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What's new in Domino 12?
Learn about all of the new features for administrators in HCL Domino® 12.
What's new in 12.0?
HCL Domino 12.0 introduces the following new features.
Stand-alone Domino directory enhancements
The new Domino directory design (pubnames.ntf) provides several stand-alone enhancements that improve usability for administrators.
Custom criteria to populate groups
When you create a group in the Domino directory, you can now populate the members of the group based on an LDAP search query.

What's new in Domino 12?
Learn about all of the new features for administrators in HCL Domino® 12.
- What's new in 12.0.2?
  HCL Domino 12.0.2 introduces new features and enhancement several areas.
- What's new in 12.0.1?
  HCL Domino 12.0.1 introduces the following new features.
- What's new in 12.0?
  HCL Domino 12.0 introduces the following new features.
  - New install and setup features and enhancements
    These are the install and setup features and enhancements provided with Domino 12.
  - New security features and enhancements
    These are the security features and enhancements provided with HCL Domino® 12.
  - New DAOS features and enhancements
    HCL Domino® 12 provides the following new features and enhancements for Domino Attachment and Object Service (DAOS).
  - New features related to the end-user experience
    The following features relate to the HCL Notes® end-user experience.
  - Replication enhancements
    HCL Domino® 12 provides these replication enhancements.
  - Backup and restore capability
    Backup and restore capability is integrated with Domino 12 servers.
  - Stand-alone Domino directory enhancements
    The new Domino directory design (pubnames.ntf) provides several stand-alone enhancements that improve usability for administrators.
    - Enhancements to Mail-In Databases usability
      The Mail-In Databases and Resources view now displays the internet addresses of mail-in databases that have them. In addition, it includes a Go to Database button to open mail-in databases from the view.
    - Custom criteria to populate groups
      When you create a group in the Domino directory, you can now populate the members of the group based on an LDAP search query.
    - Older security options are no longer selectable
      630-bit and 512-bit public key options are no longer available to apply to Notes IDs. The "4.6 or greater" password verification option is no longer available to apply for internet password strength.
    - HEX codes displayed for TLS ciphers
      As a convenience to administrators, HEX codes are shown next to the symbolic names for the TLS ciphers that can be selected in various fields in the Domino directory.
    - Applets no longer used
      Applets are not longer used to display the navigational outline of the Domino Directory or action buttons such as Add Person.
    - Button to see all Configuration Settings documents associated with a server
      From an open Server document you can click the Find Server Config button to see all of the Configuration Settings documents associated with the server.
    - Button to find all groups a users belongs to
      From an open Person document you can click the Find Groups button to see all of the groups that a user belongs to, including groups they are members of through other groups.
    - Lists of notes.ini settings are sorted alphabetically
      Lists of notes.ini settings are shown in alphabetical order wherever they occur in the Domino directory.
    - Explicitly select the methods to use in Web Site documents
      For improved security, administrators now explictly select the HTTP methods to enable in Web Site documents.
  - Users in Active Directory can sync their Windows passwords
    Active Directory password synchronization enables Windows users whose Active Directory information is synced to Domino to apply their Windows passwords to their Domino HTTP and Notes ID passwords.
  - Administration Process support for updating names in Verse user profiles
    The Administration Process rename person request now updates names in HCL Verse user profiles.
  - New ODS level
    HCL Domino® 12 introduces a new on-disk structure (ODS) version for databases: ODS 55.
  - MarvelClient Essentials integration
    The following improvements have been made to the integration of MarvelClient with Domino.
  - Entitlement tracking
    As of Domino 12.0, a new internal mechanism is provided for collecting the highest entitlement that individual users have across a Domino domain. When a user appears in the ACL of a database with Reader access or above and that person has the right to access the server, the user is said to be an entitled user.
  - Domino OSGI Tasklet Service (DOTS) is available again
    DOTS is available again in Domino 12.
  - New Java™ Runtime Environment
    A new Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) is provided with HCL Domino® 12 and HCL Domino Designer 12.
  - TCP/IP port buffer size
    Domino 12 has changed the TCP/IP port buffer default size from 4000 to 8000.
- Components no longer included in this release
  The following components are no longer included in Domino 12.

Custom criteria to populate groups

When you create a group in the Domino directory, you can now populate the members of the group based on an LDAP search query.

When you create a group, in the Auto-Populate Method field select Custom and in the Selection Criteria field enter an LDAP search query to search the Domino directory. The following example searches for Person documents in the Domino directory assigned the Department "Zorch".

Note: There is basic syntax validation but it's up to the administrator to provide a query that makes sense in context and refers to valid fields in the LDAP schema.