openDesk 1.16 - Improved project management and presentations

Projects

Open Project 17.5.0 introduces project-specific work package names. This enables users to see at a glance which project a work package belongs to. This is particularly helpful when migrating from JIRA, where this type of naming convention is also used.

This update also introduces the ability to exclude certain work package types from backlogs, which helps to improve clarity. A revamped backlog container and sprint overview also provides a clearer picture of day-to-day work.

Another new and useful feature worth mentioning is the improved scheduling for recurring events. This now allows for more flexible scheduling, such as events that are only to take place on the first Monday of each month. Email notifications for appointments have also been adjusted, meaning that significantly fewer emails are now sent out.

In addition to these and other features, the update includes further bug fixes. The detailed changelog can be found on the Open Project website.

File editing

Presentations

Collabora 24.04.10 significantly improves presentation performance. A presentation with 100 slides now loads up to 16 times faster than before. Working on large presentations in particular benefits from the significantly reduced waiting times. Animations during presentations have also been improved.

These and other improvements are documented in the Collabora release notes.

Email & Calendar

Open-Xchange Appsuite 8.46 enables administrators to set up predefined email signatures, which can then be personalised using placeholders.

With this update, German-speaking users also have the option to select an informal language style.

Detailed release notes and a changelog can be found on the Open-Xchange website.

Wiki

With openDesk 1.16.0, Xwiki is being upgraded from version 17.10.7 to version 17.10.9. As well as improvements, this update also includes a number of bug fixes.

The full release notes can be viewed here .

Portal

Nubus 1.120.1 includes a number of improvements and, thanks to the update to Keycloak version 26.6.3, addresses several security vulnerabilities.

Please refer to the Nubus release notes for details of the changes.

Deployment

This update adds support for Helm 4.x.

Migration

To update to openDesk 1.16.0, manual migration steps must be carried out. Please refer to our migration instructions on openCode.

Changelog

The full changelog is available on openCode.