Combined Employee Slate release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Zurich

How to use this page

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

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


Release	Release notes
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 Slate.


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Conversation-first experience Replaces traditional browse navigation with an AI-powered search bar and personalized canvas, supporting service delivery across departments. Employee Slate home Provides a homepage centered on an AI-powered search bar with five configurable widgets: To-dos, Employee Communications, Trending Content, Quick Links, and Holiday Calendar. Interactive split view Employee Slate home Displays content alongside the conversation for seamless interaction with forms, articles, and tasks. Personalized canvas Employees can drag, drop, resize, and remove widgets; administrators can lock widgets to keep critical information visible. Tasks and requests Consolidates tasks, requests, approvals, and to-dos from multiple departments and external applications, with AI summaries from Now Assist. Employee Org chart Displays organizational hierarchies with employee details and supports contextual AI questions through Now Assist. Employee communications Displays targeted banner announcements on the homepage, linked to knowledge articles or other resources. Visual content authoring Employee Slate home Provides a content library accessible from the profile icon where authors can create, filter, and publish announcements, with Now Assist generating content from a prompt. Notifications Delivers 14 pre-configured notification types for approvals, tasks, and requests, with support for bulk actions and grouping. Configure admin console Applies a logo, primary color, and accent color consistently across the portal, Moveworks, and Now Assist experiences, with a live preview panel. AI-powered widget builder Builds custom widgets through a prompt-driven interface using a model context protocol (MCP) with built-in design components and accessibility support. Analytics and reporting Tracks session details, page visits, and widget interactions in a dedicated Employee Slate destination within User Experience Analytics. Measures announcement impressions, clicks, and top-performing content through the communications analytics dashboard in User Experience Analytics. Chat assistance for catalog and knowledge Integrates search results directly into chat responses, with a side panel for filtering and exploration across all configured connectors. Chat pre-fills catalog form fields from conversation context and opens forms in split view for review and completion. Moveworks enterprise search Searches documents across enterprise systems including SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Slack, and Outlook through the Moveworks assistant. Calendar and schedule management Provides time-aware information through calendar management with My Calendar widget in Canvas displaying the meetings from your schedule. And the Upcoming Holiday widget displays the next relevant holiday on the home page.

Changes

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


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.

Removed

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


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.

Deprecations

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


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Employee Slate.


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Employee Slate requires Zurich Patch 9 or later and an AI assistant (Moveworks or Now Assist). Access the Employee Slate setup experience through the profile icon to configure branding, data sources for search, and experience settings.

Additional requirements

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


Release	Release notes
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 Slate we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.

Accessibility information

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


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Employee Slate includes built-in accessibility compliance through the AI-native widget builder. Custom widgets automatically meet accessibility standards when created through the prompt-driven interface with design components that include accessibility features by default.

Localization information

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


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	No updates for this release.

Highlight information

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


Release	Release notes
Yokohama	No updates for this release.
Zurich	Deploy a conversation-first employee experience with intelligent search and personalized interactions. Access all your work-related information from a personalized homepage from widgets such as To-dos, Employee Communications, Popular Content, Quick Links, Profile, Notifications, and Calendar. Navigate between conversations and content without losing context through an interactive split view that displays content alongside conversations. Create a personalized workspace by managing widgets on your personal canvas along with some default widgets. Track all activities from an inbox that consolidates tasks, requests, approvals, and to-dos from multiple departments and external applications. Surface important communications through a banner-style widget featuring targeted announcements with image, headline, and short description capabilities. Manage and create content from content library with conversational content generation. Navigate organizational hierarchies with an integrated search experience for detailed employee information access. For more information, see [Placeholder link text to key employee-slate-landing-page] documentation.