Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack release notes
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Summary of Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack release notes
The Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack application on the ServiceNow Store provides foundational shared services and architecture enhancements to improve the performance, scalability, and functionality of Cloud Cost Management (CCM). It requires the parent Cloud Cost Management application to be installed for proper operation.
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Key Features
- Multi-cloud cost management enhancements: Integration with industry standards such as FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) and support for Azure Multi-Cloud Agreement (MCA) contracts.
- Multi-currency support: Ability to view cloud cost data in preferred currencies via the Multi-currency setup and Currency preference operations within the CCM Workspace.
- Microsoft Partner Agreement spend visibility: Centralized monitoring of spend under Managed Service Provider (MSP) operations.
- Instance operator role: Enables routine operational tasks with limited privileges, enhancing security by reducing the need for full admin rights.
- Multi-MID server configuration: Supports customers managing multiple AWS Organizations for consolidated cost management.
- Improved forecasting and budgeting: Accurate Azure forecasts considering relevant service accounts, better future budget forecasting, and stable budget configurations.
- Performance improvements: Faster landing page load times and enhanced search, filtering, and error handling capabilities.
- Expanded cloud service support: Additional Azure and AWS services visibility plus fixes to GCP Business Hours actions for cost optimization.
Key Outcomes
- Gain clearer financial insights and flexible reporting on cloud costs across multiple clouds and currencies.
- Reduce security risks by delegating operational tasks with the instance operator role.
- Achieve more accurate cost forecasts and budgeting aligned with cloud subscription models and usage.
- Benefit from improved application stability, faster performance, and better user experience in managing cloud spend.
- Manage complex cloud environments with support for multiple AWS Organizations and enhanced service list coverage.
Version history for the Cloud Cost Management Infra Stack application on the ServiceNow Store.
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Version history
- Version 10.0.2 - June 2026
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- Performance-related defect fixes.
- Stability-related defect fixes.
- Version 10.0.1 - March 2026
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- Cloud Cost Management highlights for the 10.0 release
- Manage your Azure cloud cost data with support for FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS), the industry standard for cost and usage data.
- Gain financial clarity and reporting flexibility by choosing to view your cloud cost data in your preferred currency.
- Get centralized visibility into the Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA) account spend when operating under a Managed Service Provider (MSP).
- The Multi-currency setup operation is available on the Cloud Cost Management Workspace Operations view to enable setting up display currency options for cloud cost and usage data.
- The Currency preference operation is available on the Cloud Cost Management Workspace Operations view to enable selecting preferred currency options for cloud cost and usage data.
- Use the instance operator role to perform routine operational tasks without requiring the full admin role for basic operations. By using limited privileges in the instance operator role, you can help reduce security risks across your organization.
- Cloud Cost Management highlights for the 10.0 release
- Version 9.0.3 - February 2026
- Functional and performance issues are fixed in this release. This includes:
- Multi-MID server configuration support for customers with multiple AWS Organizations.
- Accurate license calculation with proper handling of ephemeral resources.
- Improved CCM landing page performance with faster load times
- Business Hours recommendations now include EC2 instances detached from Auto Scaling groups.
- Accurate Azure forecast calculation for subscription-based billing (now considers only the relevant service account).
- Budget configurations now retain correctly without automatic deletion.
- Fixed GCP Business Hours actions for proper cost optimization execution.
- Enhanced spend visibility with support for additional Azure and AWS service lists.
- Functional and performance issues are fixed in this release. This includes:
- Version 9.0.2 - January 2026
- Functional and performance issues are fixed in this release. This includes:
- Multi-MID server configuration support for customers with multiple AWS Organizations.
- Accurate license calculation with proper handling of ephemeral resources.
- Improved CCM landing page performance with faster load times
- Business Hours recommendations now include EC2 instances detached from Auto Scaling groups.
- Accurate Azure forecast calculation for subscription-based billing (now considers only the relevant service account).
- Budget configurations now retain correctly without automatic deletion.
- Fixed GCP Business Hours actions for proper cost optimization execution.
- Enhanced spend visibility with support for additional Azure and AWS service lists.
- Functional and performance issues are fixed in this release. This includes:
- Version 9.0.1 - October 2025
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Functional and performance issues are fixed in this release. This includes:
- Forecast display on spend dashboard.
- Better formatting for amounts.
- Improved search and filtering capabilities for reports.
- Better error handing for Azure billing download, price sheet, and test connections.
- Custom properties to filter out unwanted tags.
- Better forecasting for future budgets.
- Version 9.0.0 - August 2025
- As part of 9.0, the following features are supported. Azure MCA contract support Azure billing download using export option.
- Version 8.2.2 - June 2025
- Fixes for infra stack plug in.
- Version 8.2.1 - April 2025
A few functional and performance issues have been fixed.
- Version 8.2.0 - February 2025
- Cloud Cost Management (CCM) Infra stack app cannot be installed without Cloud cost management parent app. This application installs additional shared services dependencies for the new architecture to improve the performance and scalability of CCM.
- Version 8.1.0 - November 2024
- The Cloud Cost Management (CCM) Infra stack application deploys the shared services architecture to enhance the performance and scalability of CCM.It has a dependency on the parent Cloud Cost Management app.