Combined Talent Development Core release notes for upgrades from Washington DC to Xanadu

Consolidated page of all release notes for Talent Development Core from Washington DC to Xanadu.

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Talent Development Core release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Washington DC to Xanadu.

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 Talent Development Core to Xanadu

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

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

New features

Between your current release family and Xanadu, new features were introduced for Talent Development Core.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	Opportunity Marketplace Help employees discover new opportunities that support their career and organizational growth. Conversations Use Microsoft Outlook with Talent Development activities to schedule and manage conversations. Mentoring Build meaningful mentor relationships that drives employee development and promotes continuous career conversations and engagement. Growth Plans Help employees manage career activities, educational learning, team building, and work-life balance. Aspirations Use new application widgets to help promote aspirations that link with your skills and career development.
Xanadu	Xanadu Patch 9 Create a growth conversation with the help of an agent in Now Assist As a manager using Talent Development, start a growth conversation with your reportees with the help of Conversation management AI agent in Now Assist. Generate talking points for a growth conversation with the help of an agent in Now Assist As a manager using Career Conversations in Talent Development, generate talking points for a growth conversation with the help of Employee data summarization AI agent in Now Assist. Note: For the Growth Conversations AI agents to work, you need to be on 3.5.2 version Career Conversations and have the Now Assist for HR Service Delivery (HRSD) plugin which will install Now Assist for Talent and HR Talent AI Agent Collection. Name update from Employee Growth and Development Core to Talent Development Core. The name changed to provide better alignment with your organization's talent, growth, and development initiatives.

Changes

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some changes were made to existing Talent Development Core features.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	New Talent Development Core name The Talent Development Core name change enables easier alignment of growth and development goals across the enterprise. For information about the name change, see Talent Development Core.

Removed

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Talent Development Core features or functionality were removed.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Talent Development Core features or functionality were deprecated.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Talent Development Core.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	Install Talent Development 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 ServiceNow Store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Talent Development Core we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Talent Development includes a suite of products the work and interact to create a better user experience. Talent Development SKU Manager Hub Proactive Prompts Skills Intelligence Employee Profiles Talent Development Core

Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Talent Development Core we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Talent Development Core, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Talent Development Core we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Talent Development Core we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Washington DC	Use Opportunity Marketplace as a single, unified place where organizations can share opportunities that are discoverable by employees. Leverage AI search to provide more sophisticated search results when employees and opportunity owners perform searches in the Opportunity Marketplace. Use the Career Conversations application with Microsoft Outlook to conveniently schedule conversations with employees or managers using the Conversations module. Use a streamlined process that simplifies the steps to create and schedule a conversation, which promotes adoption of the Conversations module across the organization. Use Growth Plans to develop opportunities for mentoring, coaching, leadership development, team building, and education benefits. Use Mentoring to create meaningful relationships within the organization and also foster a culture of knowledge, sharing, and collaboration. See Talent Development Core for more information.
Xanadu	Xanadu Patch 9 Use the new Growth & Performance AI agents to streamline your employee growth discussions in Career Conversations. The Employee Growth and Development Core application has been renamed to Talent Development Core. See Talent Development Core for more information.