What’s New for Admins in Nextcloud 9

Nextcloud has many improvements. Some of our new features are:

  • Separate encryption for home storage and remote storage; you may encrypt remote storage without encrypting local storage. (Encryption Configuration)
  • New command to transfer files from one user to another. (Transferring Files to Another User)
  • Streamlined Federation sharing with user and group name auto-fill. See (label-direct-share-link)
  • Configurable password reset URL. See (Resetting a User Password)
  • Command-line options added to the Updater app. (Upgrading Nextcloud with the Updater App)
  • Many new occ commands. (Using the occ Command)
  • Admin option to enable and disable sharing on external storage mountpoints. (Mount Options)
  • New occ commands for migrating contacts and calendars from 8.2, if auto-migration during upgrade fails, and new commands for creating addressbooks and calendars (Dav Commands)
  • New optional second name attribute in the LDAP app, so that user names appear as User Foo (optional 2nd attribute) (Directory Settings)