Microsoft AD v2 spoke release notes

  • Release version: Store
  • Updated May 5, 2026
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    Summary of Microsoft AD v2 spoke release notes

    The Microsoft AD v2 spoke for ServiceNow offers automated actions to manage Microsoft Active Directory tasks, including user management, authentication, computer management, group membership, and object management. This spoke is regularly updated with new features, fixes, and enhancements to improve integration with Active Directory and support ServiceNow workflows.

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    Key Features

    • User Management: Actions to create, update, look up users, and retrieve user password expiration details.
    • Group Management: Bulk and individual actions to add or remove users and computers from groups, create or delete groups, and verify group existence.
    • Computer Management: Actions to create, delete, enable, disable, and check the existence or status of computers.
    • Object Management: Create, delete, update, and look up Active Directory objects by filters, with support for complex object outputs and enhanced error handling.
    • Integration Enhancements: Authentication templates for spoke connections, Now Assist conversational capabilities, AI agent actions, and improved action naming conventions for clarity.

    Important Updates and Fixes

    • Support for various date formats in user password expiration details to handle diverse AD configurations.
    • Fixes for actions such as "Is User In Group," "Add User to Group," and "Look up Computer" to address specific property and filter handling issues.
    • Deprecation and replacement of older actions with modern equivalents that support recursive properties and bulk operations for efficiency.
    • Improvements to required ACLs and roles for agents to ensure proper security and access controls.
    • Bug fixes addressing scenarios with users whose organizational units (OUs) contain commas and handling of password policies like "never expire."

    Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    • Streamline and automate Active Directory administrative tasks directly from the ServiceNow platform, reducing manual effort and errors.
    • Leverage conversational and AI-driven capabilities to enhance automation and user experience.
    • Use updated and robust actions with modern error handling to ensure reliable integration with Active Directory environments, including complex organizational structures.
    • Ensure compliance and security by managing user and computer states effectively within AD through ServiceNow workflows.
    • Benefit from ongoing product improvements that address customer feedback and evolving Active Directory features.

    Version history for the Microsoft AD v2 Spoke 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 2.5.3 - May 2026
    Fixed: Action: Look up User Password Expiration Details - Various date format support
    Version 2.5.2 - April 2026
    Fixed: Action - Is User In Group
    Version 2.5.1 - October 2025
    • New: Delete Object Action - Created a new equivalent action with additional recursive property.
    • Changed: Delete Object Action - Deprecated the old action
    • Fixed:
      • Look up Computer Action - memberof property.
      • Look up User Action - with users whose OU contains comma (,) & info property.
    Version 2.5.0 - September 2025
    Fixed - Required ACL(s) and Role(s) for agents.
    Version 2.4.1 - August 2025
    Fixed - AI Agents - Renaming and Output transformation strategy
    Version 2.4.0 - March 2025
    Minor release with new AI agents.
    Version 2.3.0 - February 2025
    • Added two conversational Spoke Actions.
    • Fixed: Generate a Random Password Action and avoid a false alarm warning message when the AD is in a different domain than that of the MID Server, or when the MID Server does not have ADWS installed.
    Version 2.2.1 - December 2024
    Fixed: Add User to Group action.
    Version 2.2.0 - November 2024
    Enabled "Look up User" Spoke Action to be Now Assist conversational capable.
    Version 2.1.1 - December 2023
    • Fixed:
      • 'Create User' action now creates appropriate User logon name and assigns it
      • 'Look up Objects by Filter' action now returns consistent results whether search results a single or multiple objects
    Version 2.1.0 - December 2022
    • New:
      • Computer Management - Disable Computer, Does Computer Exists, Enable Computer, Is Computer Disabled
      • Group Management - Add Computer to Groups, Add Computers to Group, Add Users to Group, Create Group, Delete Group, Does Group Exists, Look up Group, Remove Computer from Groups, Remove Computers from Group, Remove Users from Group
      • Object Management - Update Object Expiration
    • Changed: Update action name for metadata actions fromLook up User Additional Fields (Metadata) to Get User Additional Fields (Metadata).
    Version 2.0.1 - November 2022
    • This is a new major release (2.0.0).
    • New:
      • Authentication template for spoke connection from Connections dashboard
      • New User Management actions: Look up User, Update User
      • New Computer Management actions: Create Computer, Delete Computer, Look up Computer, Update Computer
      • New Object Management actions: Create Object, Delete Object, Look up Object by Filter, Update Object OU
      • Added a newer version for the 15 deprecated actions with modern error handling and complex object outputs.
    • Changed:
      • Name of the spoke from "Microsoft AD v2 Spoke" to "Microsoft Active Directory v2 Spoke"
      • Add User to Group -> Add User to Groups for bulk actions
      • Remove User from Group -> Remove User from Groups for bulk actions
    • Removed: Deprecated 15 actions
    Version 1.2.0 - July 2022
    New: This is a minor release for MS AD V2 with a new Create User action.
    Version 1.1.2 - November 2021
    Fixed: Patch release for MS AD V2 with fixes.
    Version 1.1.1 - October 2021
    Fixed: This version fixes an issue at action 'Look up User Password Expiration Details' for user whose password is set to never expire.
    Version 1.1.0 - September 2021
    New: This version adds a new action 'Look up User Password Expiration Details' and other fixes.
    Version 1.0.0 - April 2021
    New: Microsoft AD v2 spoke provides actions to automate Microsoft Active Directory tasks for User Management & Authentication and Group Membership.