Combined Digital End-User Experience release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated May 4, 2026
  • 17 minutes to read
  • Consolidated page of all release notes for Digital End-User Experience from Yokohama to Australia.

    How to use this page

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

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

    Release Release notes

    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 Digital End-User Experience.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Manage your system compliance report
    Identify vulnerabilities and keep end-user devices secure and efficient by confirming that they meet security policies and regulatory standards. The Compliance report provides a comprehensive view of how well the end-user devices are adhering to the security measures of your organization.
    Monitor system performance
    Identify high-performance devices by monitoring critical metrics, such as CPU usage, memory consumption, disk activity, and input/output (IO) reading and writing speeds. Monitoring system performance provides information about how device performance impacts overall system health.
    Check your device's health

    Digital End-user Experience Self-service (DEX Self-service) enables you to check the performance of your device using a Device health check. You can check the device health on demand and resolve the issues detected by DEX by leveraging the recommended resolutions for the issues. The resolutions can either be remedial actions (that you can trigger via a button), self-help instructions, or URL. You can also use Device actions which can be triggered even when no issues are detected on the device.  These actions enable you to maintain good performance of the devices and applications

    Monitor apps network
    Monitor the advanced metrics like jitter, latency, and packet loss with a visual representation of network hops. These metrics provide real-time insights into network performance, helping to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization quickly.
    Additional device metrics
    Get insights into device health and performance using the newly added device-level and application metrics. These metrics include memory usage, system time, energy consumption, and page file size. They're available in the following pages under Device health or Advanced app metrics:
    • Operating system
    • System compliance metrics
    • Windows power plan
    • File management
    • Windows registry
    • Microsoft Configuration Manager (MCM) application
    • Application freeze
    Digital Experience Score​
    Measure and consolidate both quantitative and qualitative data to gain a holistic view of the digital employee experience. The Digital Experience Score​ dashboard (DEX Score) provides data-driven insights to improve your employees' digital experience.

    DEX Score compiles health metrics scores, user sentiment scores, and service experience scores for applications and devices to calculate the overall digital experience score.

    Access device lists based on individual device or application health metric scores. Review the list to identify devices with scores below the average for each metric.

    Proactive Engagement
    Inform employees by providing any self-help instructions or notifications by Desktop Assistant and email as the two new notification channels along with the existing Virtual Agent option.

    Explore what Proactive Engagement has to offer with new use cases as part of the base system. The new use cases include poor Wi-Fi connectivity, device crash, app crash, app freeze, Jamf execution, and disconnected Zscaler.

    User criteria help in grouping the users based on certain conditions. You can set the user criteria settings through Proactive Engagement.

    Depending on the remedial action chosen from the list while creating a new metric rule, specific input parameters can be configured with advanced settings that will fetch a static input.

    Zurich

    View collected metrics with Metrics analyzer
    Using the DEX Metrics analyzer, explore and analyze various metrics for Configuration Items (CIs) through selecting metrics by application, device, location, and OS.
    Monitoring non-persistent VDIs
    Set up monitoring of non-persistent VDIs to identify performance issues and to troubleshoot.
    Set up page-level monitoring
    Monitor a Web application performance at a specific page level and view the collected metrics in the Metrics analyzer.
    Assign ITIL-related roles to DEX users
    Exercise tighter control over the role management system and role delegation. Control who has access to Express list, Alerts, and Incident records after the ITIL-related roles have been removed from the dex_user or dex_engineer roles.
    Microsoft Teams call quality
    View detailed metrics for the Microsoft Teams calls of a particular user, including call quality, network metrics, and session data, with DEX for Microsoft 365.
    Create a remedial action
    Access the Create Remedial Action page from the DEX Administration workspace. DEX admins can create a remedial action or link to an existing remedial action to a check definition. To enhance the end-user experience, you can also run the remedial action on multiple impacted devices at once.
    Device health page
    View real-time data from the past 24 hours for alerts, change requests, and incidents impacting a device in the Device events Timeline chart on the Device health page.
    Diagnose and resolve issues on DEX monitored devices
    Service desk agents can use the DEX diagnosis and resolution agentic AI workflow to resolve issues on DEX monitored devices through a structured process that includes diagnosis of the cause, a resolution plan with actionable steps, and documenting the resolution in the incident record.
    Diagnose and resolve issues on DEX monitored devices
    Service desk agents can diagnose and resolve Zoom call quality issues using the DEX issue diagnosis and resolution agentic workflow, which integrates Zoom-specific diagnostics that correlate device, network, and application data.
    Incident diagnostics and suggested resolutions
    Service desk agents can diagnose and resolve common issues on DEX monitored devices from the Investigation tab in incident records within the Service Operations Workspace. View the health status of the device and related metrics, review the suggested resolutions, and execute remedial actions or follow self-help instructions to resolve the incident. Monitor the status of actions after they’re completed.
    Customize theme, Customize home page, and Create a hyperlink card
    DEX Desktop Assistant administrators can customize the theme for Desktop Assistant by modifying specific CSS variables. You can also customize the logo, add hyperlink cards, and map these cards to sections on the home page.
    Zoom call quality

    Admins can view detailed metrics for Zoom calls made by users assigned to this device or who logged in within the past 15 days. The metrics include call quality, network performances, and call details enabling faster troubleshooting and improved end-user experience visibility.

    View Zoom room metrics
    Using DEX for Zoom, admins can monitor Zoom Room performance across their organization, view issues in each room, and analyze root causes to promote consistent meeting experiences.
    Added new remedial actions
    The DEX base system includes the following new remedial actions:
    • Add a registry key (Windows)
    • Clear Google Chrome browsing data (macOS and Windows)
    • Clear Recycle Bin (macOS and Windows)
    • Configure device power scheme (macOS and Windows)
    • Delete Network Drive (Windows)
    • Delete a file (Windows)
    • Elevate temporary admin access (macOS and Windows)
    • Map Network Drive (Windows)
    • Modify USB storage access: Execute (Windows)
    • Modify USB storage access: Read (Windows)
    • Modify USB storage access: Write (Windows)
    • Modify a registry key value (Windows)
    • Remediate Zscaler connectivity (macOS and Windows)
    • Repair corrupt Outlook files (macOS and Windows)
    • Reset Google Chrome browser settings (macOS and Windows)
    • Restart Audio Services (Windows)
    • Restart Microsoft OneDrive (macOS and Windows)
    • Restart Microsoft Outlook (Windows)
    • Updated the Clear application cache remedial action to enable selecting the Microsoft Teams application, helping improve Teams performance.
    Enhanced metric rule experience
    DEX administrators can now manage all types of proactive rules (both metric and configuration-based) within a unified interface, streamlining rule management across the DEX system.
    AI-powered root cause analysis for Zoom call quality issues
    Use Now Assist for Zoom call issues to identify the root cause of call quality degradation and review the supporting metric evidence for deeper insight. The analysis highlights the contributing device and network factors directly in the Zoom call quality view. Get the real-time guidance, including device ready remedial actions, contextual self-help instructions, and relevant knowledge articles to help resolve the issue efficiently.
    Get AI driven insights for boot time performance
    Monitor device boot time to identify slow start-up issues and use Now Assist to investigate the root cause and get suggested resolutions, including remedial actions, self-help instructions, and knowledge articles to resolve boot performance problems quickly.
    View GPU device metric details
    Monitor GPU and VRAM (Video Random Access Memory) usage on the Device page to assess graphics performance and identify bottlenecks. GPU usage shows the percentage of graphics processing capacity in use, while VRAM usage highlights memory consumption for graphics intensive workloads. These metrics help detect rendering issues, memory intensive applications, and performance degradation enabling faster investigation and resolution of GPU related device problems.

    Australia

    Review top processes by resource usage
    Service desk agents can now view automated snapshots of the top 10 CPU and memory-consuming processes directly in the Investigation tab of incident records. The snapshots that are captured every 30 minutes are initially triggered when an incident is created and a configuration item is tagged. You can refresh and filter snapshots over different time ranges and monitor processes causing device issues.
    Diagnose and resolve issues on DEX monitored devices
    Service desk agents can diagnose and resolve Zoom call quality issues using the DEX issue diagnosis and resolution agentic workflow, which integrates Zoom-specific diagnostics that correlate device, network, and application data.
    Event monitoring with DEX
    Monitor system events on Windows and macOS devices to track critical system events available with your base system, configure additional events to monitor, and review collected event data stored in your ServiceNow instance.

    Monitor system-level events, such as application crashes, unexpected shutdowns, disk space warnings, failed login attempts, and service failures. The DEX agent captures event data directly from managed endpoints. Activate or deactivate events or add custom events to extend monitoring beyond the base system catalog.

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    Generate an insights report from event log data collected by the DEX agent.

    Save useful queries as named reports in the Insights reporting area to preserve them for future use. After you save a report, it appears in the left navigation panel for quick access. IT operators, L2 analysts, DEX engineers, and administrators can save, name, and retrieve reports. Role-based access controls restrict save and retrieval operations to the DEX Engineer and Administrator roles.

    AI-powered root cause analysis for Zoom call quality issues
    Use Now Assist for Zoom call issues to identify the root cause of call quality degradation and review the supporting metric evidence for deeper insight. The analysis highlights the contributing device and network factors directly in the Zoom call quality view. Get the real-time guidance, including device ready remedial actions, contextual self-help instructions, and relevant knowledge articles to help resolve the issue efficiently.
    Get AI driven insights for boot time performance
    Monitor device boot time to identify slow start-up issues and use Now Assist to investigate the root cause and get suggested resolutions, including remedial actions, self-help instructions, and knowledge articles to resolve boot performance problems quickly.
    View GPU device metric details
    Monitor GPU and VRAM (Video Random Access Memory) usage on the Device page to assess graphics performance and identify bottlenecks. GPU usage shows the percentage of graphics processing capacity in use, while VRAM usage highlights memory consumption for graphics intensive workloads. These metrics help detect rendering issues, memory intensive applications, and performance degradation enabling faster investigation and resolution of GPU related device problems.
    Applications
    Monitor application performance by application version to accelerate incident resolution and improve deployment quality. This enables the Service desk agent in faster root cause analysis and data-driven deployment decisions improving the overall end-user experience.
    Bulk Remediation for Impacted Devices
    Select multiple impacted devices from the Insights page and apply remedial actions in bulk. Service desk agents can now resolve issues across multiple devices simultaneously, improving productivity and reducing manual effort.
    DEX remedial actions
    The DEX base system includes the new remedial action Sync device to Intune.
    ServiceNow product tiers
    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.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Digital End-User Experience features.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    Desktop Assistant
    By default, the Desktop Assistant home page now has two sections: My resources and Quick links. My resources includes Device health check and Network test cards, while Quick links includes Employee Center and Outages cards.
    Modified Devices page
    • The device view is now optimized and segregated into two tabs based on the user persona. The All devices tab is for DEX operators, and the Devices by ACC status tab is for DEX operators and DEX admins.
    • The application performance tab in the Device page has been enhanced. Filter performance for installed apps and web apps by date and time, and view the performance metrics for the last seven days.
    • Access the performance page to view the performance and details of both installed and web applications.
    • Filter the active devices to view only the devices that were active in the last five minutes.
    Updated landing page
    The world map in the Devices section on the DEX landing page now shows the devices list instead of users list. The Impacted Devices card now shows the count of impacted users based on the alerts of both the devices and the applications running on that device.
    Updated users link reference
    The user link now redirects to Users page in Service Operations Workspace.
    Changed device alerts
    View alerts for both your device and its applications in the Alerts section of the Devices page.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Australia, some Digital End-User Experience features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    • Removed the Impacted users and Active users cards from the landing page.
    • Removed the Users page.
    • Removed the Users list page.
    • Removed the Users and Devices filters from the Devices page.

    Australia

    No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Australia, some Digital End-User Experience features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    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 Digital End-User Experience.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Install Digital End-User Experience 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.

    Zurich

    Install Digital End-User Experience by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store.

    Australia

    Install Digital End-User Experience by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Digital End-User Experience we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    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 Digital End-User Experience we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Enable the DEX browser extension for monitoring Web applications to collect various operational or performance-based metrics on your system. For more information, see Enable DEX browser extension for monitoring web/SaaS applications.

    Zurich

    Enable the DEX browser extension to monitor web applications for various operational or performance-based metrics on your system. For more information, see Enable browser extension.

    Australia

    Enable the DEX browser extension to monitor web applications for various operational or performance-based metrics on your system. For more information, see Enable browser extension.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Digital End-User Experience, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    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 Digital End-User Experience we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Localization is applicable to DEX in all languages supported by the ServiceNow AI Platform.

    Zurich

    Localization is applicable to DEX in all languages supported by the ServiceNow AI Platform.

    Australia

    Localization is applicable to DEX in all languages supported by the ServiceNow AI Platform.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Digital End-User Experience we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    • Monitor whether the devices across your organization are adhering to the established application and policy metric compliance rules using the System compliance report.
    • Identify high-performance devices and learn the correlation between your device performance and overall system health by monitoring critical metrics, such as CPU usage, in the System performance report.
    • Monitor the multiple facets of the end-user network performance, including connection details, connection stability and path metrics, and application network hops.
    • Manage what DEX metrics are collected for a DEX agent policy, turn off collection of a metric, or change the frequency for a metric collection.
    • Set up file management to track and manage executable files on your organization devices.
    • Track and manage the Windows registry keys configured for monitoring on your organization devices.
    • View client health metrics with the Microsoft Configuration Manager (MCM) application.
    • Track the impacted device details from the Service Operations Workspace landing page. You can also track the details of all the impacted users and impacted devices from the active alerts.
    • Determine the device location based on the pre-defined custom logic.
    • Diagnose and resolve device issues using the Device health check capability provided by Digital End-user Experience Self-service.
    • Track the digital experience scores of the applications and devices that your employees use with the Digital Experience Score​ dashboard.
    • The Proactive Engagement application is integrated as part of the DEX suite of applications and is installed along with DEX.

    See Digital End-User Experience for more information.

    Zurich

    • Track and analyze call performance for a particular user in Microsoft Teams with DEX for Microsoft 365.
    • View the consolidated alerts related to devices and applications in the Alerts section of the Device health page.
    • View the new DEX landing page, which includes an updated Devices world map and an enhanced Impacted Devices card.
    • View real-time data for alerts, change requests, and incidents that are impacting a device in the Device events section of the Device health page.
    • Create a remedial action from a check definition, link an existing remedial action to a check definition, and execute a remedial action on multiple impacted devices for a DEX alert simultaneously.
    • Manage device and application configurations and monitor key DEX components in the new DEX Administration workspace.
    • Gain deeper visibility into performance with enhanced metrics analysis and non-persistent Virtual Desktop infrastructures (VDIs) monitoring, including device, application, and web page insights for faster troubleshooting.
    • Use the Metrics analyzer to view metrics collected for a given device or application during a specific period.
    • Monitor non-persistent VDIs with Digital End-User Experience (DEX) to track performance issues and troubleshoot efficiently.
    • Gain insights into Zoom call quality and Zoom rooms performance across your organization with DEX for Zoom.
    • Empower service desk agents to diagnose and resolve incidents on DEX monitored devices quickly and efficiently by using the  DEX issue diagnosis and resolution agentic AI workflow.
    • Enable service desk agents to diagnose and resolve issues on DEX monitored devices directly from the Investigation tab in incident records within the Service Operations Workspace.

    See Digital End-User Experience for more information.

    Australia

    • Enable service desk agents to view and manage the top 10 CPU and memory-consuming processes in the Investigation tab of incident records, with automated snapshots every 30 minutes to quickly identify and end processes causing device issues, thus improving service desk productivity.
    • Diagnose and resolve Zoom call issues with the new Zoom AI capability, which provides device-level root cause analysis and suggested resolutions.
    • Monitor device boot time and use Now Assist to quickly diagnose startup delays and get actionable resolutions to resolve boot performance issues.
    • View device boot time metrics to assess system startup health and identify potential issues.
    • Gain deeper visibility into device performance with GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) utilization metrics.
    • Apply remedial actions to multiple devices at once directly from the Insights page to resolve issues faster with bulk remediation.
    • Monitor system-level events from Windows and macOS devices to gain deeper insight into device health and stability. Configure events of interest and capture event data directly in ServiceNow to support incident investigation and proactive service desk operations.
    • Generate event insights reports from collected event data to analyze device health trends and support incident investigation.
    • Save custom insight reports and access them from the left navigation panel for faster, repeatable analysis.

    See Digital End-User Experience for more information.