What's New?

We love to share the improvements we make to your Secure File Sharing experience. This is where you will find an overview of any enhancements we have made and a link to the relevant documentation.

Release date What's new, improved, or updated Description Help center article
Dec 4, 2024 New: Apply access restrictions to team rooms and document sharing

We have introduced settings that allow an administrator to restrict who can access to their organization's secure data. Administrators can access the two new settings from their Policies tab.

New settings

  1. Restrict access to team rooms to organizational members only.

  2. Determine whether anyone or only users registered with the organization can receive documents sent using the Send link feature.

Manage the policy settings
Oct 2, 2024 Update: New file format for your activity report

We've updated your activity report format from .csv to Excel (.xlsx). As a Data Room Manager, you can view your report using the integrated Microsoft 365 Online.

Your activity report now tracks more events, including data room creation and deactivation, along with the addition and removal of members.

Create and view an activity report
July 10, 2024 We’ve added new features to Secure File Sharing Virtual Data Room (SFS VDR) so Data Room Managers can enhance security in a Team Data room. To find out how you can start using these new settings contact your Customer Success Manager.

NEW: Control access to member details

You now have the option to control who can view the name and email address of other members in your Team Data room. The Data Room manager can set this permission at an individual or group level.

Must be activated by your Diligent Support team.

NEW: Terms and conditions to access Team Data rooms

Request all members of a team data room agree to terms and conditions or an NDA set by you before they can join a Team Data room. The Data Room Manager controls this setting and when activated it is applied to all existing and new members of the team room.

Must be activated by your Diligent Support team.

NEW: Change notification emails Activate email notifications for groups in your team rooms so members of the group are notified of any changes to items they can access. Activate content change notifications
April 10, 2024

NEW: Create a board book feature in your Team Data room

Now you can use the file management and sharing capabilities of Secure File Sharing to build your meeting book in your Team data room before securely sharing it to Boards.

Create a Board book

UPDATE: Password policy for Administrators

We've aligned the Secure File Sharing password policy to be more consistent with Diligent Boards. This means our security settings are more standardized across Diligent products.

Manage the policy settings

NEW: Edit files that you have shared or files shared with you in Microsoft 365

You can now edit files that are in your Shared with me or Shared by me space in your Secure File Sharing data room using Microsoft 365.

Edit files with Microsoft 365
Dec 2023 NEW: Create a new folder when copying or moving a folder in your Secure File Sharing Data room

When you are copying or moving a file or folder in your Secure File Sharing Data room you now have the option to create a new folder. This new feature appears as part of the copy or move process.

Sept 2023 NEW: Create and save Microsoft files in your Secure File Sharing Data room

Now you can create a new Microsoft Word, Excel workbook, or Power point presentation from within your Secure File Sharing room. You can securely save the file to your folders and work on it as needed.

Note

This is only available if Microsoft office is enable for you by your organization.

Create a new Microsoft file in Secure File Sharing
Dec 14, 2022 NEW: Document viewer search enhancement

Use our new search feature to switch from one document to another within the parent folder, when using Document Viewer in your Secure File Sharing Data room.

 
Nov 11, 2022 IMPROVED: Enhanced keyboard navigation

We've enhanced keyboard navigation to improve accessibility, making it faster and easier to move about the page.

 
Oct 13, 2022 IMPROVED: Toolbar improvements

We've labeled the buttons on our new-look toolbar to clearly identify the action you're taking.

About your Personal Data room
IMPROVED: Copy and move flow

Our Copy and Move feature has had a revamp too. Now when you select items to move or copy, a new side panel opens displaying the destination folders to choose from. You can navigate between folders before you copy or move.

If an identically named item exists in the destination folder a pre-check window will open allowing you to choose whether to update the version, create a numbered copy, or skip the item altogether before you continue.

Copy files or folders

Move files or folders

UPDATED: Renamed icon The "Watched" tag has been renamed Tracked. You will now select Track item from the options menu when you want to be notified about actions on an item. View activity in files and folders
IMPROVED: Open an item

To open a file or folder just select the name, it will no longer automatically open when you select elsewhere on the item.

 
IMPROVED: New look tags and icons You will notice we've given our tags and icons and fresh new look.  
IMPROVED: Access to item menu Now you can just right click anywhere on a folder or file to open in your home page to open an action menu.  
Aug 8, 2022 NEW: Download folders and multiple files Now when you select a folder or more than one file to download, Secure File Sharing will do all the hard work for you. A zipped folder is automatically created and downloaded to your device where you will find it in your Downloads folder. Note: The downloaded file will exclude watermarked items, items with a virus, and those with permission restrictions. Download folders or multiple files