Combined ServiceNow Vault release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Australia

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family ServiceNow Vault 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 ServiceNow Vault 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	To install ServiceNow Vault, the following must be installed: Data Discovery Data Privacy Data anonymization Field Encryption Zero Trust Access
Australia	ServiceNow Vault is a bundle of the following products: ServiceNow Vault Data Discovery Data Privacy Zero Trust Access Field Encryption Code Signing Log Export Service (LES)

New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for ServiceNow Vault.


Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Zurich Patch 4 ServiceNow Vault console dashboard Manage and monitor cloud encryption metrics. Get AI guidance using the Ask Now Assist panel. Explore more detail for each metric. Zurich Early Availability ServiceNow Vault console dashboard Monitor your sensitive data in ServiceNow Vault with a comprehensive dashboard. The dashboard view shows metrics from each of the ServiceNow Vault tools and provides easy access to them. Guided Vault Use guided setup to quickly start using ServiceNow Vault on the following applications: Financial Services Customer Service Management
Australia	Australia Patch 1 Guided setup for custom applications Use Ask Now Assist to enhance your security posture autonomously by identifying, classifying, and protecting sensitive data in your custom applications. Securing custom apps with Vault agents agentic workflow Propose data classifications and available protections for a custom application. When you install Now Assist for Vault, this agentic workflow is turned on by default. Access Observer configuration agentic workflow View, create, deactivate, and delete Access Observer settings for a particular field. The access observer configuration agentic workflow helps you monitor the people and processes that access data on your instance. When you install Now Assist for Vault, this agentic workflow is turned on by default. Summarize Access Observer logs agentic workflow Review and summarize access logs for a specific field, identifying access sources, users, and their roles. For example, you can ask Now Assist to summarize access logs to view users who accessed a field, along with their roles and how they accessed the data. When you install Now Assist for Vault, this agentic workflow is turned on by default. Field encryption with Vault module agentic workflow Encrypt specific fields and configure secure access to users with designated roles using the field encryption with vault module agentic workflow. When you install Now Assist for Vault, this agentic workflow is turned on by default. Early availability Sensitive data monitoring in AI Insights Identify unprotected sensitive data across your configured tables using the AI Insights section in the Vault console dashboard. View users entering sensitive data in unprotected columns and channels, grouped by sensitive data patterns. This information can further be used to prioritize protection efforts. Guided setup for custom applications Autoclassify and protect the occurrences of sensitive data within your custom applications using guided setup for Vault. This flow helps you to quickly start using Vault capabilities in your own applications.

Changes

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


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.

Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some ServiceNow Vault 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 ServiceNow Vault 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 ServiceNow Vault.


Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Install ServiceNow Vault by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store 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.
Australia	Install ServiceNow Vault and Now Assist for Vault 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 ServiceNow Vault 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 ServiceNow Vault 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 ServiceNow Vault, 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 ServiceNow Vault 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 ServiceNow Vault we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Xanadu	No updates for this release.
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Zurich Patch 4 Manage and monitor cloud encryption metrics. Get AI guidance using the Ask Now Assist panel in Vault console. Use guided setup to begin autoclassifying sensitive data within Financial Services and Customer Service Management applications. Monitor and review critical sensitive data metrics from the centralized ServiceNow Vault Console dashboard. Navigate between security tools efficiently using the ServiceNow Vault Console dashboard. See ServiceNow Vault for more information.
Australia	Australia Patch 1 Enhance your security posture by securing the data in your custom applications with Ask Now Assist. Surface sensitive data access by users automatically by leveraging Now Assist to configure, audit, and summarize your Access Observer logs. Early availability Identify potential threats and data leaks using the new AI Insights section within the ServiceNow Vault console dashboard. Use guided setup to begin autoclassifying sensitive data within your custom applications. See ServiceNow Vault for more information.