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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.
New install and setup features and enhancements
These are the install and setup features and enhancements provided with Domino 12.
Notes client install improvements
This release provides the following improvements related to Notes installation.

What's new in Domino 12?
Learn about all of the new features for administrators in HCL Domino® 12.
- What's new in 12.0.1?
  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.
    - One-touch Domino setup
      In previous versions of HCL Domino®, setting up a Domino server involved multiple steps. Starting with Domino 12, you can use one-touch Domino setup to set up a server in a single step. You invoke one-touch Domino setup by referring to a JSON file or a set of environment variables that contain the setup configuration information.
    - Notes client install improvements
      This release provides the following improvements related to Notes installation.
    - Podman supported as containerization runtime
      Pod Manager tool (podman) is a supported containerization runtime. Follow the documentation for Domino on Docker, but on the command line replace docker with podman.
    - HCL Verse 2.0.1 package included with Domino
      HCL Verse 2.0.1 is included with the Domino 12.0 install kit as a .zip file.
  - 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.
  - 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.

Notes client install improvements

This release provides the following improvements related to Notes installation.

You can use one executable to install the English version of the standard Notes client and all Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packs. For more information, see Using the cascaded Multilingual User Interface (MUI) pack installer (Windows).
The Notes install kits have a reduced footprint.
Language dictionaries are a part of the Notes Basic and Standard English install kits for Windows, so there is no longer a need to install them separately.