Australia release notes
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Summary of Australia release notes
The ServiceNow® Australia release introduces new products, applications, and enhancements, along with fixes for existing offerings. These release notes provide essential guidance to help you prepare for and successfully upgrade your instance to the Australia version, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption.
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Upgrade Process Guidance
The upgrade journey is structured around planning, testing, and validation phases. The release notes recommend following the outlined phases in order to optimize your upgrade experience:
- Learn about Australia: Understand the new features and changes introduced in this release.
- Prepare your upgrade: Select the target version and complete necessary preparations.
- Upgrade to Australia: Review the upgrade process details and execute the instance upgrade.
Release Timeline and Versions
Australia release versions, including patches and security updates, are rolled out multiple times throughout the year. Up-to-date release dates and available patches can be referenced to plan your upgrade accordingly. Note that future release dates may change.
Release Notes Tools and Features
To enhance your upgrade planning and execution, several tools are available:
- Personalized PRB release notes: Generate a tailored list of all problem fixes applicable from your current to target release version.
- Combined product release notes: Access consolidated release information across product families for cross-family upgrades.
- Release notes summaries: View categorized information such as browser requirements across all Australia products on a single page.
- Build your own release notes: Customize and filter release notes to focus on relevant details for your upgrade scenario.
Upgrade Paths
Specific release notes and guidance are available depending on your current ServiceNow version, including upgrade paths from Zurich, Yokohama, and Xanadu. Patch and hotfix release notes further support ongoing maintenance post-upgrade.
The ServiceNow® Australia release includes new products and applications, as well as additional features and fixes for existing products. Read the release notes to learn about the release, prepare for your upgrade, and upgrade your instance.
Path to successful upgrades
Upgrading your instance involves planning, testing, and validation. The release notes guide you through completing all of the phases and tasks for a successful upgrade.
Start your upgrade journey
To use the release notes in your upgrade process, choose the upgrade phase that you're ready to start with. It's recommended you complete the phases in the order listed. For a guide to the redesigned release notes experience, see Using the release notes.
Release timeline
New Australia release versions are released throughout the year. Here are the current dates for Australia patch and security patch releases. To view a full list of Australia release versions, refer to Available patches and hotfixes. Future release dates are subject to change.
Maximize your release notes value
Learn how to navigate the redesigned release notes and find the information you’re looking for. Use new release notes tools to improve your upgrade experience.
Release notes tools
We've created some tools to help you review the release notes and upgrade more quickly and efficiently. For more information, see Build your own release notes.
- Release notes summaries
If you're interested in a specific set of release notes information, we've displayed release notes for all products by category. For example, you can read about the browser requirements for all Australia products, all on one page.
- Personalized PRB release notes
Generate a cumulative list of all the problems that are fixed in an upgrade from your current release version to any available target version.
- Combined product release notes for cross-family upgrades
View all release notes information for any product, from any family release version to another, on one page.