If you are still using the APPSSO service carried over from the old version of DualShield 5, then you must not upgrade to DualShield 8. 

How to upgrade DualShield 5, 6, 7 to DualShield 8

Version: 8.0.8, Build: 20260415, Date: April 15, 2026

Improvements

  • Add locale support for security questions (7033)
  • Add support for passwordless login by cache (7137)
  • Add any user identity attribute to the alert message (7147)
  • Upgrade log4j (7094)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix the locale issue of the password strength level (7159)
  • The 'Use Self-Signed Cert' option is automatically enabled while entering a new FQDN (7125)

Version: 8.0.7, Build: 20260219, Date: February 23, 2026

Improvements

  • Service Consoles DSC, etc., accept username as a URL parameter (7027)
  • Standardised the OIDC discovery endpoint URL (7030)
  • When a biometric token, such as FaceSense, is ready, its enrollment is closed until the token is reset (7039)

Bug Fixes

  • Attempting to unlock a user account gets "invalid status" error (7041)

Version: 8.0.6, Build: 20260205, Date: February 05, 2026

Improvements

  • Added the token download endpoint for Entra-joined PCs for offline MFA (6897)
  • Added the option for force deleting a domain (6885)
  • Added new device name & device ID wildcards to message templates  (6930)

Bug Fixes

  • Whitespace character encoding in the OTP Token issuer name (6940)
  • Empty device name in the activation code message (6989)

Version: 8.0.5, Build: 20251209, Date: December 16, 2025

Improvements

  • Improve GSS-API configuration and error message (6854, 6863)
  • Add support for PUT in SMS gateway (6828)
  • Add resource ID for SSO logon step progress texts (6868)

Bug Fixes

  • LDAP user cannot login after moving from one OU to another OU (6822)
  • Batch update returned unexpected row count from update [0]
  • Error: java.sql.SQLException: Connection is read-only. Queries leading to data modification are not allowed (6842)
  • Error: 429: Invalid Hex encoding
  • Federated Logon between OWA (WSFED)and DSC only works one way (6845)
  • GridGo - Constantly prompted to change path when logging on (6847)
  • Frontend installation bug: isExternal is set to true for dualshield portals (6848)
  • Message Gateway: JSON variables are not escaped (6583)
  • Signing a CSR with invalid data, got NullPointerException (6858)
  • IDPName is missing in the request posted back by the ACS IdP (6861)
  • No Signature of Method error when trying to log on via Windows Logon using FIDO U2F (6865)
  • Error "SSO Server is not found" when sending out activation code in DAC (6873)

Version: 8.0.4, Build: 20251111, Date: November 13, 2025

Improvements

  • Reduced the initial load-up time (6762)
  • Reduced migration failure due to the renaming of the "system" column in some SQL tables (6806)

Bug Fixes

  • Windows Logon Agent installation failed due to IP mismatch (6759)
  • Linux Console Installer: All services on the same port did not work properly (6776)
  • Linux Console Installer: It always installed the Certificate Server regardless of the option (6782)
  • Task: "Replace the IDP Certificate of All SSO Servers" caused login looping (6791)
  • Report template "Users have been inacitve for over n days" not found due to the misspelled word (6809)

Version: 8.0.3, Build: 20251013, Date: October 14, 2025

New Features

  • A SAML & OIDC service provider can now be published on multiple SSO servers (2808)
  • Support multiple syslog servers (6675)
  • Removed log4j 1.2.17 (6704)
  • Enable OCSP stapling (6686)
  • Remove "DASApplicationID" from SAML Logout Response (6727)

Bug Fixes

  • SSO error 500 (session exception) (6735)
  • Upgrading failure from 8.0.0 to 8.0.1 (6671)
  • Agent registration failed: (10002) SSL connect error due to missing CA (6556)
  • Password complexity form validator throws JS Error (6685)
  • Failed to install (Linux) (6728)
  • Failed to listen on 443 port (Linux) (6732)

Version: 8.0.2, Build: 20250905, Date: September 09, 2025

New Features

  • Support custom Geo Location (6624)
  • Support custom ODIC Authentication Method Reference (AMR) (6623)

Bug Fixes

  • GridID self-enrolment was not functional (6625)
  • No signature of method: com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.FailoverServerSet.setReOrderOnFailover (6630)

Version: 8.0.1, Build: 20250814, Date: August 14, 2025

New Features

  • Support OAUTH in SMS gateways (6293, 6541)
  • New options to include raw biometric data, such as fingerprint and picture, in the audit and report (6559, 6560)

Bug Fixes

  • DualShield failed to start after upgrading from an old version that can be traced back to 5.x (6611)
  • DualShield service failed to start on Windows servers of some non-European languages (6546)
  • Some non-European language characters did not display in PDF report documents (6552)
  • Windows Logon Agent failed to register on Windows 2016 (6569)
  • Failed to update the frontend server certificate if the size of the certificate is large (6570)
  • The "Authentication Activity" report doesn't work (6612)
  • Velocity policy check returns NullPointerException (6615)

Version: 8.0.0, Build: 20250702, Date: July 04, 2025

Main New Features

  • Supports OpenID Connect (OIDC)
  • Supports Microsoft Entra ID as an Identity Source
  • Support any custom SQL database as an Identity Source
  • Support MySQL 8.x

Other New Features 

  • Single port (443) for all services
  • Export & Import Settings and Policies
  • Blocked/Breached password list
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