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Changes to Existing Features

This section contains the following topics:

Enhanced Application Policy User Interface

MS Passport Authentication Scheme Not Supported

SMPS Log Data Enhanced

Configuration Wizard No Longer Requires Microsoft SQL Server Administrator Account with Create Permission to Create if Schema is Present

Features Frozen Since the Previous Japanese Version 12.0.3

New Location of the Authentication and Authorization Web Services Scenario

Enhanced Application Policy User Interface

The Application Policy user interface is enhanced with the following features:

MS Passport Authentication Scheme Not Supported

This release of CA SiteMinder® no longer supports the MS Passport Authentication Scheme.

SMPS Log Data Enhanced

When an LDAP call fails, SMPS log lists search query for the search calls.

Configuration Wizard No Longer Requires Microsoft SQL Server Administrator Account with Create Permission to Create if Schema is Present

When you install the Policy Server, you can automatically configure Microsoft SQL Server as a policy store. Previously, if you wanted to configure Microsoft SQL Server during installation you required the credentials of a database administrator with create permission.

In 12.52, if the CA SiteMinder® schema is already present in the database, the wizard does not require the credentials of a database administrator with create permission.

Features Frozen Since the Previous Japanese Version 12.0.3

Some features from older versions were frozen in CA SiteMinder® 12.5. These frozen features are no longer being updated or maintained. The documentation for these frozen features is no longer translated. The following table lists the features from previous releases that were frozen in CA SiteMinder® 12.5 and which feature to use instead for CA SiteMinder® 12.52:

If you used this feature in 12.0.3:

Use this feature instead for 12.52:

CGI Password Services

FCC Password Services

JSPPassword Services

FCC Password Services

An smpolicy.smdif file for default policy store objects

An smpolicy.xml file for default policy store objects

smobjexport utility

XPSExport utility

Multiple smkeydatabases

One centralized smkeydatabase

FWS application deployment instructions

FWS application deployment instructions now in Web Agent Option Pack Guide

Microsoft Passport

Feature dropped by Microsoft. No replacement available.

New Location of the Authentication and Authorization Web Services Scenario

As the Authentication and Authorization Web Services feature is configured and implemented on CA SiteMinder® SPS, the Authentication and Authorization Web Services scenario is moved from the CA SiteMinder® bookshelf to the CA SiteMinder® SPS bookshelf.

Revised Guidance for the XPS Sweeper Utility

We now recommend scheduling the XPS Sweeper utility to run automatically every 24 hours. Scheduling this utility removes the tombstones of deleted policy store objects regularly.

More information:

Configure Autosweep to Run Every 24 Hours Using XPSConfig

Operating System Support

Before you install the Policy Server, the Administrative UI, and the Report Server, make sure that you are using a supported operating system and third-party software.

More information:

Locate the Platform Support Matrix