce platform versions: 20.04 or later
  • Supported CloudBlue Connect version: v23

What's New

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Resellers

  • New tiers support
    • Commitment 5
    • Promo tier
  • Support for the migration of reseller connectors from Ingram Micro to Acronis.

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Customers

  • Support for the migration from legacy APS integration to CloudBlue Connect for both resellers' and customers' solutions.
  • Support for new advanced packs:
    • Document Templates offering item for Notary
    • Advanced Email Security pack (Perception point)

Known issues

  • CI-14709 Changing of tier-level is not working on partner
  • CI-14705 There is no error 'service plan change from production to trial is not supported' after attempt to move production partner to trial
Build85July 15, 2021

CloudBlue Connect 1.2

Acronis Cyber Cloud Connect integration version 1.2 adds support of distributor scenarios, including tiered pricing and PAYG billing model, full subscription life-cycle management, trial sign-up, upgrade between service plans and editions, and service termination. This release includes the support for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Advanced licensing for distributors.

Prerequisites

  • Supported Acronis Cyber Cloud platform versions: 21.07 or later
  • Supported CloudBlue Commerce platform versions: 20.04 or later
  • Supported CloudBlue Connect version: v23 or later

What's New

Acronis Cyber Cloud Connect integration version 1.2 contains two CloudBlue Connect Products:
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Resellers intended for distributors, while Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Customers is intended for service providers.

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Reseller

  • Support for distributor scenarios
    • Tiered pricing
    • Minimum commitments
    • Pay-as-you-go billing model for Service Providers
  • Support for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Advanced licensing for Service Providers
  • Support for Dynamic Items capability of CloudBlue Connect
    • Simplified initial product configuration and maintenance, due to dynamically configured set of resources
    • Support for Price Rated usage reporting schema of CloudBlue Connect
  • Support trial and production modes for Service Providers

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Customers

  • Support for multiple Acronis Datacenters within a single marketplace in CloudBlue Commerce
  • Support of extra languages, including:
    • Dutch
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Portuguese - Brazilian
    • Russian
    • Spanish
  • Support of switches from Legacy to Advanced licensing of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

Fixed issues

  • CI-11826 `providerMainBackupStorage` parameter is ignored during the change request
  • CI-11583 An activation e-mail is not sent during a purchase request
Build68April 29, 2021

CloudBlue Connect 1.1

Acronis Cyber Cloud Connect integration version 1.1 provides support for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Advanced licensing for service providers, as well as SSO, multiple storages support, and other improvements and fixes.

Prerequisites

  • Supported Acronis Cyber Cloud platform versions: 21.04 or later
  • Supported CloudBlue Commerce platform versions: 20.04 or later
  • Supported CloudBlue Connect version: v22 or later

What's New

With this update, the Acronis Cyber Connect Cloud integration brings new features and improvements for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud - Customers product.

  • Support for Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Advanced licensing
  • Multiple storages support
  • Support of language distinguishing logic
  • SSO support
  • Resend welcome email or reset password functionality support
  • Support of switches from legacy licensing to Cyber Protect/Backup editions

Fixed issues

  • CI-10806 Provisioning issue when multiple requests are created for the single tenant in one fulfillment request