SimpleSYN Desktop version history

New Version 3.0 released 2/7/2013

  • NEW: Support of Windows 8 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • NEW: Support of Outlook 2013 (32-bit/64-bit)
  • NEW: New User Interface and optimization for Windows 8
  • NEW: Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012
  • NEW: Support for fast user switching. SimpleSYN can now be used by more than one user simultaneously
  • NEW: Support for Microsoft terminal server
  • NEW: New network connection. The synchronization via the internet is now also possible if some intermediaries like ISPs, firewalls or routers are blocking protocols required by version 2.1
  • NEW: Optimized set-up
  • NEW: Optimized synchronization when using more than 10 clients
  • NEW: Enhanced duplicate finder
  • NEW: The new version is now based on .NET Framework 4
  • Bug fixes and optimizations

Version 2.1 (Build 4189) released 6/23/2011:
  • Solves a problem where SimpleSYN could reset its settings under certain conditions
  • Enhanced support for Exchange public folders
  • Enhanced support for Outlook 2010 (64bit)
  • Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 2.1 (Build 3936) released 10/16/2010:
  • NEW: Improved communication
    • The communication was reconfigured to the Windows Communication Foundation and the "Peer Name Resolution-Protocol (PNRP)"
  • NEW: Improved security
    • The communication is digitally encrypted with AES 256-Bit in the standard setting
  • NEW: Improved conflict resolution
  • NEW: Improved SimpleSYN client configuration
    • The configuration of the SimpleSYN client computer is now separated and automatically installed in the standard setup. That means Windows users are no longer required for individual synchronization settings
  • NEW: Improved user administration/assignment of user privileges
    • SimpleSYN does not only make use of the Windows/domain user, but also has its own internal user administration. This allows the assignment of user privileges to be quickly and easily realized by SimpleSYN users
  • NEW: Internet synchronization (only Business Version)
  • NEW: Filter function (only Business Version)
  • NEW: The synchronization can now be paused
  • NEW: The folders are now sorted alphabetically in the synchronization settings
  • NEW: The user interface has been visually improved
  • NEW: The documentation has been completely revised
  • NEW: Support of Outlook 2010 (32bit/64bit) 
  • The synchronization settings on the SimpleSYN clients are no longer deleted by locking the Outlook pst
  • Data files are now shown sorted in the synchronization settings
  • Improved recognition of duplicates
  • Improved allocation of items during the initial synchronization
  • Synchronization problems between exchange servers were rectified
  • Improved firewall check and approval under Windows Vista and Windows 7
  • Several smaller bug fixes and optimizations
Version 2.0 (Build 3512) released 8/21/2009:
  • NEW: Windows7 is now supported
  • Better Unicode handling
  • Enhanced Windows Firewall detection
Version 2.0 (Build 3496) released 7/29/2009:
  • Enhanced support for long folder names, when using other encodings as Latin
  • Enhanced compatibility with some system tools, which are deleting temporary files
Version 2.0 (Build 3455) released 6/18/2009:
  • A rare problem when creating new Outlook folders is fixed
  • A compatibility problem between SimpleSYN and other Outlook add-ins is fixed
  • An error when exiting SimpleSYN while synchronizing is fixed
  • Several minor bug fixes and optimizations
Version 2.0 (Build 3434) released 5/28/2009:
  • NEW: SimpleSYN 2.0 does now include automatic updates
  • When switching the active Outlook profile, SimpleSYN has sometimes started to synchronize too many items again. This problem is fixed with this release
  • When synchronizing the folder which is used for deleted items, SimpleSYN stopped working. This folder can no longer be synchronized
  • SimpleSYN sometimes stopped working if an invalid target folder was specified. This problem is fixed now
  • Several minor bug fixes and optimizations
Version 2.0 (Build 3407) released 4/30/2009:
  • Problems with special characters like ‘/’ in folder names are fixed
  • Performance and memory usage optimized if a lot of folders are synchronized automatically
  • Performance optimization while synchronizing many similar items
  • Invalid Outlook profiles will not crash SimpleSYN anymore
  • None existing folders on the client side will now be created automatically while configuring a client
  • Minor optimization and bug fixes

New Version 2.0 released 3/27/2009

  • NEW: Intuitive user interface
  • NEW: Setup is carried out in a few steps through a configuration wizard
  • NEW: Improved system capacity, quick data adjustment
  • NEW: Different Outlook folders can get synchronized with several computers to exclude in that way certain items from the synchronization
  • NEW: Synchronization of several computers with individual synchronization setting
  • NEW: Extensive solutions for synchronization conflicts (manually, completely automatically)
  • NEW: Selection, which Outlook element should get synchronized
  • NEW: New security setup
  • NEW: With the version 2.0 an altered license and price model is getting introduced
  • NEW: New feature "Duplicate finder"
  • NEW: Better supports of Windows Vista

Version 1.3 (Build 5092) released 1/2/2007:
  • Under certain circumstances SimpleSYN.NET could prevent emails from being send if the outbox folder was opened
Version 1.3 (Build 5088) released 12/8/2006:
  • NEW: SimpleSYN.NET supports Microsoft Vista and Outlook 2007 now
Version 1.3 (Build 4466) released 10/23/2006:
  • NEW: New menu item in “SimpleSYN.NET > Tools > Repair Links” to manually update links to contact items inside another item
  • NEW: New menu item in “SimpleSYN.NET > Tools > Repair distribution list” to manually update links to contact items inside a distribution list
  • NEW: New folders for contact items are now automatically added to the address book
  • NEW: If you are upgrading from version 1.3 your settings will be kept. For upgrading from version 1.2 first uninstall SimpleSYN.NET from the control panel
  • SimpleSYN.NET displayed error messages in the tray area under certain circumstances. These errors are now solved
  • Under certain circumstances the content of some items was not synchronized, if the items were created by an external application which was not RTF aware
  • A very rare error during synchronization has been removed
  • Links to contact items inside another item are now automatically updated
  • Links to contact items in a distribution list are now automatically updated
Version 1.3 (Build 4202) released 8/10/2006:
  • Bug fix for SimpleSYN.NET under Windows 2000
Version 1.3 (Build 4186) released 8/1/2006:
  • NEW: The new version of SimpleSYN.NET is now based on .NET Framework 2.0
  • Performance improvement
  • Minor bug fixes
Version 1.2 (Build 2974) released 7/4/2006:
  • This release fixes problems between SimpleSYN.NET and other Outlook Add-ins based on Microsoft.NET

SimpleSYN Mobile version history

Version 1.0 (Build 10701) released 11/2/2022:
  • NEW: Displays a data protection dialog once during start up.
  • Fixes contact address fields not being updated correctly. The field with the address summary was not updated correctly.
  • Fixes an error when sending a feedback form. The feedback was not sent if automatic error reporting was disabled.
  • Fixes a crash when running SimpleSYN Mobile side-by-side by multiple users on the same machine.
  • Do not respond with an error if the client retries the deletion of a previously deleted item.
  • If the client tries to update a write-protected folder, a wrong status code was being sent.
Version 1.0 (Build 9710) released 1/11/2022:
  • Fixes an error while synchronizing calendar data which caused some Android devices to not be able to edit appointments at all.
  • Fixes an error in the association of meeting requests and appointments. This error caused the iPhone or iPad to show the appointment twice.
  • Fixes an error while importing time zone information in meeting requests. Depending on the time zone, meeting requests could not be send. Also fixes an error in time zones without a daylight saving time.
  • After a meeting request was send, the meeting was not correctly flagged as being send.
Version 1.0 (Build 9601) released 12/2/2021:
  • Fixes an error in the inital configuration page. The settings were sometimes not immediately saved which causes the setup of the devices to fail.
  • Enhances the compatibility with more restrictive network environments. A fallback to plain HTTP can now happen if no WebSocket connection to our central servers is available.
  • Some internal errors were not logged correctly, which made diagnosing them difficult.
  • Fixes a crash during the detection of the synchronization status.
  • Fixes a crash while downloading an update.
  • Minor optimizations and fixes.
Version 1.0 (Build 9516) released 11/16/2021:
  • Fixes a bug when synchronizing recurring appointments. If an exception already existed for a new recurring appointment, the import of the item failed.
  • Fixes another bug when synchronizing recurring appointments.
  • Fixes a possible crash if importing a new item failed.
  • Some items were not displayed correctly on the device, if the items did not contain information about the used encoding. This was primarily the case when synchronizing notes.
  • Additional minor fixes and improvements.
Version 1.0 (Build 9428) released 10/28/2021:
  • Fixes an error when adding calendar items. Some time zones were not correctly converted, which lead to unsynchronized items.
Version 1.0 (Build 9411) released 10/12/2021:
  • NEW: Works around an error in Android devices, that forces the existence of all default folders (e.g. Inbox). This workaround simplifies the synchronization of additional PST files that does not contain all default folders.
  • NEW: Exchange server accounts can now be synchronized.
  • NEW: Simplifies the manual connection configuration.
  • Fixes an error when persisting deselected folders in "Configuration". Some times the selection was not saved correctly.
  • Fixes an error when saving new user accounts. New user accounts were sometimes not found by the client device until the main window had been closed.
  • Fixes an error when synchronizing the folder hierarchy of Exchange accounts.
  • Exchange recipients are now displayed correctly in the fields "To", "Cc" and "Bcc".
  • Fixes a silent crash when exiting the app.
  • The setup now checks the availability of the TCP port used by SimpleSYN Mobile.
  • In future, SimpleSYN Mobile will correctly restart when being updated automatically.
Version 1.0 (Build 9328) released 9/28/2021:
  • An error when synchronizing monthly recurring appointments has been resolved. Note: If you have synchronized monthly recurring appointments, they will only be corrected during the next synchronization. You can either change those appointments in Outlook to force a synchronization, or you can remove the SimpleSYN Mobile account on your device and recreate it. This will force a full re-synchronization of every item.
  • There was an error in the setup program, which prevented SimpleSYN Mobile being installed on some Windows language configurations.
  • Activating or deactivating the automatic configuration will now adjust the configured hostname accordingly.
  • Some advanced settings where sometimes not persisted correctly.
  • Additional minor fixes and performance optimizations.

New Version 1.0 released 8/19/2021

  • NEW: Synchronizes Outlook® emails, appointments, contacts, notes and tasks with with smartphones or tablet computers based on Android or iOS/iPadOS.
  • NEW: Supports Office 365 with Outlook® (x86/x64), as well as Outlook® 2019 und 2016 (x86/x64).
  • NEW: Synchronizes via the Internet.
  • NEW: Personal data is not stored in the Cloud.
  • NEW: Fully encrypted synchronization of your Outlook® data.
  • NEW: No data limit, everything is always in sync.
  • NEW: Supports proxy servers.
  • NEW: Supports starting as Windows service.