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System Factors• MediaServer8nowsupportsSQLServer2012• New64-bitMediaServerStorageproceduresnowsupportthe

storageandclientdownloadofindividualhigh-resolutionfilesgreaterthan2GBinsize.(Requires64-bitOSand64-bitSQLServerversions).

• NowsupportsWindowsintegratedauthenticationforSQLSysAdminlevelusers.

• NewRoleSecurityfeatureensuresallMediaServerdatabaseelementsareattherecommendedsecuritylevel.

• NewsupportforEXIFMakerNotessegment,whichisnowautomaticallyextractedandinsertedwitheachrecordintotheMediaServer8databaseforenhancedmetadatapreview.

• Supportsnewlibrarygroupingfacility,configurablewithintheMediaServer8Adminutilitysupportsdraganddropofselectedlibrariesintologicalgroups.ThisfeatureisparticularlyusefulwhentheMediaServer8systemisbeingsharedbymultiplesites,andwhereeachsitehasbeenprovidedit’sownsetoflibraries.

• MediaServer8ReportingmodulenowsupportsProjectrelatedactivities.

SCC Lucene Type 3 Search/Index Engine (New)• Type3indexesinMediaServer8arenowmuchsmallerthan

theequivalentType2indexesinthepreviousMediaServerversion.50%reductionsinindexsizehavebeenobserved.

• SupportsbackupofType3LuceneindexesincompressedZipformat.

• LuceneBooleansearchoperatorsAND,OR,NOTarenowcaseinsensitive.

• NewLuceneIndexDesignerglobalcharactermapfacilityallowscontrolofexactlywhichcharactersareincludedorexemptedfromLucenewordindexing.

• AddsgranularLuceneindexingsupportforTableValuedAttributes(TVA)newinMediaServer8.

• Distributed“Multi-Node”operation.TheLuceneSearchandIndexingenginenowsupportsinstallationacrossmultiplenodesinaWindowsServerClusterallowingincreasedparallelism.

• Inthecaseofa4-nodeClusterconfiguration,SQLServerwouldbeinstalledandconfiguredtorunprimarilyonNode1,SCCLuceneEngineinstalledandconfiguredtorunprimarilyonNode2,SCCWebAccessModuleinstalledandconfigured

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torunprimarilyonNode3,andSCCMediaFactory8serviceinstalledandconfiguredtorunprimarilyonNode4,therebytakingfulladvantageofall4serversinparallel.

• Cluster-awaredesignallowsanynodetotakeovertheoperationofanyothernodeintheeventoffailureorplanneddowntime.

• Forevenlargermulti-nodeClusterdesigns,theSCCLuceneType3SearchandIndexingenginecanbeconfiguredtorunacrossmultipleadditionalservernodes,uptoamaximumofonenodeperlibraryforunprecedentedscalability.

• NewLuceneStemExclusionsfeatureallowstheimportandexportofadelimitedlistofwordsforexclusionfromtheLucenesearchenginewordstemmingalgorithm.

Table Valued Attributes (New)• Addsadvancedsearch,displayandeditsupportforthenew

SCC“TableValuedAttribute”(TVA)columntype.

• LikeotherSCCMediaServerattributes,TableValuedAttributescanbeaddedtoanyexistinglibraryforthepurposeofstoringcontent.InthiscasetheTVAattributeactuallyreferencesasecondary“child”library,whereeachvaluecontainedintheTVAlistelementmapstocolumnswithinindividualrowsintheTVAchildlibrary.

• ValuesfromeachTVAlistelementcanbeindividuallysearchedaccordingtoeachvaluesdatatype(integer,date/time,textetc.)witheachcolumnsortedlogically.InfacttheTVAattributebehavesjustlikeaseparatetablebutallwithintherealmoftheparentlibrary.

MediaServer 8 User Management (Enhanced)• Newdownloadconstraintsfacility,configurableinboth

standaloneandADsnap-inMediaServer8UserManagementutilities.

• Twomodesofoperation:“DownloadConstraintByAge”and“DownloadConstraintByWhere”statement.

• TheDownloadConstraintByAgesettingchecksforvaluesintwoMediaServerlibrarydateattributes:“DownloadOnorAfter”and“DownloadOnorBefore”.Thedatevaluesenteredintotheseattributesdeterminethedownloadable“lifespan”ofanMediaServerrecord.Whenthislifespanexpirestherecordcanbesearchedanddisplayed(asbefore)butnolongerdownloaded.

• TheDownloadConstraintByWhere”statementappliestoallrecordsinaparticularlibrary,andonlyallowsrecordstobedownloadedthatmatchthecriteriaspecifiedinthe“where”statement.

User Manager Snap-In for AD (Enhanced)• NewPluginsupportsx64versionofUsers/ComputersMMC.• MediaServer8instancescannowbeenteredmanually

replacingtheneedtoregisterSQLServerwithinAD.RequiredforcompatibilitywithSQLServer2012.

• NowsupportsADuserslocatedacrosstrusteddomains.

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• Providessupportsfornewdownloadconstraintsfacility.• New‘CloneRole’featureallowsanewroletobeeasily

createdfromanexistingselectedrole.• NewabilitytoselectmultipleusersfromanyADUser

containersupportsbatchuserroleandpermissionassignment.

• NewRole/Userimportfilesupportallowsbulkuser/roleassignmentfromadelimitedbatchfile.

Video Support Module (New)• Addssupportforarangeofvideoformatsforinsertionintoa

MediaServer8system.• Themoduleincludesatranscodingservicethatautomatically

transformsincomingvideofilesintorichmediapackagesconsistingofhighdefinitionvideo,thumbnails,keyframes,andproxiesofvaryingsizeandresolution,readyforinsertion.

• ThemoduleincludesaRichInternetApplication(RIA)Viewerthatusesstreamingtechnologytoprovideinstantplaybackfromanypointinavideo,andenablingsimplepointandclickframenavigationfromthekeyframesstrip(storyboard)belowthevideowindow.

• IncludesBrightcoveinterfacetoallowMediaServer8systemsequippedwiththeVideoSupportModuletoconnecttoaBrightcovecustomerportaltocontinuallyretrieveanddownloadvideocontentmeetingpre-configuredcriteria(age,matchingmetadatavaluesetc.).

• ProvidesautomatedvideoarchivingofBrightcovedatatotheSCCMediaServersystem.

Twitter Reader Module (New)• IncludedwiththeRSSReaderModule.• Automaticallyandcontinuallyretrievesandinterpretsnew

contentfromTwitteraccountsconfiguredtofollowTwitterfeeds.

• Themoduleextractstextandthumbnaildata,insertsitintooneormoreMediaServerlibraries,andmakesitaccessibletoclientsviathesamesophisticatedsearchandretrievaltechniquesavailableforallotherMediaServercontent.

Cloud Storage Module (New)• InterfacestoMicrosoftAzureCloudStorageServicestoallow

high-resfilesand/orhigh-respreviewscontainedwithinanSCCMediaServersystemtobeautomaticallymigratedtotheAzurecloud.

• Releaseslocalstoragedependency,andgreatlysimplifiesbackupandDRrequirements.

• Uponrequestfordownload/deliveryoftheserecords,theSCCMediaServersystemautomaticallyretrievesthehigh-resfiledirectlyfromtheAzurecloud(server-side)cacheslocallyforapreferredperiod(cachesizeandretentionperiodisconfigurable).

REST API Developer Module (New)• TheSCCRESTAPIisaRESTfulHTTP1.1serviceexposing

MediaServer8resources,enablinginteractionwithclienttechnologiessupportingtheHTTP1.1protocolandbi-directionalTCP/IP.

• ThisAPIallowsclientstorequestMediaServer8resources,suchasObjects,Libraries,Projects,AuthorizedLeases,thumbnails,hi-respreviews,storeddocuments,Lucenesearches,andMediaFactoryinstances.

• TheseresourcesareexpressedasURI’swithasupportedHTTPmethod(DELETE,GET,HEAD,POST,andPUT).Clientschoosetheresponsedataviewofaresourcebyspecifyinganacceptablemimetype.Fornon-binaryresponsedata(i.e.previewimagesandhighresolutiondocuments),theAPIsupportsbothtext/xmlandapplication/jsondatamodels.