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What's new in Domino® 12?
Learn about all of the new features for administrators in HCL Domino® 12.
New ODS level
HCL Domino® 12 introduces a new on-disk structure (ODS) version for databases: ODS 55.

What's new in Domino® 12?
Learn about all of the new features for administrators in HCL Domino® 12.
- 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.
- 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.
- Components no longer included in this release
  The following components are no longer included.
- Documentation updates
  Some late-breaking changes to this documentation are currently available only in the English documentation on the HCL Software Product Documentation site on the web.

New ODS level

HCL Domino® 12 introduces a new on-disk structure (ODS) version for databases: ODS 55.

For information about the changes provided with ODS 55, see the topic Enhancements introduced in ODS 55 in Domino 12.

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