# Major Features

Below is a short list of the major new features introduced in each major release of SyncBack. Each new major version typically also includes numerous new "minor" features which are not listed here. See our [changes page](https://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/changes.html) for the complete list:

## V4 - June 2005

[Intelligent Synchronization](IntelligentSynchronization.md)

Unicode

[Zip64 with AES encryption](CompressionSettings.md)

[Regular Expression filters](FilterSettings.md)

[Profile Wizard](CreatingYourFirstProfile.md)

[Restore Wizard](RestoringaBackup.md)

[Differential Backup](FastBackup.md)

[File Change Monitoring](WhenChanges.md)

[Tech Support Wizard](TechnicalSupportWizard.md)

[File Versioning](CopyDeleteVersioning.md)

## V5 - August 2008

[Traditional archive bit backup (incremental and differential)](FastBackup.md#archival)

Backup to CD/DVD with disk spanning (*removed in a later version*)

Number of files included in backup/sync is [no longer limited by free RAM](GlobalSettings.md#memusage) (SyncBackPro)

Backup to and from email (SMTP and POP3/IMAP4) (*removed in a later version*)

[BZip2 compression](CompressionSettings.md#bzip2)

[Scripting](Scripting.md)

Versioning for [multi-zip](CompressionSettings.md)

Backup to multi-zip files on FTP

[LZMA compression](CompressionSettings.md#lzma)

## V6 - October 2011

[Amazon S3](Cloud.md)

[Google Storage](Cloud.md)

[Microsoft Azure](Cloud.md)

[Backup of emails](BackupEmail.md) stored on a POP3/IMAP4 server

Integration with [SyncBack Management Service](SBMService.md)

Profiles can be [queued](Queue.md) to run serially in order

## V7 - October 2014

[Dropbox - with delta support, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box](Cloud.md)

[Glacier support via S3](Cloud.md)

[SyncBack Touch](SyncBackTouch.md)

[MTP](MTP.md)

[Amazon Drive](Cloud.md) (*removed in a later version*)

[SugarSync](Cloud.md)

[Office 365](Cloud.md) (OneDrive for Business and SharePoint)

## V8 - June 2017

[64-bit](32bit64bit.md) versions of SyncBackPro and SyncBackSE

[Ransomware Detection](GlobalSettings.md#ransomware)

[Secure Zip](CompressionSettings.md) (filenames are encrypted)

SyncBack container (a virtual drive, *removed in a later version*) and [VHD/VHDX](SyncBackContainer.md) support

[OpenStack](Cloud.md) (Rackspace)

[Backblaze B2](Cloud.md)

[Google Storage](Cloud.md) (now native API not S3 emulation)

[File Integrity Checking](CopyDeleteIntegrity.md)

[Google Team Drives](Cloud.md)

## V9 - June 2019

User Interface major update

[SyncBack Monitor](SyncBackMonitor.md)

[Delta-copy Versioning](Delta.md)

[OVH](Cloud.md)

[hubiC](Cloud.md)

[WebDAV](Cloud.md)

[Egnyte](Cloud.md) *(deprecated)*

Google Photos (*removed in later version as Google stopped access - March 31st 2025*)

[Backblaze B2](Cloud.md) (S3 compatibility)

[Oracle Cloud](Cloud.md) (S3 compatibility)

## V10 - October 2021

[SyncBack Touch](SyncBackTouch.md) now free

[SBMS](SBMService.md) now free

[Citrix ShareFile](Cloud.md)

[pCloud](Cloud.md)

[Global Variables](GlobalSettings.md#variables)

[Webhooks](SetupWebhook.md)

Non-elevated version of Pro/SE

## V11 - July 2023

[HTTP download](SetupHTTP.md)

FTP can also use [HTTP download](FTPHTTP.md)

[LZMA2 7zip compatible](CompressionSettings.md#lzma2) compression and encryption

[Junction Points, Symbolic Links and Hard Links can be copied and updated](CopyDeleteLinks.md)

[Group Queues](Groups.md)

[Cloudflare R2](Cloud.md) (S3 compatibility)

[Scheduler Monitor Service](SchedulerMonitorService.md)

[Script Debugging](DebuggingScripts.md)

[Secrets Manager](SecretsManager.md)

[Installer](InstallerOptions.md) that does not require a Windows administrator to install

## V12 - 31st March 2026

[Insider Access](UpgradeAssurance.md#insideraccess) with Upgrade Assurance

[Zooming](ColumnsMainMenu.md)

Locked files can be copied (using the [Scheduler Monitor](SchedulerMonitorService.md)) from [unelevated SyncBackPro/SE](CopyDeleteVSS.md)

[MEGA S4](https://mega.io/objectstorage) supported

[Infisical](https://infisical.com/) secrets manager supported

[Advanced Logging](AdvancedLogSettings.md) options now supported, e.g. log to an external logging system

Remote profile progress can be viewed using [SBMS Console](SBMService.md)

Download and upload files automatically [in chunks in parallel](FTPAdvanced.md) with SFTP (using Worker Threads)

A.I. support with [scripting](ScriptingAI.md)

File preview in [File & Folder](SubDirectoriesandFiles.md) selection window and [Differences](TheDifferencesWindow.md) window

[File & Folder](SubDirectoriesandFiles.md) selections can be shared between profiles

[Advanced VSS](CopyDeleteVSS.md) options for copying locked files

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