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# Combined External Content Connectors release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia

# Combined External Content Connectors release notes for upgrades from Zurich to Australia {#ariaid-title1}

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Updated October 8, 2026  
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## Summary of Combined External Content Connectors Release Notes for Upgrades from Zurich to Australia

This consolidated guide helps ServiceNow customers prepare for upgrading External Content Connectors from the Zurich to the Australia release family.
It summarizes new features, changes, deprecations, and important upgrade tasks to ensure smooth transition and optimal use of External Content Connectors for making external document repositories searchable within AI Search applications.
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## Key Features

* **Expanded Connector Support:** Numerous new external content connectors have been introduced for a wide range of source systems including Google Drive (with label filtering), Adobe Acrobat Sign, Aha! Roadmaps, Cornerstone, Fluid Topics, ManageEngine, Workvivo, Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service, Asana, DocuSign, Dropbox, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, HubSpot, Lucidchart, Miro, monday.com, Notion, SAP DMS, Smartsheet, Trello, WordPress, Workday, Zoom, Amazon S3, Box, GitLab, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Viva Engage, ServiceNow instances, Webcrawler, Zendesk Guide, SAP SuccessFactors, and others.
* **Improved Content Crawling:** Support for delta content crawls, especially for Google Drive, which reduces crawl time by ignoring unchanged content.
* **User Mapping and Permissions:** Enhanced configuration options for mapping source system users to ServiceNow AI Platform users, preserving access permissions during content crawls.
* **Analytics and Monitoring:** New and redesigned analytics pages for tracking connector performance and crawl statistics. A connector health dashboard and index inspector tool enable detailed monitoring and troubleshooting of indexing and retrieval errors.
* **Advanced Settings:** Additional connection configuration such as specifying AWS regions and endpoints for Amazon S3, and flexible certificate thumbprint formats for Microsoft connectors.
* **Improved User Interface:** Updated connector creation UI with optional steps for user permission crawls and linking search profiles, plus renamed tabs for clarity (e.g., "Manage crawls").
* **Webcrawler Enhancements:** The Webcrawler connector now supports custom and predefined web sources, sitemap URL retrieval, and scheduling of crawls on daily, weekly, or monthly basis.
* **Role-Based Access Control (RBAC):** Limited RBAC support added for Atlassian Confluence Cloud connectors to map source system roles to ServiceNow permissions.
* **Multimodal Captioning:** Optional activation of captioning for attachments and files to enhance searchability through generated captions for images, tables, charts, and complex layouts.
* **New Default Theme:** The Coral theme is now the default for new portals and experiences, including a fresh, brand-neutral look and a dark theme option.

## Important Upgrade Information

* **Pre- and Post-Upgrade Tasks:** Customers should review and complete specified tasks before and after upgrading External Content Connectors to Australia.
* **Activation:** Installation requires requesting the External Content Connectors Application Suite plugin from the ServiceNow Store. Additional plugins such as ServiceNow product documentation and Webcrawler connectors require separate activation.
* **Additional Requirements:** Instances must have inbound mTLS support activated to run content crawls, which should be enabled automatically upon plugin installation if not already active.
* **Browser Support:** For optimal performance, use the latest versions of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer is not supported.

## Changes and Removals

* **Connection Settings Updates:** Atlassian Jira Cloud connector no longer requires instance ID; Microsoft connectors now accept SHA1 thumbprints in hexadecimal or base64 formats.
* **UI Improvements:** Enhanced crawl scheduling, including links to start points for partial crawls, and optional configuration steps during connector creation.
* **Removed Features:** No features or functionality were removed in this upgrade.
* **Deprecated Features:** No features or functionality were deprecated in this upgrade.

## Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

* Enable comprehensive and efficient indexing of diverse external content sources, enhancing the reach and relevance of AI Search applications.
* Maintain secure and accurate user permission mappings to ensure content access compliance.
* Gain improved operational insights and troubleshooting capabilities through new analytics and monitoring tools.
* Reduce crawl times and resource usage with delta crawling and advanced settings.
* Leverage modern UI improvements for easier connector configuration and management.
* Access up-to-date browser and security requirements to ensure stable and secure operations.  
Consolidated page of all release notes for External Content Connectors from Zurich to Australia.

## How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family External Content Connectors 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 External Content Connectors to Australia

Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__2}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for External Content Connectors.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__8}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | [Filter content by label](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=filter-content-label-google-drive-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Configure your Google Drive external content connectors to only retrieve content items that have one or more of a specified set of label values applied. [Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=adobe-acrobat-sign-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Adobe Acrobat Sign source system. [Aha! Roadmaps external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=aha-roadmaps-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Aha! Roadmaps source system. [Cornerstone external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cornerstone-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Cornerstone source system. [Fluid Topics external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fluid-topics-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Fluid Topics source system. [ManageEngine external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manageengine-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your ManageEngine source system. [Workvivo external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=workvivo-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Workvivo source system. [Connector admin role](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=installed-with-ext-content-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Users with the sn_ext_conn.xcc_admin role can create, configure, and review details for external content connectors and crawls. [Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=adobe-expmgr-cs-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service source system. [Asana external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=asana-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Asana source system. [Docusign external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=docusign-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Docusign source system. [Dropbox external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=dropbox-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Dropbox source system. [GitHub Enterprise Cloud external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=github-enterprise-cloud-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your GitHub Enterprise Cloud source system. [HubSpot external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hubspot-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your HubSpot source system. [Lucidchart external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=lucidchart-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Lucidchart source system. [Miro external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=miro-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Miro source system. [monday.com external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=monday-com-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your monday.com source system. [Notion external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=notion-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Notion source system. [SAP DMS external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sap-dms-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your SAP DMS source system. [Smartsheet external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=smartsheet-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Smartsheet source system. [Trello external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=trello-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Trello source system. [WordPress external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=wordpress-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your WordPress source system. [Workday external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=workday-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Workday source system. [Zoom external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zoom-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Zoom source system. [Configure user mapping permission settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configure-user-mapping-settings-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Specify the source system and User \[sys_user\] table fields to examine for matches when an external content connector maps source system users to your ServiceNow AI Platform users. [Statistics for content crawls](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=document-statistics-external-content-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Review statistics about the documents (items or files with searchable content and metadata) retrieved by a content crawl. [Statistics for user permission crawls](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=permission-statistics-external-content-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Review statistics about the permissions (user and group-membership security principals) retrieved by a user permission crawl. [Analytics](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=analytics-external-content-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Review metrics that show how your external content connector has run over time. [Amazon S3 external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=amazon-s3-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from buckets in your Amazon S3 source system. [Box external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=box-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from user boxes in your Box source system. [GitLab external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=gitlab-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from issues, wikis, merge requests, tags, branches, and commits in your GitLab source system's groups, projects, and repositories. [Microsoft OneDrive external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=microsoft-onedrive-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from individual drives in your Microsoft OneDrive source system. [Microsoft Viva Engage external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=microsoft-viva-engage-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from conversations in your Microsoft Viva Engage source system's communities. [ServiceNow instance external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=servicenow-instance-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from KB articles in your ServiceNow AI Platform instance. [Webcrawler external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=webcrawler-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from pages and subdomains in public web sources. Select a predefined web source or specify a custom web source. [Zendesk Guide external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=zendesk-guide-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from articles in your Zendesk Guide source system's knowledge bases. [Statistics for content crawls](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=document-statistics-external-content-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Review statistics for searchable items retrieved by a content crawl. [Statistics for user permission crawls](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=permission-statistics-external-content-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Review statistics for user and group permissions retrieved by a user permission crawl. |
| Australia | [Connector health dashboard](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=resolve-health-issues-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   View and resolve connector health issues using the connector health dashboard. [Index inspector tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=review-indexing-status-content-items&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Verify indexing status and error counts for individual content items using the index inspector tool. Optionally review additional item details, see which users and groups can view the item in secure search, and view retrieval and indexing errors for the item. [Advanced connection settings for the Amazon S3 external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-ext-cont-connector-amazon-s3&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Optionally specify advanced connection settings including the AWS region and Amazon S3 endpoint you want the connector to use. You can also specify a list of Amazon S3 buckets to retrieve content from, or leave this list empty to enable auto-discovery of buckets. [Delta content crawls for the Google Drive connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=delta-content-crawls-external-content-connectors&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Reduce content crawl time with delta content crawls. Unlike full content crawls, delta content crawls ignore unchanged content items in a connector's source system. Delta content crawls are supported for the Google Drive external content connector. [Filter content by label](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=filter-content-label-google-drive-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Configure your Google Drive external content connectors to only retrieve content items that have one or more of a specified set of label values applied. [SAP SuccessFactors external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sap-successfactors-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata exported from your SAP SuccessFactors Learning source system. [Configuring crawl settings for external content connectors](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cfg-crawl-settings-ext-cont-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Activate multimodal captioning for attachments and files retrieved by your external content connector's content crawls. The multimodal service automatically generates captions for images, tables, charts, and complex layouts in the retrieved attachments and files. Searches can match attachment and file results using keywords from the generated captions. [Adobe Acrobat Sign external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=adobe-acrobat-sign-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Adobe Acrobat Sign source system. [Aha! Roadmaps external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=aha-roadmaps-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Aha! Roadmaps source system. [Cornerstone external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=cornerstone-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Cornerstone source system. [Fluid Topics external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fluid-topics-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Fluid Topics source system. [ManageEngine external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=manageengine-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your ManageEngine source system. [Workvivo external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=workvivo-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve searchable content and metadata from your Workvivo source system. |
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## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing External Content Connectors features.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__14}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | [Sitemap support in the Webcrawler external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=webcrawler-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve content and links from URLs found in sitemaps defined for your web source system when running content crawls for the Webcrawler external content connector. A content crawl only retrieves sitemap URLs that include the crawl's starting point URL. [Start point links for scheduled partial content crawls](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-content-crawl-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   View the start point for a scheduled partial content crawl via a link in its entry in the the external content connector's list of crawls. [Start point links in partial content crawl history entries](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=review-crawl-ext-cont-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   View the start point for a scheduled partial content crawl via a link in its crawl history entries. [Limited Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) support in the Atlassian](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=atlassian-confluence-cloud-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) Confluence Cloud external content connector :   Map source system user and group permissions assigned via RBAC roles to users in your ServiceNow AI Platform instance. [Connector creation UI](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=creating-ext-cont-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   The connector creation UI now includes optional steps for configuring user permission crawls (for connectors that support them) and for linking connector search sources to your search profiles. If you want to change these settings for an existing connector, you can configure these settings from the connector editor. [Analytics](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=analytics-external-content-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   Analyze connector performance and behavior in a selected time period using the redesigned Analytics page. You can access this page from the connector editor. [Atlassian Jira Cloud connection settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-ext-cont-connector-jira&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   The Atlassian Jira Cloud external content connector no longer requires your Atlassian Jira Cloud instance ID as a connection setting. [Microsoft OneDrive connection settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-ext-cont-connector-microsoft-onedrive&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   The Microsoft OneDrive external content connector now accepts certificate SHA1 thumbprint hashes in hexadecimal format as well as in base64-encoded format. [Microsoft SharePoint Online connection settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-ext-cont-connector-mspo&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   The Microsoft SharePoint Online external content connector now accepts certificate SHA1 thumbprint hashes in hexadecimal format as well as in base64-encoded format. [Microsoft Teams connection settings](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-ext-cont-connector-msteams&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   The Microsoft Teams external content connector now accepts certificate SHA1 thumbprint hashes in hexadecimal format as well as in base64-encoded format. [Connector creation UI](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=creating-ext-cont-connectors&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   The connector creation UI now includes optional steps for configuring the new connector's crawl settings and creating and scheduling crawls for it. You can still configure these settings from the connector's editor, so you can skip these steps during connector creation if you want to configure crawl settings and create crawls later on. [Webcrawler external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=webcrawler-external-content-connector&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) :   The predefined web sources external content connector has been subsumed into the new Webcrawler external content connector, which enables you to specify a custom web source or select a predefined one. Coral theme :   Coral is now the default theme for new portal, web, and mobile experiences with Next Experience or Core UI enabled. This theme provides a fresh look and feel, featuring brand-neutral illustrations to enhance your user experience. A dark theme option is available for web and mobile experiences. |
| Australia | [Crawl schedules tab renamed](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-content-crawl-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   In the external content connector editor, the Crawl schedules tab has been renamed to Manage crawls. [ServiceNow instance external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=servicenow-instance-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   You can now create and run multiple ServiceNow instance connectors on a single ServiceNow AI Platform instance. [Webcrawler external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=webcrawler-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Connector admins can now schedule crawls on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis for all Webcrawler external content connectors. [Sitemap support in the Webcrawler external content connector](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=webcrawler-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   Retrieve content and links from URLs found in sitemaps defined for your web source system when running content crawls for the Webcrawler external content connector. A content crawl only retrieves sitemap URLs that include the crawl's starting point URL. [Start point links for scheduled partial content crawls](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=create-content-crawl-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   View the start point for a scheduled partial content crawl via a link in its entry in the the external content connector's list of crawls. [Start point links in partial content crawl history entries](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=review-crawl-ext-cont-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) :   View the start point for a scheduled partial content crawl via a link in its crawl history entries. [Limited Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) support in the Atlassian](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=atlassian-confluence-cloud-external-content-connector&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) Confluence Cloud external content connector :   Map source system user and group permissions assigned via RBAC roles to users in your ServiceNow AI Platform instance. |
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## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some External Content Connectors features or functionality were removed.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__20}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some External Content Connectors features or functionality were deprecated.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__26}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Activation information

Review information on how to activate External Content Connectors.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__32}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | Activation information :   Install External Content Connectors by requesting the External Content Connectors Application Suite plugin from the ServiceNow Store. If you want to activate the ServiceNow product documentation external content connector or the Webcrawler external content connector, you must request activation of those plugins after the Application Suite is activated. 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). |
| Australia | Activation information :   Install External Content Connectors by requesting the External Content Connectors Application Suite plugin from the ServiceNow Store. If you want to activate the ServiceNow product documentation external content connector or the Webcrawler external content connector, you must request activation of those plugins after the Application Suite is activated. 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). |
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## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for External Content Connectors we have noted them here.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__38}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | Additional requirements :   Your instance needs inbound mTLS support to run external content connector crawls. If inbound mTLS support isn't already activated for your instance, it should be automatically activated after you install the External Content Connectors Application Suite plugin. |
| Australia | Additional requirements :   Your instance needs inbound mTLS support to run external content connector crawls. If inbound mTLS support isn't already activated for your instance, it should be automatically activated after you install the External Content Connectors Application Suite plugin. |
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## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for External Content Connectors we have noted them here.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__44}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | Browser requirements :   For optimal performance, use External Content Connectors in the latest release of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer isn't supported. |
| Australia | Browser requirements :   For optimal performance, use External Content Connectors in the latest release of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer isn't supported. |
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## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for External Content Connectors, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__50}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for External Content Connectors we have noted them here.  
{#dfrn3-externalcontentconnectors-summary__entry__56}

| Release | Release notes |
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| Zurich | No updates for this release. |
| Australia | No updates for this release. |
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## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for External Content Connectors we have noted them here.  
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| Zurich | * Make content and metadata from your external document repositories searchable in AI Search applications. * Map your source system users to their ServiceNow AI Platform user accounts to preserve their access permissions for crawled content. * Schedule content and user permission crawls or run them manually as needed. See [External Content Connectors](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ext-cont-connectors-landing-page&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. |
| Australia | * Make content and metadata from your external document repositories searchable in AI Search applications. * Map your source system users to their ServiceNow AI Platform user accounts to preserve their access permissions for crawled content. * Schedule content and user permission crawls or run them manually as needed. See [External Content Connectors](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ext-cont-connectors-landing-page&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. |
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