We are happy to announce the 2021 annual release of SOLO Server, with several enhancements to the administrative interface, customer license portal, and web services, as well as a new integration with Avalara Avatax!
New Avalara Avatax Integration

Avalara
We're happy to announce that SOLO Server Automation now supports real-time, location-based tax calculation through a new integration with Avalara Avatax! For more information, view our announcement blog.
Administrative Interface Enhancements
- Custom parameter sets can now be quickly cloned through a new Clone option in the fly out menu on the custom parameter set listing page.

- When manually adding a license, you can now specify the Licensee Name and Email at license creation rather than having to edit the license and back fill the information after creation.

- When editing a product or product option, the ProductID and OptionID are now displayed as read only.
- Protection PLUS 5 license file content can now be previewed in unencrypted format on the license details page.

Customer License Portal Enhancements
- On the installation history page in the customer license portal:
- For active installations, the license file can now be downloaded, simplifying license refreshing for licenses that do not have internet access.
- The last check in date is now displayed in the listing, allowing customers to identify which installations are phoning home.

- The reset customer password page now includes a honeypot CAPTCHA to help prevent automated bots from performing random searches.
Web Services Enhancements
- The XmlCustomerService.GetCustomerDataByAuthor web method now includes the CustomerID in the result data.
- The XmlActivationService.ActivateInstallation and ActivateInstallationLicenseFile web methods now include the Product, LicenseID, Quantity, and ActivationsLeft xml elements when activation fails due to no more activations remaining (result code 5013).
Read the full release notes here. And as always we'd love to hear from you so feel free to reach out and contact us with your questions and feedback.

