Combined Employee Center Pro release notes for upgrades from Xanadu to Zurich

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated June 16, 2026
  • 3 minutes to read
  • Consolidated page of all release notes for Employee Center Pro from Xanadu to Zurich.

    How to use this page

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

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    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 Employee Center Pro.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    Portal performance optimization
    Communicate information about heavy usage and slower network conditions during high usage scenarios, such as live events and major announcements.
    Notifications for Employee Center enhancements
    Get the Notifications for Employee Center feature in Content engagement. Add reactions and comments to published news articles to help improve user involvement.
    Integrated experience and service feedback
    Configure features flexibly as an admin and submit detailed experience feedback as an employee with the Integrated experience and Service feedback enhancements. With the enhancements, you can do the following:
    • Use new themes for experience feedback.
    • Add comments in addition to a rating when submitting experience feedback.
    • Review submitted feedback on the Feedback Analytics Dashboard.
    Quick start tests for Employee Center Pro
    After upgrades and deployments of new applications or integrations, run quick start tests to verify that Employee Center Pro works as expected. If you customized Employee Center Pro, copy the quick start tests and configure them for your customizations.

    Changes

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Removed

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Deprecations

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Activation information

    Review information on how to activate Employee Center Pro.

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    Install Employee Center Pro by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store.

    Additional requirements

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Browser requirements

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Accessibility information

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Localization information

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    No updates for this release.

    Highlight information

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

    Release Release notes

    Xanadu

    No updates for this release.

    Yokohama

    No updates for this release.

    Zurich

    • Configure features flexibly and submit detailed feedback using enhancements for the Integrated experience and Service feedback.
    • Get the Notifications in Employee Center feature in Content engagement for improved employee involvement while engaging with news content.
    • Experience an enhanced performance with improvements to calender widgets, news and events, and publishing communications to browser websites.

    See Employee Center Pro for more information.