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Plesk 8.3 Released for Linux/Windows

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SWsoft Automation and Virtualization softwareI just got back in from the holidays and was going through all of my technical announcements, etc. and found a notice in my inbox that the awaited release of Plesk 8.3 has been released.  We are currently running 8.2.  I am not for sure when we are going to be doing the upgrade but I am sure it will be once it has been out for a little while.  By doing this it enables us to make sure we don’t deliver any third party products to our clients that might be buggy, (not that SWSoft ever releases anything buggy, usually their stuff is well tested!).  Here’s a list of the top 10 new features in the Plesk Control Panel.

  • Windows 2008 Server, IIS7 and MS FTP7 Support * – Use Windows 2008 Server, IIS7, and MS FTP7 combined with Plesk for faster and more reliable hosting.

  • Single Sign On (SSO) SAML – Enable SSO SAML support in Plesk and integrate Plesk with any other applications providing single sign-on ability for its users.

  • Application Packaging Standard (APS) Licensing & Upgrade – Upgrade and license applications installed via the Application Vault on a domain level directly via the Plesk interface.

  • mod_bw support ** – Configure allowed connection bandwidth per domain by using mod_bw management tools in Plesk.

  • PHP FastCGI Support * – In addition to CGI and ISAPI modes, Plesk 8.3 for Windows now supports PHP FastCGI.

  • New Mail and Anti-Spam Software Support * – Support now included for:

    • SmarterMail Mail Lists
    • CommunigatePro Mail Lists
    • Merak Spam Filter
    • SmarterMail 4 Spam Filter

  • Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) statistics ** – View detailed server stats, including number of e-mails scanned and filtered, collected by Kaspersky Antivirus in Plesk for Linux/Unix.

  • Anti-virus and Anti-spam statistics * – Receive improved reporting of anti-virus and anti-spam statistics, including numbers of emails scanned and filtered.

  • Cold Fusion 8 Support * – Use Plesk with the latest version of ColdFusion, an HTML-based application used to create dynamic web pages.

  • Webmail per Domain * – Choose which webmail software to use on each specified domain.

Questions or Comments?