Did you know that the new Filr App for Android (version 1.1.0.888) is already available? So, the Filr 1.1 release day is coming close. And with that, so is our Filr 1.1 Countdown, where we show you one of the great features of Novell Filr‘s new version every week.

This week, we throw the spotlight on the easier and improved group management, which will most notably facilitate the work of administrators of Filr 1.1. The following options for managing groups are new in Filr version 1.1:

  • Unique group names are not required anymore. That means, that multiple groups with the same name are possible. Those groups will be distinguished by secondary group information, e.g. a group description or the Distinguished Name from LDAP.
  • Option to decide whether the group name is displayed by title or name (CN)
  • Control whether LDAP provisioned groups are available as recipients for file or folder sharing
  • Allow/Disallow external users as group members on a per-group basis.
  • More settings on the group level: Enable/disable features like personal storage, file downloads or web access, and configure desktop settings and mobile app settings at group level