5.3 What has Changed in the Previous Versions?

The Publisher settings underwent some changes with the recent driver releases. The following table lists the changes corresponding to each driver release and the driver package version that contains these changes.

Driver Version

Publisher Channel Behavior

Driver Base Package Version

4.1.0.1

Publisher channel is always enabled. The Subscriber channel is not required to wait for the cache to build up.

NOVLOFFIBASE_2.6.0.20150410181838

4.1.0.0

Publisher channel is always enabled. The Subscriber channel must wait for the Publisher channel cache to build up.

NOVLOFFIBASE_2.6.0.20150410181838

Versions prior to 4.1.0.0

Publisher channel is configurable. You can turn it on or off as required.

NOVLOFFIBASE_2.5.0.20140930161237

Certain features of the driver requires you to configure the Publisher channel as described in the following table. To use these features, configure the Publisher channel appropriately.

Features

Publisher Requirement

Only Subscriber synchronization

OFF

On Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) deployments

ON

Exchange hybrid deployment

ON

Publisher synchronization for Exchange and Office 365

ON