{"id":99848,"date":"2026-05-12T00:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metashare.com\/?p=99848"},"modified":"2026-05-12T23:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:36:36","slug":"may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metashare.com\/en\/release-notes\/may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming release in May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Migration to ASP.NET Core. Some improvements and fixes, including blank Office templates, possibility to upload files larger than 250MB and support for opening SharePoint agent files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n<!--noteaser-->\n\n\n\n<p>MetaShare backend has been migrated to a newer framework, ASP.NET Core. This change gives us a better base to build on in the future and access to more modern libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Possibility to create blank Office documents.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/metashare\/usermanual\/add-documents\/how-to-create-a-document\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New button<\/a> is now always shown to the users with the right permissions even when no <a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/metashare\/get-started\/document-templates\/how-to-create-and-define-metashares-document-templates-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Document template library<\/a> has been configured.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These are the blank Office templates that always will be shown in the document template picker:<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 400px\"><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your MetaShare has a configured document template library and it already has custom templates, the 3 blank templates will always be shown at the bottom of the list of templates.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These blank templates are for now not possible to be added as suggested templates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possibility to set, filter and display <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/purview\/retention?tabs=table-overriden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retention labels<\/a> on documents in workspaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Improvements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When opening a document of a certain file type for the first time, on a new device, you will be asked whether it should open in the browser or app until you save a preference for that file type:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1974\" height=\"1032\" class=\"wp-image-99928\" style=\"width: 650px\" src=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opening-preference.png\" alt=\"Opening preference\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opening-preference.png 1974w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opening-preference-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opening-preference-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opening-preference-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Opening-preference-1536x803.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1974px) 100vw, 1974px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filter values in the &#8220;Workspaces&#8221; and &#8220;Search for documents&#8221; tabs are now sorted alphabetically and not by relevance, as they were sorted previously:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"643\" class=\"wp-image-99923\" style=\"width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sort-order-of-filter-values.png\" alt=\"Sort order of filter values\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sort-order-of-filter-values.png 654w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sort-order-of-filter-values-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workspaces are no longer blurred when property pickers are opened from properties card. Page content outside of dialog becomes darker, but remains readable:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2274\" height=\"631\" class=\"wp-image-99924\" style=\"width: 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Darker-background.png\" alt=\"Darker background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Darker-background.png 2274w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Darker-background-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Darker-background-1024x284.png 1024w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Darker-background-768x213.png 768w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Darker-background-1536x426.png 1536w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Darker-background-2048x568.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2274px) 100vw, 2274px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for uploading files larger than 250MB.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support for opening these file types:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SharePoint Agent files (.agent)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link files (.url)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Favorite workspaces are now sorted in the order that they were were marked as favorites, with the most recent first.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When typing a date in a date field, year is now limited to 4 digits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Changed the Swedish placeholder text in the search box inside workspaces from &#8220;S\u00f6k denna arbetsyta&#8221; to &#8220;S\u00f6k i arbetsytan&#8221;:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1284\" height=\"583\" class=\"wp-image-99925\" style=\"width: 450px\" src=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sok-i-arbetsytan.png\" alt=\"S\u00f6k i arbetsytan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sok-i-arbetsytan.png 1284w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sok-i-arbetsytan-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sok-i-arbetsytan-1024x465.png 1024w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sok-i-arbetsytan-768x349.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\" \/><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For MetaShare administrators:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/metashare\/get-started\/taxonomy\/how-to-access-the-term-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Term store&#8221; link in MetaShare settings<\/a> now leads to SharePoint&#8217;s modern Term store interface.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search properties in the settings pages for columns and filters in the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/demo.metashare.com\/67a9601a-bcae-4b5d-bc95-d5eb01f91274\/settings\/workspaceviewfields\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Workspaces tab<\/a>&#8221; and the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.metashare.com\/en\/metashare\/adminmanual\/search\/how-to-define-which-filters-to-show-in-the-workspace-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Documents tab<\/a>&#8220;, under the sections &#8220;Available&#8221; and &#8220;Selected&#8221;, are now listed with the managed property name in parenthesis, e.g. &#8220;Document type (RefinableString01)&#8221;:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1456\" height=\"855\" class=\"wp-image-99926\" style=\"width: 450px\" src=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/managed-property-name-in-parenthesis.png\" alt=\"managed property name in parenthesis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/managed-property-name-in-parenthesis.png 1456w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/managed-property-name-in-parenthesis-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/managed-property-name-in-parenthesis-1024x601.png 1024w, https:\/\/metashare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/managed-property-name-in-parenthesis-768x451.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Corrections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Search now works correctly in folders with special characters in the name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The &#8220;Modified by&#8221; values from files used as document template are now removed when creating new documents. Previously, Office documents created from document templates, in version 0.1, could get incorrect &#8220;Modified by&#8221; values displayed in the &#8220;Search for documents&#8221; tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migration to ASP.NET Core. 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