Technology Portfolio Management release notes

  • Release version: Store
  • Updated June 11, 2026
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    Summary of Technology Portfolio Management Release Notes

    Technology Portfolio Management (TPM) is a ServiceNow application designed to help customers manage technology lifecycles, risks, and technical debts across their IT portfolios. The release notes provide a detailed version history highlighting new features, enhancements, and bug fixes from the initial release in May 2023 through June 2026. This information enables customers to understand the evolution of TPM capabilities and plan their updates accordingly.

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    Key Features and Enhancements

    • Lifecycle and Risk Management: TPM tracks technology lifecycle risks and exceptions, allowing customers to evaluate business applications, application services, software products, and hardware models comprehensively.
    • Scheduled Jobs: Several scheduled jobs have been introduced and improved over time to calculate technical debts, populate lifecycle risk scores, and update discovered technologies efficiently, handling large data volumes with optimized batch sizes.
    • Enhanced Data Handling: Support for queryrange access control lists (ACLs) for refined data security, and a new system property enabling tracking of installed software beyond traditional computers, including containers and serverless hardware.
    • Usability Improvements: Added fields for owner details in TRM categories, TPM lifecycle record identifiers, exclusion options for unwanted software products, and new workspace views for better data preview and management.
    • Integration Updates: Removal of SAM plugin dependency to simplify deployment and improved synchronization between discovered technology records and associated software installations.

    Fixes and Performance Improvements

    • Resolved issues with duplicate or missing TPM discovered technology records when processing large volumes.
    • Fixed bugs causing duplicate entries in lifecycle exceptions and ensured proper cleanup of empty discovery models.
    • Addressed scheduled job failures and performance bottlenecks by adjusting batch sizes and resuming paused jobs on node restarts.
    • Corrected technical debt calculation errors when multiple lifecycles apply to the same software or business applications.
    • Improved TPM scheduled job performance overall to better handle extensive data sets.

    Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    With these updates, ServiceNow customers using Technology Portfolio Management can expect more reliable lifecycle risk assessments, enhanced data accuracy, and better performance when managing large technology portfolios. The added flexibility in tracking diverse software installations and improved scheduled job operations reduce manual overhead and improve operational insights. Customers should review the version history to identify relevant fixes and features that support their technology governance and risk management strategies effectively.

    Version history for the Technology Portfolio Management on the ServiceNow Store.

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    For details on system requirements and family compatibility, view the application listing on the ServiceNow Store website.

    Version history

    Version 1.10.0 - June 2026
    • New: Added support for query_range access control lists (ACLs).
    • Fixed: TPM Discovered Technologies with empty discovery model are automatically cleaned up.
    Version 1.9.1 - March 2026
    Fixed: Fixed a bug where duplicates or no records were being created for a large number of TPM discovered technology records.
    Version 1.9.0 - December 2025
    • New:
      • Added a TPM lifecycle record identifier in the TPM Lifecycles tab of the Technology Portfolio page.
      • Added a new field to provide owner details of TRM categories in the Create new TRM category form.
    • Fixed: Fixed the issue of TPM discovered technologies records not getting removed from the TPM Discovered Technologies table, when the associated software installation record is removed.
    Version 1.7.3 - August 2025
    Fixed: Bug which resulted in creation of duplicate entries in the TPM Lifecycle Exception table.
    Version 1.7.2 - May 2025
    • Fixed:
      • The indicator direction for Technology Lifecycle Risk indicator is set to Minimize On a node restart, the Populate TPM discovered technologies and lifecycles schedule job is resumed
    • The following issues are fixed:
      • For the Populate Technology Lifecycle Risk scheduled job:
        • Fixed the issue of the scheduled job getting stuck when a hardware model in TPM discovered technology was empty.
        • Reduced the batch size to 50k For the Populate TRM Technical
      • Debt for EA Workspace scheduled job:
        • Fixed the issues of missing technical debts when there are different lifecycles for the same software products and business applications.
        • Reduced the batch size to 50k
      • For the Populate TPM Discovered Technologies and lifecycles scheduled job:
        • Fixed the issue of performance lifecycles when multiple hardware models or software products have the same display value.
        • Reduced the batch size to half.
    Version 1.7.1 - February 2025
    • Changed:
      • Improved the performance of TPM, TRM scheduled jobs to handle large volumes of data
      • Added Server field in the Technical Debt form
    • Fixed: Added a new workspace view for all TPM tables to fix an issue with a preview of records
    Version 1.6.0 - November 2024
    • New:
      • New system property to support tracking of installed software on any configuration item apart from computers, example docker containers, serverless hardwares
      • Support wild card in version (TRM)
    Version 1.5.0 - August 2024
    Fixed: The 'Update TPM data' action for a Business Application record is fixed to not delete valid software entries in the TPM discovered technology table.
    Version 1.4.0 - May 2024
    New: Option to exclude unwanted software products.
    Version 1.3.1 - March 2024
    Removed: SAM plugin dependency.
    Version 1.3.0 - November 2023
    New: A scheduled job (Populate TRM technical debts in the EA Workspace) is created to update the Technical Debt [sn_apm_trm_standards_technical_debt] table with the latest technical debt data in the EA Workspace.
    Version 1.2.0 - August 2023
    New:
    • Added a scheduled job to calculate technology risk scores for Business Applications, Application Services, Software Products, and Hardware Models on the basis of Software or Hardware Lifecycles.
    • Added Technology Risk in Default Scoring Profile.
    Version 1.0.2 - May 2023

    Manage technology lifecycle risks and technology lifecycle exceptions. Evaluate all your business applications and application services by accessing the discovered technologies and audit information.