Combined Knowledge Center release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated August 11, 2026
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    Summary of Combined Knowledge Center Release Notes for Upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich

    This consolidated release notes page provides ServiceNow customers with a comprehensive summary of Knowledge Center updates from the Yokohama release family through to the Zurich release. It is designed to help you prepare for your upgrade by summarizing new features, changes, activation, and other relevant information related to Knowledge Center functionality.

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    Key Features

    • Search Knowledge Article: Both Yokohama and Zurich releases support building a complete and accurate knowledge base by discovering and addressing content gaps, removing redundant articles, and optimizing article quality.
    • Knowledge Center Article Optimization: This tool enables you to scan articles and receive instant, actionable feedback to improve their quality and relevance.
    • Now Assist Integration: The Knowledge Center article editor allows content generation and editing using Now Assist, including formatting with text, images, and media.
    • Potential Knowledge Gaps Identification: Proactively identify missing knowledge articles and recurring issues with incomplete documentation to enhance your knowledge base.

    Changes, Removals, and Deprecations

    There are no changes, removals, or deprecations noted for Knowledge Center features between Yokohama and Zurich releases. This ensures continuity of functionality across your upgrade.

    Activation and Accessibility

    Knowledge Center is available by default to all Knowledge Management roles in both Yokohama and Zurich releases, simplifying access and adoption. No new browser requirements, localization considerations, or accessibility updates have been introduced.

    Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    • Maintain a centralized, organized interface for managing and distributing organizational knowledge.
    • Enhance productivity and reduce redundant work by ensuring users access the most current and accurate information.
    • Leverage article optimization tools to continuously improve knowledge quality and relevance.
    • Use Now Assist within the article editor to streamline content creation and formatting.
    • Identify and fill knowledge gaps proactively, strengthening your knowledge base coverage.

    Consolidated page of all release notes for Knowledge Center from Yokohama to Zurich.

    How to use this page

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

    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 Knowledge Center to Zurich

    Before you upgrade to Zurich, 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.

    New features

    Between your current release family and Zurich, new features were introduced for Knowledge Center.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Search knowledge article
    Build a complete and accurate knowledge base, focus on continuous improvement by discovering and filling content gaps, removing redundant information, and optimizing existing articles for better quality.
    Knowledge Center Article Optimization
    Improve the quality and health of your knowledge articles by using the Article Optimization tool in the Knowledge Center to scan the articles, and get instant, actionable feedback.
    Generate and edit articles using Now Assist in the Knowledge Center article editor
    Use the editing tools in the Knowledge Center to format knowledge article content such as text, images, and media.
    Potential knowledge gaps
    Proactively identify and fill potential knowledge gaps. Identify missing knowledge articles and recurring issues that have incomplete or no knowledge article to refer to.

    Zurich

    Search knowledge article
    Build a complete and accurate knowledge base, focus on continuous improvement by discovering and filling content gaps, removing redundant information, and optimizing existing articles for better quality.
    Knowledge Center Article Optimization
    Improve the quality and health of your knowledge articles by using the Article Optimization tool in the Knowledge Center to scan the articles, and get instant, actionable feedback.
    Generate and edit articles using Now Assist in the Knowledge Center article editor
    Use the editing tools in the Knowledge Center to format knowledge article content such as text, images, and media.
    Potential knowledge gaps
    Proactively identify and fill potential knowledge gaps. Identify missing knowledge articles and recurring issues that have incomplete or no knowledge article to refer to.

    Changes

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some changes were made to existing Knowledge Center features.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Removed

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some Knowledge Center features or functionality were removed.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

    Between your current release family and Zurich, some Knowledge Center features or functionality were deprecated.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Knowledge Center.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    Knowledge Center would be available by default to all the roles of Knowledge Management.

    Zurich

    Knowledge Center would be available by default to all the roles of Knowledge Management.

    Additional requirements

    If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Knowledge Center we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

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

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Accessibility information

    Review details on accessibility information for Knowledge Center, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Localization information

    If there are specific localization considerations for Knowledge Center we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

    If there are specific highlight considerations for Knowledge Center we have noted them here.

    Release Release notes

    Yokohama

    • Use Knowledge Center to manage and distribute organizational knowledge through a centralized and organized interface.
    • Enhance productivity, reduce redundant work, and help ensure that users have access to the latest and most accurate information.
    • Format your content within a knowledge article using editing tools in the article editor.
    • Improve the quality and health of knowledge articles with article optimization, ensuring that the information is latest and relevant.

    See Knowledge Center for more information.

    Zurich

    • Use Knowledge Center to manage and distribute organizational knowledge through a centralized and organized interface.
    • Enhance productivity, reduce redundant work, and help ensure that users have access to the latest and most accurate information.
    • Format your content within a knowledge article using editing tools in the article editor.
    • Improve the quality and health of knowledge articles with article optimization, ensuring that the information is latest and relevant.

    See Knowledge Center for more information.