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h3. Overview
This beta version is able to [migrate data from QuickBuild 1.x|Upgrade Guide], and the data can also be migrated to any future versions.

h3. Quick links
* [Documentation|Documentation Home] (Some part of the document is a bit outdated and will be updated in the formal 2.0 release)
* [Download Link|http://quickbuild.pmease.com] (please select the configuration _PMEase.QuickBuild2_)

h3. Major improvements over QuickBuild 1.x
# Native support for a number of build reports. Refer to below documents for details of build reports:
#* [working with build reports|2.6 Build Reports]
#* [publish build reports|07. Publish Build Reports]
#* [publish html reports|09. Publish HTML Reports]
# Build statistics. Refer to below documents for details of build statistics:
#* [working with statistics|4. Working with Statistics]
# Build grid support. Refer to below documents for details of build grid:
#* [setup distributed builds|10. Setup Distributed Builds]
#* [configure build grid|Configuring Build Grid]
# Introduce the concept of proof build to build/test user's uncommited changes at server, and optionally checkin that those changes automatically if build/test succeeds.
#* [working with proof build|3. Working with Proof Build]
#* [setup proof build|11. Setup Proof Build]
# Visually arrange steps to design build process. Refer to below documents for details:
#* [configuration setup|01. Configuration Setup]
# Build promotion visualization. Source build and destination build will be linked to show the promotion relation.
# Fine grained access control when assign permissions for groups.
# Be able to customize build option screen and promote option screen when manually triggers a build or promote a build. This is supported through prompt settings of variables.
# Be able to customize build option screen when manually triggers a build. This is supported through prompt settings of variables.
# Builds can be run concurrently even for a single configuration to better utilize build grid resource. To configure concurrent running builds for a single configuration, the master step needs to be configured to run on agent instead of server.
# Be able to recommend build. Recommended build will have a star icon attached. Promote operation can be configured to only applicable for recommended builds.

h3. Features exist in QuickBuild 1.x but not yet implemented in this beta
# Various IDE plugins inlcuding Eclipse, IntelliJ and Visual Studio.
# The windows tray monitor.
# Integration with JIRA.
# Remoting API.

These features are scheduled to be implemented in QuickBuild 2.1