T75-2025 - Notification regarding BIOVIA Notebook 2026

We are providing this Technical Note to inform you about the release of BIOVIA Notebook 2026 which includes the following enhancements and fixed defects:

Program

BIOVIA Notebook

Operating System

All supported operating systems

Description

We are providing this Technical Note to inform you about the release of BIOVIA Notebook 2026 which includes the following enhancements and fixed defects:

Enhancements

This release of BIOVIA Notebook includes the following enhancements.

User StoryDescription 
CELN-11622Previous versions of Notebook allowed using a separate database schema for NotebookLoginService. This feature was not documented and has now been removed. 
CELN-12559Notebook can now, when configured, automatically generate and update BLAST databases with biological sequences from all experiments. 
CELN-14606Desktop Connector on Windows is compatible with Microsoft Office 2024 (Office 365 click-to-run) applications. 
CELN-14811Chemists can now use Chemdraw 25 as the drawing tool on Windows. 
CELN-14812Chemists can now use ChemDraw 25 as the drawing tool on MacOS. Users are advised not to quit ChemDraw but instead simply close the open document 
CELN-14852Desktop Connector on Windows is now compatible with Dotmatics SnapGene 8.1. 
CELN-14899Desktop Connector on macOS is compatible with Microsoft Office 2024 (Office 365) applications. 
CELN-14828LDAPS protocol, also known as Secure LDAP, is now supported both for authenticating AD users in Notebook, and for connecting to the AD in ElnDirectorySyncService. It is enabled by default. If it fails, standard LDAP connection will be used as fallback. 

Fixed Defects

This release of BIOVIA Notebook 2026 includes the following fixed defects.

DefectDescription
CELN-14652Importing an experiment now works also when the experiment contains invalid HTML.
CELN-14891Uploading multiple HTML files at once to a Biological Sequence section now works correctly.
CELN-14895It is now possible to use the extra five license seats intended for system and test users, when granting ELNUSER privilege to users or groups also from Administration->Privileges.
CELN-14942When Notebook authenticates using Foundation Hub 2026, then switching Collaborative Space from Notebook may fail due to new CORS protection features in Hub.

Resolution                                                                    

BIOVIA Notebook 2026 was released in November 2025 and is available for download at https://software.3ds.com under BIOVIA products:

Product line: Lab, Scientific and Content Solutions

Release: 2026

Level: BIOVIA 2026 Golden

Fixes for this level: -

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