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Table of Contents Feature Enhancements Heads Up - What Else You Should Know BETA Programs Resolved Isses Get Started Ask a Question   In April, we released the v4.5.9 Controller and Enterprise Console. Below are key enhancements, recent Agent updates, and resolved issues associated with this release. Please note: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation.   What are the highlights I should know about? These release highlights are the newest features and capabilities at-a-glance this month. In the grid below, we’ve flagged who may be most interested or impacted in your organization by feature enhancement.   Product Enhancement User and Performance Analyst Admin and Implementer Developer Serverless APM for AWS Lambda End-to-end business transaction visibility through Java microservices deployed in the AWS Lambda environment ✓ ✓ ✓ Database Monitoring Couchbase: Bucket Visibility ✓ ✓   ✓  Blocking Sessions ✓ ✓   ✓   Analytics (Business iQ) Role-based Access Control for Business Journeys and Experience Level Management   ✓   ✓   Application Performance Java support enhancements ✓ ✓ ✓   Serverless APM for AWS Lambda: Limited Availability We’re bringing the power of the AppDynamics end-to-end Business Transaction context to microservices deployed in the Amazon serverless environment.  We have released a new special purpose “Serverless Compute” APM family, the first iteration of which is delivered in the form of a tracer library , focused on supporting AWS Lambda functions implemented in Java. Read more about the limited availability and how to get started .   Couchbase: Bucket Visibility Couchbase is a multi-model database, offering document oriented and distributed key value features. AppDynamics Database Visibility 4.5.0 focused on support for document oriented use-cases; this new feature gives full visibility into both models, with deep-dive drill down into bucket level metrics and other KPI’s required to monitor and manage a distributed key value store. Read documentation for details .   Blocking Sessions AppDynamics Database Visibility has been updated to offer enhanced visibility of locking and blocking in supported relational database environments. Enhancements include the ability to view and analyze more locking events, show increased details of the lock type and locked object, and show the query text of the blocking session (when available). Read documentation for details .   Role-based Access Control for Business Journeys and Experience Level Management Role-based Access Control (RBAC) is now available for Business Journeys and Experience Level Management (XLM). This new capability will allow customers to manage who has access and manage what data they have access to for Business Journeys and XLM. RBAC strengthens data security and safeguards against data leakage. Read documentation for details.   Java support enhancements Java agent v4.5.9 adds support for transaction detection and correlation for applications built on the latest, 3.6, release of the Vert.x framework.  It also provides detection and correlation for HTTP Business Transactions implemented using the latest, 4.1, version of the popular Mule enterprise service bus, extending end to end transaction visibility to applications using these frameworks.    Heads Up - What Else You Should Know There is a new versioning scheme for Mobile Real User Monitoring (MRUM) . The new Agent versioning will reflect the release of features and high priority bug fixes at an increased pace; this means faster access to relevant Agent updates for customers. Since the Agent versioning is not in direct sequence with the Controller, customers should check the Mobile Agent Version and Deployment Support Matrix before upgrades. Documentation is now available in Japanese language for AppDynamics Essentials , Application Monitoring , and Platform . Navigate to docs then switch language preference in the footer (located in the lower left hand side of your screen) to Japanese.   See What’s Coming! Join a BETA today We’re currently running a BETA program and we’re looking for new participants: Network Visibility for Java Applications on Windows   Resolved Issues The issues below were resolved for improved customer experience. A complete list of resolved issues is available in Documentation Release Notes.    App iQ Platform  Health rule affected entities created using Flex may not be displayed in an HTML screen ( ALERT-2760) Actions get triggered even though action suppression period is on ( ALERT-3103) NullPointerException occurs and health rules continue to be evaluated even after the cron schedule for the health rule ends ( ALERT-3109) Selected color is not displayed consistently by stacked column on account (UIPLATF-6049) .NET node memory HTML screen displays incorrect data unlike the old flex screen ( UIPLATF-5898) Language Agent Not able to edit Thread Dump Collection Interval (APMPLAT-9652) Setting PHP MVC custom match rules in the Controller UI results in exceptions when the backend creates the rule for the agent AND custom STRUTS rule (Java) to use (APMPLAT-10115) Unable to persist segment number for Custom Service Endpoint with payload splitting (APMPLAT-11018) Exception occurs while creating or editing a PHP MVC custom match rule in Java (APMPLAT-11026)  Java Agent ClassFormatError – if any class implementing interface extending serializable, runnable gets instrumented (JAVA-5181) ASM unable to visit class constructor for classes compiled pre-jdk 1.5 after upgrading to agent 4.5.5 (JAVA-5190) Dynamic service fails to start with manifest errors on Java/JRE 11 (JAVA-5218)   End User Monitoring- Browser Real User Monitoring Fetch Monitoring conflicts with Zone.js (BRUM-4744) Get Started Download Essential Components  (Agents, Enterprise Console, Controller (on-prem), Events Service, EUM Components) Download Additional Components  (SDKs, Plugins, etc.) AppDynamics Upgrade Checklist For Any Release Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes Extensions   Can’t find what you are looking for? 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Tackling your Digital Transformation, Ask the Experts! Air-Date March 6, 2019 Run time: 60   Resources shared during the session: PCF Overview and FAQ: AppD Community Extensions Buildpack APM for PCF AppD Platform Monitoring for PCF AppD Product Docs on PCF Blog Post: Introducing the Monitoring Indicator Protocol, a New Observability as Code Project for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes   @Jeffrey.Holmes demos multi-foundations dashboard. @Mark.Prichard and @James Bayer share their perspectives on: • Emerging trends for deploying applications to the cloud: private, public or multi-cloud • Best practices for patterns to adopt and some common mistakes to avoid • Where Pivotal is headed with their Container and Function services • How Cloud Native Buildpack technology will evolve to meet the needs of customers deploying to the cloud ... View more

AppD and PCF Updates on .NET Core, Platform Monitoring for Multiple Foundations, Multi-Buildpacks and More... Air-Date February 13, 2019 Run time: 60 minutes     Resources shared during the session: AppDynamics Extension Buildpack: Pivotal Partner Docs AppDynamics APM for PCF: Pivotal Partner Docs AppDynamics Platform Monitoring for PCF: Pivotal Partner Docs Pivotal Cloud Foundry: AppDynamics Product Docs Pivotal Cloud Foundry Overview and FAQ: AppDynamics Community   During the session recording @Mark.Prichard, @Pavan Krishna.Nimmagadda , and  @Jeffrey.Holmes   share the following: All the new Service Broker Tiles
 Talk about our new multi-buildpack support, plus a demo of how to deploy and monitor .NET Agent for Linux using the multi-buildpack extension
 Show the new multi-foundation platform monitoring tools that are part of our loggregator integration
 A look ahead to some more exciting new product features that are just around the corner
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