Combined Access Management release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Xanadu

Consolidated page of all release notes for Access Management from Vancouver to Xanadu.

How to use this page

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

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

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
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 Access Management.

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

Changes

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some changes were made to existing Access Management features.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Deny-Unless condition for ACLs A new decision type field helps administrators define the conditions that give or deny users access to data. It enables more granular decision-making while defining the right access strategy on the platform. Enhanced ACL Security If an ACL is misconfigured or empty, you can deny access to data by default, enhancing the overall security of the platform. ACL Query Behavior Fine-tune your access control by dictating rules for querying data with the introduction of new operators: query match and query range. >Explicit Roles behavior adjustment When the system property glide.security.explicit_roles.do_not_fix is true, the snc_internal role is no longer added in memory or to the User Roles [sys_user_has_role] table.

Removed

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Access Management features or functionality were removed.

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

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Access Management features or functionality were deprecated.

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

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Access Management.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Access Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Access Management we have noted them here.

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

Browser requirements

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

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

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Access Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

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

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Access Management we have noted them here.

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

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Access Management we have noted them here.

Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Fine-tune your access control with the new Deny-Unless ACL and query operators. Enhance ACL security with a new default denial behavior. Identify and fix empty or misconfigured ACLs with new ACL creation rules. See Access Control List Rules for more information.