--- sourceDocument: australia Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/delta-zurich-australia Release : - australia ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - australia Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3az bundleId : - delta3az --- # Combined Care Team Operations for Facilities release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia # Combined Care Team Operations for Facilities release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Australia Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 5 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Care Team Operations for Facilities Release Notes for Upgrades from Zurich to Australia This consolidated release notes document assists ServiceNow customers in preparing for the upgrade of Care Team Operations for Facilities from the Zurich release to the Australia release. It summarizes new features, changes, security enhancements, and activation instructions relevant to this upgrade, ensuring customers understand what to expect and how to utilize the improvements effectively. Show full answer Show less ## Key Features * **Enhanced Security Controls:** Australia introduces granular read-only field protections within the ServiceNow AI Platform, including a new "readonlyoption" field with levels such as "strictreadonly" and "clientscriptmodifiable." These backend changes strengthen instance security while maintaining backward compatibility and flexibility. Customers with the feature administrator role can now perform tasks formerly restricted to broader administrators. * **Expanded Facilities Case Support:** Zurich release enabled creation and management of facilities support requests within the Care Team Portal and Care Team Mobile, with synchronization between healthcare facilities cases and work orders to streamline operations. * **Updated Roles and Responsibilities:** New selective user access roles---Support department agent and Support department manager---allow finer control over user assignments within healthcare organizations. * **AI-Powered Support Request Creation:** In Australia, Now Assist in Virtual Agent enables conversational support request creation for healthcare IT, biomed, facilities, and environmental services, enhancing user experience through clarifying questions and request validation. Additionally, the Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent facilitates case creation via phone conversations, requiring the relevant Care Team Operations plugin. * **ServiceNow AI Platform Licensing Tiers:** Australia introduces three AI licensing tiers---Foundation, Advanced, and Prime---each providing escalating AI capabilities, from basic insights to autonomous AI asset management and custom AI workflows. ## Upgrade and Activation Information * Care Team Operations for Facilities is available exclusively through the ServiceNow Store. Customers must request installation from the store for both Zurich and Australia releases. * Pre- and post-upgrade tasks should be reviewed and completed as outlined to ensure a smooth transition to Australia. ## Changes, Removals, and Deprecations No feature removals, deprecations, or changes were recorded between the Zurich and Australia releases for Care Team Operations for Facilities, ensuring continuity of functionality. ## Additional Notes * No updates were made regarding browser requirements, localization, accessibility, or additional platform requirements between the two releases. * Customers benefit from improved automation and visibility in managing facilities support requests, leveraging AI-driven conversational interfaces and enhanced security. ## Practical Impact for ServiceNow Customers Upgrading to Australia provides customers with stronger security controls, AI-enhanced support request capabilities, and refined user role management. The conversational AI features in Virtual Agent and voice agent streamline case creation processes, improving responsiveness and user satisfaction. The new licensing tiers clarify AI feature access, helping customers align capabilities with their organizational needs. Activation through the ServiceNow Store remains the standard procedure. Consolidated page of all release notes for Care Team Operations for Facilities from Zurich to Australia. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Care Team Operations for Facilities release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Zurich to Australia. Tip: If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release." ## Important information for upgrading Care Team Operations for Facilities to Australia Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | Upgrade information : The Australia release introduces enhanced protections for read‑only fields across the ServiceNow AI Platform®. These changes include a new "read_only_option" field with granular control levels, including "strict_read_only" and "client_script_modifiable". The changes occur in the back end and maintain backward‑compatible behavior. This update helps strengthen your instance security while preserving the flexibility you need. Refer to [KB2718122](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2718122) for additional technical details on how to identify affected fields and adjust their settings. For more information about granular read-only security options, see [Configuring read-only security options](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=read-only-option&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). If you have the feature administrator role you can now complete tasks that were initially reserved for users with the broader administrator role. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Care Team Operations for Facilities. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__8} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | [Healthcare Facilities case](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cto-facilities-case-overview&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Expand facilities cases to support custom support requests for your organization's facilities support department. [Create facilities support requests](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cto-facilities-create-request&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Request support from your organization's facilities department with pre-configured catalog items. [Healthcare facilities case and work order synchronization](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cto-facilities-fulfilling-requests&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Care Team Operations for Facilities automatically syncs Healthcare Facilities cases with work orders. [Setting up roles and responsibilities in Care Team Operations for Facilities](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hco-facilities-set-up-roles-responsibilities&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Roles and responsibilities have been updated to allow for more selective user access. The following responsibilities were added: * Support department agent * Support department manager Users can be assigned these responsibilities in the Edit member related list within healthcare organizations. | | Australia | [ServiceNow product tiers](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ai-native-sku-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The ServiceNow AI Platform now brings you a new AI experience with three licensing tiers available: * Foundation: AI basics to deliver insights * Advanced: AI to boost productivity across relevant use cases * Prime: Act autonomously with all AI assets, and create your own Depending on your license, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents. [Create support requests using Now Assist in Virtual Agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hcls-agentic-ai-use-cases&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Create support requests for healthcare IT, biomed, facilities, or environmental services departments through Now Assist in Virtual Agent conversationally. This workflow resolves missing or unclear details through clarifying questions and validates the request using the Care team operations case Intake and Care team operations case Creation AI agents and is available in Care Team Portal and Care Team Mobile. [Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hco-now-assist-voice-agent&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent enables care team members to create cases conversationally over the phone. Note: For the Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent to create cases, the Care Team Operations plugin for cases of that request type must be installed. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Care Team Operations for Facilities features. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__14} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Australia, some Care Team Operations for Facilities features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__20} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Australia, some Care Team Operations for Facilities features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__26} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Care Team Operations for Facilities. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | Activation information : Install Care Team Operations for Facilities by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Care Team Operations for Facilities is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Australia | Activation information : Install Care Team Operations for Facilities by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Care Team Operations for Facilities is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Care Team Operations for Facilities we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__38} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Care Team Operations for Facilities we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__44} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Care Team Operations for Facilities, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__50} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Care Team Operations for Facilities we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__56} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Care Team Operations for Facilities we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforfacilities-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Zurich | * Automate healthcare operations by enabling facilities support request creation and fulfillment. * Create facility support requests from directly within the Care Team Portal or Care Team Mobile. * Gain full visibility into reported facilities support cases while enabling facilities teams to manage and fulfill them as work orders or work orders tasks when Field Service Management is installed.\] * Assign roles and responsibilities more efficiently with a streamlined user configuration process. See [Care Team Operations for Facilities](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cto-facilities-landing&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Australia | * Use the conversational abilities of Now Assist in Virtual Agent in Care Team Portal or Care Team Mobile to create requests for support departments. * Leverage the Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent enables to create cases conversationally over the phone. * Care Team Operations for Facilities has received security enhancements in the Australia release. See [Care Team Operations for Facilities](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cto-facilities-landing&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | [ ]