ibaManagementStudio
Version history
Version compatibility
Current version
VersionOperating systemRequirements
v2.2.1Windows 10 (x64, x86: 'ibaManagementStudio Agent'-only)Version 1607+
Windows 11 (x64)
Windows Server 2016 (x64)
Windows Server 2019 (x64)
Windows Server 2022 (x64)
Windows Server 2025 (x64)
HardwareRequirements
LicenseibaManagementStudio license
Wibu CmActLicense
SoftwareRequirements
CodeMeter Runtimev7.10a or higher
ibaCapturev5.2.0 or higher
ibaCMCv3.5.0 or higher
ibaDongleUpgradev8.0.0 or higher required for MARX license updates
ibaHD-Serverv3.1.0 or higher
ibaPDA clientv8.4.0 or higher
ibaPDA serverv8.1.1 or higher
ibaVisionv3.1.0 or higher
Previous versions
VersionChangesNotes
v2.2.1CodeMeter Runtime v8.40 (v8.40.7109.500)
v2.2.0ibaCMCv3.5.0 required for basic diagnostics
v2.1.0Windows 10 (x64), Windows 11 (x64), Windows Server 2016 (x64), Windows Server 2019 (x64), Windows Server 2022 (x64) and Windows Server 2025 (x64)

'ibaManagementStudio Agent'-only: Windows 10 (x86)		Windows Server 2025 (x64) is supported.
ibaCapturev5.4.0 required for ibaCapture GigE Vision Encoder diagnostics
v2.0.4CodeMeter Runtime v8.20a (v8.20.6558.501)
v2.0.0Windows 10 (x64), Windows 11 (x64), Windows Server 2016 (x64), Windows Server 2019 (x64) and Windows Server 2022 (x64)

'ibaManagementStudio Agent'-only: Windows 10 (x86)		'ibaManagementStudio Agent'-only: Windows 7 (x64, x86), Windows 8.1 (x64, x86), Windows Server 2012 (x64) and Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64) are no longer supported.
CodeMeter Runtime v8.00a (v8.00.5974.501)
ibaDongleUpgradev8.0.0 or higher required for MARX license updates
ibaHD-Serverv3.3.0 required for OPC UA server diagnostics
ibaManagementStudio+ licenseRequired for license/software updates, alarm and dashboard view
v1.4.0CodeMeter Runtime v7.60d (v7.60.5638.504)
v1.3.0CodeMeter Runtime v7.60a (v7.60.5609.501)
ibaPDA clientv8.4.0 required for basic diagnostics
ibaVisionv3.1.0 required for basic diagnostics
v1.2.1CodeMeter Runtime v7.60 (v7.60.5598.500)
v1.2.0CodeMeter Runtime v7.51b (v7.51.5429.500)
v1.1.0ibaCapturev5.2.0 required for basic diagnostics
ibaHD-Serverv3.1.0 required for basic diagnostics
ibaPDA serverv8.1.1 required for basic diagnostics
v1.0.0CodeMeter Runtime v7.40b (v7.40.5001.502)

Version 2.2.1 - 2025-09-23

Improvements (I)

  1. Web client: Enable filtering and sorting on license information page. #32489

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Agent/Server: Handle long-running cleanup processes when stopping the ibaManagementStudio Agent/Server service. #32272
  2. Server: ibaManagementStudio Server v1.0.0 would initialize users with an unsupported language value that, from v2.1.0 and onwards, prevented the configuration from being loaded. #32612
  3. Agent: Storage information was not updated regularly. #32731

 

Version 2.2.0 - 2025-08-13

New features (N)

  1. Pages with diagnostic data were added for the following product:
    • ibaCMC: v3.5.0 or higher. #31335
  2. Agent/server status application: Language selection is enabled for both status applications.. #28620
  3. Agent status application: Show the ibaManagementStudio Server connection status. #27150
  4. Web client: Each user can configure default credentials to be used for remote system actions. #29304
  5. Web client: Add option to update multiple products of a single system at the same time. #29301
  6. Web client: Add option to update the same product on multiple systems at the same time. #25588
  7. Web client: New tab showing running tasks for agents and folders. #30898

Improvements (I)

  1. Agent: Reduced the chance of a timeout when querying the versions of the installed iba software products. #29473
  2. Agent/server status application: Define minimum window size for the applications. #30763
  3. gRPC communication: Support NetBIOS name resolution. #31819
  4. Server: Check the EUP date before remote installation starts. #29994
  5. Web client: Include offline systems data (if possible) when generating the license summary CSV. #27309
  6. Web client: Check if ibaAnalyzer is running on the remote system before updating ibaAnalyzer. #28124
  7. Web client: Order alphabetically the iba SW product dropdown entries on the Repository and the System's iba SW product information page. #31962

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Agent status application: Adjust icons to have the same scaling as in the server status application. #31810
  2. Web client: Non admin users could not install software due to insufficient rights. #31812
  3. Web client: Newly added systems in the systems configuration would be copied instead of moved when dragged from the root folder. #31956
  4. Web client: Folder content view status column did not refresh when a system connected/disconnected. #31911
  5. Web client: WIBU container information and EUP dates were not shown in the dashboard view. #31906
  6. Web client: Changes made to the grid layout on the action history page and the system general information tab are not independent and override each other. #32196
  7. Server: Enhance installer file upload and iba Cloud repository file download to avoid incomplete/corrupted files in repository. #31848

 

Version 2.1.1 - 2025-05-15

Improvements (I)

  1. Web client: A warning banner is shown on the UI if the repository is unavailable. #31307

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Server status application: Fix the terms of use admin mode restart side effect on the auto start option. #31384
  2. Server: Fix to only synchronize installers through the iba Cloud Installer repository if the product is installed on at least one of the connected systems. #31503
  3. Server: Product installation shows wrong status in some cases when systems are reconnected. #31734
  4. Web client: Fix file extension when downloading all license information of a system. #31528
  5. Web client: Adjusting the width and style of the column resizer for the grids. #31369
  6. Web client: Fix the page content general height and banner height styling. #31442
  7. Including the WIBU JSON file in support files would fail for systems without any WIBU containers and an exception would be logged. #31719

 

Version 2.1.0 - 2025-04-03

New features (N)

  1. Web client: Show ibaCapture GigE Vision Encoder diagnostics on a new tab if the application is installed (requires ibaCapture v5.4.0 or higher). #23463
  2. Web client: Changes to the repository (adding, deleting installers) are now included in the Action History. #27336
  3. Server status application: The following modes are supported for the repository synchronization: using a local import folder, leveraging the iba Cloud installer repository or no synchronization. #29696
  4. Server: If set, the server performs a daily synchronization of the central installer repository with the local repository and downloads the latest installers via the internet. #29696
  5. Web client: Enable remote update for ibaCapture-ScreenCam. #30611
  6. Web client: A new menu item linking to iba Help center was added to the help menu. #30507
  7. Server status application: Introduce the Internet Access Terms of Use checkbox, which must be accepted in order for the ibaMgS Server to communicate with the iba WIBU Gateway and the iba Cloud installer repository. #31017

Improvements (I)

  1. Agent/server status application: A dialog will warn if there are unsaved changes and the application is being closed. #29848
  2. Web client: After navigation, the selected node in the system navigation tree will be scrolled into view. #26575

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Web client: The alarm page would report incorrect expiration date for MARX licenses. #29302
  2. Server: Startup fails when Windows default language code is tr-TR. #31229

 

Version 2.0.4 - 2025-01-22

Improvements (I)

  1. Installer: #28353
    • Service user pages are also visible when updating.
    • Third-party installers are available in the Installers folder of the installation folder.
    • By default a shortcut to the ibaManagementStudio web client is created on the desktop.
  2. Agent installer: Default connection mode for ibaManagementStudio Agent was changed to agent-initiated. #29303
  3. The ibaManagementStudio certificate authority expiration date was extended until 2027-01-21. #30270

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Agent: ibaAnalyzer v8.3.0 (or higher) installations were not detected. #29959
  2. Agent/server status application: On Windows 11, the form would not restore to its previous size and location after closing/minimizing the form.
  3. The generated default certificate would not always include every IP address in the list of subject alternative names. #29371
  4. The system time included in the system information file in support files would be UTC rather than the local time. #29618

 

Version 2.0.3 - 2024-09-11

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Server: Repository uploads of iba product installers and MARX dongle upgrades could fail. #29215

 

Version 2.0.2 - 2024-09-05

Improvements (I)

  1. Server: Improved the support for iba product installers. #29120

 

Version 2.0.1 - 2024-07-17

Improvements (I)

  1. Server: Active Directory distribution groups can no longer be used as domain groups in the ibaManagementStudio user management. #28333
  2. Server: When generating an ibaManagementStudio Server support file, the machine name is prepended to the file name rather than the string 'All systems' if no server alias is configured. #28581

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Agent installer: The ibaManagementStudio Agent installer would always kill the ibaManagementStudio Agent status application rather than trigger a graceful exit. #28087
  2. Server: Remote MARX dongle upgrades would always fail. #28590
  3. Improved incomplete validation of installer downloads triggered manually via the ibaManagementStudio Agent status application. #28445

 

Version 2.0.0 - 2024-05-03

Windows 7 (x64, x86), Windows 8.1 (x64, x86), Windows Server 2012 (x64) and Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64) are no longer supported.

ibaManagementStudio+ license required for license/software updates, the license report view, the action history view, the alarm view and dashboard views.

New features (N)

  1. Server status application: Enabled automatic transfer of product installers from a dedicated import folder to the repository. #24332
  2. Web client: An action history with license and software update events can be viewed on the system page as well as on a separate action history page (requires administrator privileges). #24556
  3. Web client: Create automated database backup files after every system/folder configuration change. #24554
  4. Web client: Enable remote update for the following products:
    • ibaDongleViewer #23298
    • ibaAnalyzer #25785
    • ibaCMC Server #27638
    • ibaDaVIS #27638
    • ibaDatCoordinator #27638
    • ibaLicenseService-V2 #27638
  5. Web client: Show OPC UA server information on the ibaHD-Server page as a new tab (requires ibaHD-Server v3.3.0 or higher). #25898
  6. Web client: WIBU and MARX licenses can be updated remotely (MARX update requires ibaDongleUpgrade v8.0.0 or higher). Notification badges inform users about available updates. #21459 #21527 #26670
  7. Web client: The system notification badge on the side navigation redirects the user to the system's Product information tab. System tabs will be preselected based on the url query. #24503
  8. Web client: Added a new dashboard view as an alternative to the folder content view. #26318 #27305
  9. Web client: Added a new alarm page and configured it to be the landing page. #26319
  10. Web client: ibaHD-Server time periods are shown (if configured) when selecting an ibaHD-Server timebased store on the ibaPDA server data stores tab (requires ibaPDA v8.7.0 or higher). #25938
  11. Web client: Added a new license report tab to the folder page with support for Excel spreadsheet exports. #24859
  12. Web client: The ibaManagementStudio Server support file can be downloaded on the server settings page. #25947
  13. Web client: Portuguese translations are available for the ibaManagementStudio web client.
  14. ibaManagementStudio detects ibaCMC installations.

Improvements (I)

  1. Agent: Removing the ID field from the ibaManagementStudio Agent configuration JSON will force a new ID to be generated on the subsequent service start. #26576
  2. Web client: Running ibaPDA Client instances will be shut down automatically during remote ibaPDA installations (requires ibaPDA v8.5.0 or higher). #24552
  3. Web client: Column sorting is enabled for all grids, except tree grids. #22852
  4. Web client: Column search and filter is enabled for grids, except tree grids. #22858
  5. Web client: Additional 'Software components' column was added to iba software product information page to group iba products (ibaPDA and ibaCapture). #24861
  6. Web client: Disabled column reordering feature for grids where column categories are present. #25938
  7. Web client: ibaHD-Server (ultra) time period license usage counters are shown in the general tab. #26623
  8. 'LAN' and 'WAN' connection mode were renamed to respectively 'server-initiated' and 'agent-initiated' communication mode. #26045

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Agent: An incorrect WIBU CodeMeter Runtime version could be reported. #26672
  2. Agent: An invalid license entry would be listed for WIBU containers with an empty iba firm item. #27525
  3. Agent: Incorrect disk IO load values would be reported if multiple logical disks were partitions on the same physical disk. #27926
  4. Server: When a WAN system that was not yet added to the configuration connected to the ibaManagementStudio Server, exceptions regarding failed diagnostic information caching attempts would be logged. #26573
  5. Server: The ibaManagementStudio Server Windows service would fail to stop gracefully. #26352
  6. Server status application: Attempting to open the log file while it did not exist would result in an unhandled exception. #27334
  7. Web client: ibaHD-Server (ultra) time period license options were not recognized. #26623
  8. Web client: WAN system entries in the systems configuration could not be updated with new ibaManagementStudio Agent IDs. #26731
  9. Web client: Disabled translation by third-party tools (e.g., Google Translate™ translation service) as this could result in web client crashes. #26574
  10. Web client: The web client would crash when opening a hardware information tab for a system where multiple logical disks were partitions on the same physical disk. #27926

 

Version 1.4.0 - 2023-11-20

New features (N)

  1. Web client: Columns can be hidden in grids via a column chooser. #22786
  2. Web client: Column width can be adjusted in grids. Grid layout changes are persisted. #22856

Improvements (I)

  1. Web client: A column with the system descriptions (hidden by default) was added to the system overview grid on the folder page. #24862
  2. Web client: Visualize the time and size filling level in the ibaHD-Server stores grid. #24333
  3. Web client: Users adding systems/folders to the server configuration get edit/view permissions for those systems/folders by default. #24867
  4. Web client: Use the environment/language specific CSV separator when generating the license summary CSV. #24858
  5. Web client: Improved the upload times to the file repository. #24855

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Agent: ibaDatawyzer-ICC installations were not detected.
  2. Agent: Further performance optimizations of hardware information queries. #25379
  3. Status applications: Log entries would be listed out of order.
  4. Server: Date and time of the last connection is not shown in the offline bar in every case. #24573
  5. Server: Even when an ibaManagementStudio Agent could not be reached, the ibaManagementStudio Server would still attempt to reload iba SW product statuses leading to redundant logged exceptions.
  6. Web client: When offline data was shown, it could be that the time stamp of the offline data would not appear. #24573
  7. Web client: Product pages would be refreshed unnecessarily. #26232
  8. Web client: Asynchronous UI refreshes changed the language of the UI in some cases. #26238

 

Version 1.3.1 - 2023-07-14

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Agent: Querying the GPU information could fail due to an OverflowException.
  2. Agent: ibaPDA v8.4.0 (or higher) installations were not detected. #24775
  3. Web client: The timeout threshold to set up a remote installation process was extended from 10s to 1 minute. #24636
  4. Web client: The ibaPDA service would not be restarted after a remote update. Remote updates for ibaPDA have been limited to v8.4.0 or newer installers. #24960
  5. The old expired ibaManagementStudio certificate authority would not be deleted by the installers. This potentially broke communication between servers and agents that relied on default certificates. #24905

 

Version 1.3.0 - 2023-05-31

New features (N)

  1. Pages with diagnostic data were added for the following products:
    • ibaVision: v3.1.0 or higher. #23322
    • ibaPDA client: v8.4.0 or higher. #23324
  2. Web client: A tab with iba software product information was added to the folder page. #21456
  3. Web client: A repository page was added where the product installers can be managed. #23294 #23296
  4. Web client: The following products can be updated remotely (requires ibaManagementStudio Agent v1.3.0 or higher): #23298
    • ibaVision (requires ibaVision v3.1.0 or higher to be installed)
    • ibaPDA (requires ibaPDA v8.1.1 or higher to be installed)
    • ibaHD-Server (requires ibaHD-Server v3.1.0 or higher to be installed)
    • ibaCapture (requires ibaCapture v5.2.0 or higher to be installed)
    Notification badges next to system nodes inform users about available updates.
  5. Agent status application: Available software updates are listed and can be downloaded from the ibaManagementStudio Server (requires ibaManagementStudio Server v1.3.0 or higher). #23300

Improvements (I)

  1. Web client: ibaHD time period stores are shown (if configured) when selecting an ibaHD time store on the stores tab (requires ibaHD-Server v3.2.0 or higher). #23610
  2. Web client: Offline license data was not removed even if the license data was not relevant anymore. #24403
  3. Web client: The last update time is shown in case cached data is shown for a system. #24328
  4. Web client: The user can now select which products' support file should be downloaded from a system. #24330
  5. Server status application: The textbox shows the default file repository path if no path is set. #24073
  6. User credentials are validated before uploading an installer to a remote system (requires ibaManagementStudio Agent v1.3.0 or higher). #24172

 

Version 1.2.1 - 2023-04-27

Improvements (I)

  1. Server status application: The license information is refreshed when activating the application window and when activating the general tab. #23814
  2. The ibaManagementStudio certificate authority expiration date was extended until 2025-04-19. #24234

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Web client: The list of group members/memberships on the user management pages would be empty. #23946
  2. Web client: The ibaCapture server mode would sometimes incorrectly show the value 'Unknown mode'.
  3. Web client: Concurrent updates of ibaManagementStudio Agents using the same installer file could fail. #23808
  4. Server status application: The file repository path (if set) would not be loaded correctly in the folder browser dialog. #24086
  5. Agent: Performance optimization of hardware information queries. #24089

 

Version 1.2.0 - 2023-03-22

New features (N)

  1. Web client: A tab with diagnostic hardware information was added to the system pages. #21533
  2. Web client: All license information from every system in a folder can be downloaded at once. #22045
  3. Web client: Support files of every interactive product installed on a system can be downloaded at once. #22956
  4. Web client: The following information is persisted and shown when a system is offline: #20812
    • The list of installed iba software products.
    • The available license containers.

Improvements (I)

  1. Setting the ibaManagementStudio Agent alias was moved from the agent status application to the web client. #22859
  2. Web client: The ibaManagementStudio Server supports French and simplified Chinese localization.
  3. Server: Setting the ibaManagementStudio Server alias was moved from the server status application to the web client. #22859

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Remote ibaManagementStudio Agent updates would sometimes fail after uploading the installer. #23151 #23230
  2. Web client: When the user language was set to 'Auto', the default English web help would be opened regardless of the browser's display language. #23119
  3. Agent: Generating VWR files for MARX license dongles failed (bug introduced in v1.1.0). #23117

 

Version 1.1.0 - 2022-12-15

New features (N)

  1. Pages with diagnostic data were added for the following products: #20806
    • ibaPDA server: v8.1.1 or higher.
    • ibaHD-Server: v3.1.0 or higher.
    • ibaCapture: v5.2.0 or higher.
  2. Support files can be generated for the following products: ibaPDA, ibaHD-Server, ibaCapture (same version requirements as above). #20787
  3. Localization was added to the ibaManagementStudio. #21348
  4. ibaManagementStudio Agents can be updated remotely via the web client (a manual install of ibaManagementStudio Agent v1.1.0 is required to enable this feature). #21526
  5. Server: The web client can be opened via a desktop shortcut, the start menu and the server status application. #21909 #21249
  6. Server: The root folder name can be changed by setting an alias for the server via the status application. #21581
  7. Server: A description can be set for every system in the configuration. #20785
  8. Server: Folders and systems in the systems organization can be sorted alphanumerically. #21585

Improvements (I)

  1. Server: A system entry in the configuration can be edited instead of having to delete and re-add the system. #21583
  2. Server: License information is shown in the status application. #21457
  3. Server: Column sorting is enabled for the systems configuration grid. #21584
  4. Server: Domain nodes were added to the user and group treeview. The nodes are sorted alphanumerically. #21586

Bug fixes (B)

  1. Web client: The overall responsiveness is improved.
  2. Server: Support for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is dropped due to multiple compatibility issues.
  3. Server: The ibaManagementStudio Server would ignore non-default certificate settings for the web client interface and the WAN communication. #22889
  4. Agent: Custom certificates protected with passwords could not be loaded. #22889
  5. Agent: MARX license information would not be read if ibaDongleViewer v2.4.0 or higher was installed.
  6. Agent: ibaAnalyzer would sometimes be missing from the list of installed iba software products.
  7. Agent: ibaManagementStudio Agents in local networks could not be discovered. #22920
  8. Decryption of encrypted configuration settings (e.g., the LAN access password) could fail. #22371
  9. Communication setup between the ibaManagementStudio Server and Agents could fail.
  10. The layout of the status applications was rearranged on high-DPI monitors. #22957
  11. Event log files would be missing in ibaManagementStudio Server and Agent support files.

 

Version 1.0.0 - 2022-05-20

New features (N)

  1. Inspect the installed iba software products and available licenses on remote systems.