Combined Activity Management release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Activity Management from Xanadu to Australia.

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Activity Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Xanadu 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 Activity Management to Australia

Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	No updates for this release.

New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Activity Management.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	CRM Outlook Add-in Associate emails with CRM entities Associate customer emails to the correct ServiceNow CRM record without leaving Microsoft Outlook. Manually search and associate emails with leads, opportunities, accounts, or contacts, so that engagement context is captured immediately and remains available for future correspondence and follow‑up. Create new leads and contacts from email Create a new lead or contact directly from an email when no matching CRM record exists, and automatically attach the originating email to the newly created record to preserve engagement history. Centralize customer communications for the entire team Make email‑based customer interactions visible to account, lead, or opportunity teams by associating emails with the ServiceNow CRM records instead of them being isolated in your personal inbox. CRM Touchpoints Touchpoints on CRM entities Capture and track engagement activities for prospects and customers across communication channels such as email, phone, virtual meeting, in-person meetings, and social interactions by creating touchpoint records. Associate touchpoints with leads, opportunities, accounts, and contacts to maintain a complete engagement history. Custom touchpoint types Define custom touchpoint types in addition to the default types of discovery, demo, and customer business review (CBR), and so on to match your organization's specific engagement processes. Activity capture and tracking Capture emails, calls, meetings, and tasks within touchpoints such as discovery, demo, business value assessment, or CBRs in a single system of record. Track metrics such as primary channel and time spent for every interaction, giving leadership visibility into the activity volume per sales representative.

Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Activity Management features.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	Account and Contact field auto-population Reduce manual data entry when creating touchpoints by automatically populating the Account and Contact fields when you select an Associated Entity and Associated Record of type Contact, Account, Lead, or Opportunity. Associated Entity and Associated Record fields become read-only after the touchpoint record is created.

Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Activity Management features or functionality were removed.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	No updates for this release.

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some Activity Management features or functionality were deprecated.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Activity Management.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	Install CRM Outlook Add-in and CRM Touchpoints by requesting them from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store 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.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Activity Management we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	No updates for this release.

Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Activity Management we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	No updates for this release.

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Activity Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	No updates for this release.

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Activity Management we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	No updates for this release.

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Activity Management we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.
Australia	Enable email activity capture into ServiceNow Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software using the CRM Outlook Add-in. Define, plan, capture, and track customer interactions such as discovery calls, demos, and customer business reviews (CBRs) across different channels such as emails, calls, meetings, and more. Manage tasks and appointments for leads, opportunities, and more directly from a touchpoint record, in addition to opportunity. See Activity Management for more information.