App Engine Management Center release notes
Summarize
Summary of App Engine Management Center release notes
The ServiceNow® App Engine Management Center (AEMC) application empowers administrators to oversee application development workflows from intake through deployment to production monitoring. The Australia release introduces significant enhancements and updates that improve usability, deployment flexibility, and integration with related tools.
Show less
Key Features
- Platform Version Availability: The core features of AEMC are now accessible through a new platform version available in the ServiceNow Store, enabling streamlined installation and updates.
- Standalone Deployment Environment: Customers can configure a standalone environment specifically for deployments within the platform version of AEMC, providing greater control over deployment workflows.
- Guided Setup with ReleaseOps Integration: The guided setup experience now includes ReleaseOps, facilitating credential sharing between instances and automating deployment pipelines to enhance deployment efficiency and transparency.
- Role-Based Banners: AEMC displays role-based banners to improve user context and navigation within the application.
- Enhanced Request Filtering and Search: Users can filter requests by key attributes such as status, owner, type, environment, and date with real-time updates and the ability to save and reuse filter combinations, improving manageability of development requests.
- Release Lifecycle Documentation AI Agent: This AI agent helps generate update set descriptions and release notes, increasing transparency and documentation quality across the app development lifecycle.
Activation and Installation
To use App Engine Management Center, customers must request installation from the ServiceNow Store. The ServiceNow Store also provides access to cumulative release notes and version history for all related applications.
Related Applications and Integration
- App Engine Studio: A low-code development tool offering guided setup, templates, and workflows to build applications efficiently.
- Creator Studio: Enables business process experts to create request-based applications without deep coding knowledge.
- Now Assist for Creator: Includes generative and agentic AI capabilities like the release lifecycle documentation AI agent for enhanced development productivity.
- ReleaseOps: Automates and orchestrates deployment processes, including managing updates, running tests, and providing transparency to release managers.
- ServiceNow Studio: Provides a unified environment for developers and admins to extend and customize ServiceNow solutions.
Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers
With the Australia release of AEMC, customers gain a more flexible and integrated platform to manage app development and deployment efficiently. The addition of AI-assisted documentation and improved filtering capabilities enhances transparency and control over development activities. Integration with ReleaseOps and other ServiceNow development tools streamlines automation and governance, supporting faster and more reliable application delivery.
The ServiceNow® App Engine Management Center (AEMC) application enables admins to manage app development from intake to deployment to production monitoring. AEMC was enhanced and updated in the Australia release.
AEMC highlights for the Australia release
- Access core AEMC features on a new platform version of AEMC from the ServiceNow Store.
- Set up a standalone environment for deployments on the platform version of AEMC.
- AEMC guided setup now includes ReleaseOps.
- AEMC now displays role-based banners.
- Use the release lifecycle documentation AI agent to regenerate release notes.
- Use the improved filter feature to sort requests based on specific criteria.
See App Engine Management Center for more information.
New in the Australia release
- Australia Patch 3
- Platform version of AEMC now available
- Access core AEMC features from a new platform version of AEMC from the ServiceNow Store.
- Configure a standalone environment
- Configure a standalone environment for deployments in the platform version of AEMC.
- AEMC guided setup now includes ReleaseOps
- Streamline credential sharing between instances and automates the deployment process in ReleaseOps within the AEMC guided setup.
- Australia Patch 2 general availability
- Release lifecycle documentation AI agent
- Help improve transparency across your app development environment using the release lifecycle documentation AI agent, to generate update set descriptions and release notes.
UI changes
- Filter and search for requests in AEMC
- Filter by key fields, such as status, owner, type, environment, and date, with the option to apply multiple filters simultaneously for the Requests tab. Filtered results update in realtime, and active filters are clearly indicated. Remove individual filters, reset the list to its default state, and save your commonly used filter combinations to reuse later.
Activation information
Install App Engine Management Center by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.