Un mesaj de bun venit nou si informativ - Atunci cand va logati in Plesk 8 pentru prima data, vi se afiseaza o pagina de bun venit cu o descriere scurta si la obiect a noilor caracteristici. Acesta va va veni in ajutor in ceea ce priveste familiarizarea dvs. cu noile optiuni disponibile in Plesk 8.
Optiune de interfata desktop nou-nouta - Plesk 8 ofera un desktop orientat pe operatiuni, mentinand si posibilitatea de a pastra si interfata traditionala, permitand utilizatorului sa treaca de la interfata noua la cea veche sau chiar de a le utiliza concomitent pe ambele. Acum administratorii au acces rapid la optiunile de administrare si la informatiile critice si la statistici. Designul orientat pe operatiuni permite administratorilor crearea de shortcut-uri si comenzi favorite.
Administrarea interfetei - Aceasta optiune introdusa de Plesk 7.5.3 permite administratorilor Plesk sa administreze rapid si eficient butoanele panoului de control. Administratorii Plesk au posibilitatea de a mentine o interfata mai simpla si mai curata pentru utilizatori prin neafisarea optiunilor care nu sunt instalate pentru utilizatori. Plesk 8 introduce conceptul de sablon de interfata client, care elimina necesitatea de a ajusta setarile de interfata pentru fiecare client separat. Acest lucru poate facilita in mare masura administrarea interfetei de client.
Imbunatatirea configurarii initiale - Plesk 8 permite configurarea adreselor IP initiale inca de la prima pornire, facilitand si imbunatatind procesul initial de configurare Plesk.
Noua generatie de utilitati de refacere - Utilitatile de refacere care se bazeaza pe Plesk Migration Manager permit administratorilor efectuarea procesului de salvare si refacere a conturilor de client, selectand domeniile sau informatiile de client care sa fie salvate sau refacute. Refacerea de domeniu readuce domeniul la starea lui initiala de dinainte de procesul de salvare. Fisierele backup nu mai sunt semnate digital, ceea ce permite administratorilor de domeniu migrarea domeniilor de pe un server pe celalalt. Acesta generatie de utililati de salvare permite la fel salvarea si a aplicatiilor de site si a spatiilor de stocare a aplicatiilor.
Suportul MySQL 4.1 - Aceasta versiune ofera suport total pentru MySQL 4.1, eliminand eventualele probleme legate de caracterele speciale in bazele de date MySQL.
Autoinstaller V3.0 - Aceasta optiune imbunatatita permite administratorilor rularea si upgradarea mai multor servere intr-un mod eficient si ieftin. Noua arhitectura permite urmarirea procesului de upgrade si instalare. Toate acestea fac mai usor suportul OSes.
Watchdog 2.0 - Cea de a doua generatie a utilitatilor Watchdog, si anume Watchdog 2 imbunatateste intr-o mare masura abilitatile predecesorului sau. In plus fata de optiunile disponibile in versiunile anterioare, Watchdog 2 acum monitorizeaza unitatea hard, scaneaza serverul pentru vulnerabilitati de securitate cum ar fi rootkit-uri, backdoor-uri sau atacuri locale si afiseaza statisticile de utilizare CPU si RAM.
Suport pentru aliasurile de domeniu - Aceasta noua functionalitate permite administratorilor de domeniu setarea unor nume de domeniu alternative care functioneaza ca si porecle pentru situri web si pentru adrese e-mail, si modificarea inregistrarii DNS a acestora.
Administrarea Qmail Queue prin panoul de control - Aceasta optiune permite administrarea mesajelor Qmail in asteptare direct din panoul de control Plesk. Cu ajutorul acestei caracteristici, puteti sterge mesajele spam manual din sirul de asteptare cu ajutorul unor optiuni de sortare extrem de intuitive.
Suport pentru mai multe baze de date la distanta - Plesk 8 permite utilizarea unor servere de baza de date la distanta pentru ctocarea bazelor de date ale clientilor. In plus, puteti rula si administra mai multe servere MySQL si PostgreSQL la distanta in acelasi timp!
Suport pentru migrare simultana - Plesk Migration Manager permite migrarea simultana (adica multisession). Aceasta optiune noua ajuta in econimisirea timpului, mai ales pentru migrarile extinse. Migrarea simultana este o cale usoara si convenabila de migrare a datelor de pe un server pe celalalt.
Migrarea aplicatiilor de site si a spatiilor de stocare a aplicatiilor - aceasta este o noua functionalitate extrem de eficienta, ce va vine in ajutor in ceea ce priveste procesul de migrare.
Migrarea bazelor de date PostgreSQL - Plesk Migration Manager poate migra acum baze de date PostgreSQL de pe un server Plesk catre celalalt, imbunatatind astfel functionalitatea migrarii.
Suport pentru autenticare Pluggable Authentication Modules - In this release the support for Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) authentication was added. PAM authentication is flexible mechanism for authenticating system users, further improving Plesk server security.
Using mod_jk module instead of mod_webapp module - Plesk 8 now uses mod_jk module instead of outdated mod_webapp module for its Java-related needs.
APOP authentication support - In this release encrypted APOP authentication for POP3 protocol is added. Your mailbox passwords will never be transmitted in plain text again - APOP is using MD5 hash, providing quality encryption and secure authentication of transmitted e-mail credentials.
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) support - Plesk 8 adds the support of popular and very effective SPF (Sender Policy Framework) spam prevention system. SPF is based on using special DNS records that specify which machines are authorized to transmit e-mail for a specific domain, thus making it easy to distinguish genuine e-mails from those forged by spammers. For more information about Sender Policy Framework system, refer to http://spf.pobox.com/howworks.html.
Dr.Web 4.33 updated - Dr.Web anti-virus is upgraded to new 4.33 version in Plesk 8. Additionally, brand-new Plesk Autoinstaller V3 can successfully update all Dr.Web components, thus making previous Dr.Web autoupgrade problems obsolete.
SpamAssassin 3 upgrade for FreeBSD - FreeBSD versions of Plesk 8 come with SpamAssassin 3 included. This new SpamAssassin version further improves the quality of spam filtering, while fine-tuning SpamAssassin's already outstanding performance.
PHP 4.4.2 upgrade for FreeBSD - FreeBSD versions of Plesk 8 come with PHP upgraded to 4.4.2 version. PHP 4.2.2 offers increased performance and security among other improvements.
Improved databases administration - This release offers extended database administration capabilities and improved PhpMyAdmin and PhpPgAdmin integration. Plesk server administrators now have the full-fledged database administration ability via PhpMyAdmin and PhpPgAdmin, being able to create database users, manage their access rights and remove users, if necessary. Improved database administration capabilities now allow you to choose the default user for DB WebAdmin feature.
Secure administrator password retrieval - This new feature allows Plesk server administrator to retrieve and change the administrator's password without logging in to Plesk and without compromising the Plesk server security.
Protection of cgi-bin directory - Due to numerous requests, Plesk 8 adds the ability to protect your cgi-bin directory, securing the access to it. You can also create protected directories in cgi-bin directory, increasing the flexibility of your secure content structure. This means that you can now restrict access to your dynamic web pages that use CGI scripts.
Wildcard SSL certificate support - By popular demand, in this release you can use SSL certificates with wildcards as domain names (a.k.a. wildcard SSL certificates). This feature also supports the creation of self-signed wildcard SSL certificates and generation of Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs) for wildcard SSL certificates.
SSL support for subdomains - This feature provides SSL support for subdomains, enabling you to create and use subdomains that use Secure Sockets Layer protocol for authentication and security.
Host name validation during install - Plesk 8 now validates the host name during the installation process, checking the compliance of host name with IP address. This eliminates several possible problems during the installation, improving Apache and MySQL operation consistency.
New and improved Acronis True Image Module - Plesk now comes with a new ATIS module. Using this module, administrators can create server disk backup images without interrupting server operations and perform easy and fast recovery of the entire system. The module enables scheduling backup tasks, launching manually backup tasks, selecting the compression level for backup images, setting up passwords to protect backup images, and other useful features.
Simplified IP mapping during migration - Simplification of IP mapping in Plesk Migration Manager makes migration even quicker and easier than it was before. All excessive IP mapping is removed, as you only need to map those IPs that are actually used by migration objects.
MD5 authentication in XML RPC - Plesk 8 gives you the option to use MD5 authentication in Plesk XML RPC. This vastly improves Plesk Control Panel security when using Plesk API, enabling you to encrypt the passwords and protect Plesk from potential hacker attacks.
Improved SpamAssassin and Dr.Web API management - With Plesk 8 you can manage SpamAssassin and Dr.Web through Plesk API much more effectively than before, utilizing a wide range of commands and options previously unavailable for API management.
Improved support of Chroot Shell Environment - Plesk 8 vastly improves disk space usage for Chroot shell environment in vhost. Now disk space usage for chroot shell environment in vhost is minimized, saving your precious free HDD space.
DNS SOA records management - In this version you can manage DNS Start of Authority (SOA) records through Plesk Control Panel. With added support for DNS SOA records management, Plesk offers you more DNS fine-tuning options than ever before.
Improved usability of DNS records management - Plesk 8 drastically improves the security and usability of DNS records management, employing dynamic DNS records generation forms. With new simplified DNS management interface and dynamic forms the possibility of making a mistake when managing your DNS records is close to none.
CLI interface utilities update - Beginning with Plesk 8, CLI interface utilities do not use .sh name suffix anymore. We recommend all Plesk 8 users to use the new, more convenient syntax. While the old syntax will be supported for a while, it is outdated and its support will eventually cease.
Mambo CMS and osCommerce applications have been moved to Application Vault.