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Table of Contents Feature Enhancements Heads Up - What Else You Should Know Beta Programs Resolved Issues Get Started Ask a Question   In early June, we released the v20.6.0 Controller and Enterprise Console as well as key product enhancements and agent updates. We also resolved a series of issues associated with the previous release.   Want to be notified when new product updates are posted? Learn how to subscribe here.   What highlights should I know about? These release highlights include 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 each enhancement.   Category Enhancement User and Performance Analyst Admin and Implementer Developer Cloud Native Kubernetes Enhancement     ✓ IPM App Connect Enterprise Support (formerly IIB)   ✓ ✓ Ease of Use Database Monitoring Re-design ✓ ✓   Support EUM (BRUM, MRUM) App Metrics in Dash Studio ✓ ✓ ✓ Cisco Workload Optimization Manager (CWOM) ✓ ✓   System Admin Updates   Access to Downloads from Account   ✓   University Subscription Management   ✓     Cloud Native With our Kubernetes Cluster Agent enhancement , we now give visibility into Container Name, ID and Stateful Sets in Events and Inventory. We now support IBM APP Connect Enterprise Support (ACE) V11 on AIX to ensure we are up-to-date with the latest frameworks and versions. ACE is formally known as IBM Integration Bus (IIB) .   Ease of Use The database monitoring redesign creates a unified, relevant and well-documented setup experience making it quicker and easier to configure the settings that meet your needs. JMX Data Binding in Dash Studio :  Visualize performance metrics for JMX Objects through Dash Studio's widgets, including time series. With our recent ServiceNow Integration, records of Cisco Workload Optimization Manager (CWOM) decisions will be automatically created in ServiceNow. CWOM will also provide VDI environments with unprecedented performance, scale and density to provide Virtual User Desktops with their required resources for optimal customer experiences. CWOM can also now make scaling decisions that assure the optimal use of Microsoft Azure Reserved Instances, maximizing RI coverage and utilization while assuring application and virtual machine performance.   System Administration Downloads: To provide a more seamless experience, users can download artifacts directly from their Account page beginning in June 2020. There is no impact to your CI/CD pipeline or any automation you may have implemented, the Downloads page (downloads.appdynamics.com) remains intact. Read the FAQ here to learn more. University Licensing Provisioning: In June, we improved the AppDynamics University experience so Company Administrators can more easily manage subscription and University subscribers. Learn more about managing University subscriptions here and check out AppDynamics University. NOTE : These Download and AppDynamics University features are our latest steps in expanding the Accounts experience for a more streamlined user experience.   Heads up - What else you should know  AppDynamics received FedRAMP authorization at the moderate impact level in June 2020. If you are a government customer and are interested in leveraging the FedRAMP authorized SaaS solution, learn more and get in touch here.    Share your feedback! Participate in a Beta today We’re currently running two Beta programs and looking for your feedback:   Submit feedback on the Dash Studio Preview through the in-product feedback button or on Community here Sign up for the Beta program for our Lambda Python Serverless Tracer and learn more about our capabilities on the Serverless APM for AWS Lambda page . The tracer's language matches your AWS function code's implementation.   Resolved Issues The following list notes key issues that were resolved this month. To see a complete of this month's resolved issues, see  Resolved Issues by Month .   Account "Reset Password" field is disabled (L4A-11678)  Email alerts stop because of a notification configuration (L4A-12167) LDAP sync fails while updating user outside of session¬† (L4A-12510)   Controller Roles with view permission can disable analytics for the application (ANALYTICS-12454)       The succeeded pod count includes the number of deleted pods on the Pods page (CLUSTERMON-1257) Cluster agent pod is not created if MustRunAsNonRoot security policy is in place (CLUSTERMON-1631)       Controller upgrade from 4.5.x to 20.3 no longer fails with MySQL upgrade version (ECONSOLE-5906) Service Availability is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (SERVER-7621)   Database Monitoring Collectors display multiple nodes with the same name when creating a health rule (DBMON-4676)  The Network Dashboard flowmap does not display the backend nodes of database (DBMON-6628) The ‘Connect backends to Database Visibility to track health status’ message gets displayed every time, even when not required (DB6718)        20.4 - syd-p-con-1: Missing DB backend nodes in Network Dashboard Flowmap  (DBMON-6641)        Agent is reporting its own monitoring query for MongoDB (DBMON-6805) The Database Agent fails to monitor Oracle version 11 (DBMON-7037)   EUM Cloud Update the Neustar map library to correct geodata (EUMPLAT-601)       Metrics missing intermittently due to a SocketTimeoutException when EUM tries to download metrics (EUMPLAT-776)     Machine Agent Machine agent spawning lot of awk commands which result in exhaustion of system resources (SERVER-6143)   UI When you open an Event UI and re-load the background UI, the refreshed background UI display is distorted (ALERT-5349)                                                                                  Widgets not added to dashboards if the auto-save option is not selected (ANALYTICS-12500)    The 'Connect backends to Database Visibility to track health status' message is displayed every time even when it is not required. (DBMON-6718)   Get Started   Note: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation.    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 AppDynamics is switching to calendar versioning, Why? License Entitlements and Restrictions   Can’t find what you’re looking for? Need more assistance? Ask a question in the Latest Release forum. ... View more

  Watch this space for updates. Want to be notified when new product updates are posted? Learn how to subscribe here .    In July, we released the v20.7.0 and 20.7.1 Controller and Enterprise Console as well as key product enhancements and agent updates. We also resolved a series of issues associated with the previous release.   Please note: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation .    Tabl e of Contents Feature Enhancements Heads Up - What Else You Should Know Beta Programs Resolved Issues Get Started Ask a Question   What highlights should I know about? These release highlights include 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 each enhancement.   Category Enhancement  User and Performance Analyst Admin and Implementer Developer Cloud Native PHP Agent Update ✓   ✓ Cluster Agent – Auto-Instrumentation for Java applications ✓   ✓ AIOps Platform Application Analytics ✓   ✓ Ease of Use On-premises Availability for Experience Journey Maps ✓   ✓ Effortless BRUM Agent Configuration   ✓ ✓ System Admin Updates Alerting Templates ✓ ✓   Alert Sensitivity Tuning ✓ ✓   Access to Download from Account Page   ✓     Cloud Native The PHP Agent 20.7.0 release enhances the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance for data filtering. This helps you to redact any sensitive data (URLs, Exit calls, or cookies), which is shown in the Controller. (Released July 16, 2020) With our latest release of the Cluster Agent , you can now take advantage of APM auto-instrumentation for your Java applications, deployed using the DeploymentConfig resource. (Released July 24, 2020) AIOps Platform Application Analytics The End User Monitoring (EUM) filter has been added to the Analytics Home page with options to display browser and mobile sessions.  (Released July 16, 2020)   Ease of Use On-premises availability for Experience Journey Maps (ExJM). ExJM provides a detailed view into users’ most trafficked journeys through your application and insight into performance, user abandonment, and mobile and browser errors - at every step of the user journey. (Released July 16, 2020) Improved BRUM Agent Configuration for simpler and effortless setup. (Released July 16, 2020)   System Admin Updates You can now export a configured alerting template and save it for later use, as well as import a previously saved template and apply it to your applications. (Released July 16, 2020) Alert Sensitivity Tuning allows you to fine-tune the sensitivity configurations of your health rules to better define and evaluate the metric expression. (Released July 16, 2020) With access to Downloadable artifacts from your Account page , users can download artifacts without visiting the Downloads page . There is no impact to your CI/CD pipeline or any automation you may have implemented. Read the FAQ here to learn more. (Ongoing release started in June 2020)   Heads up – What else you should know  AppDynamics received FedRAMP authorization at the moderate impact level in June 2020. If you are a government customer and are interested in leveraging the FedRAMP authorized SaaS solution, learn more and get in touch here .  Your AppDynamics Certification exams have moved! Beginning on July 28, 2020, the AppDynamics Certifications Program is transitioning to a new process for candidates. Temporarily, the process is independent of our new AppDynamics University experience. This is the first step in a longer-term, multi-stage migration plan as our platforms evolve and we strive to provide you with more effective services. If you’ have previously received a registration confirmation for your exam, please see How to register for and access AppDynamics certification exams.   Share your feedback! Participate in a Beta today We’re currently running two Beta programs and looking for your feedback: Sign up for our Mobile App Beta program . We’re redesigning the AppDynamics Mobile App to provide users 24/7 access to powerful performance insights, on-the-go.  Submit feedback on the Dash Studio Preview through the in-product feedback button or on Community here.   Resolved Issues The following list notes key issues that were resolved this month. To see a complete of this month's resolved issues, see Resolved Issues by Month .   Analytics BO definition in a draft state with duplicate names will loop forever in UI (ANALYTICS-12263)   Authentication Encountered LDAP sync failure while updating user outside Hibernate session (L4A-12447)   Controller The Pods tab does not display the pod list after the re-registration of the Cluster Agent (CLUSTERMON-1358) The Network Dashboard flow map does not display the backend nodes of the database (DBMON-66280) (20.4 - syd-p-con-1:) Missing DB backend nodes in Network Dashboard Flowmap (DBMON-6641) Snapshots are not loaded, 500 Internal Server Error is displayed (DIAGPLAT-807)   User Interface When you open an Event UI and re-load the background UI, the refreshed background UI display is distorted (ALERT-5349) Remove Alerting Template RBAC constraints (ALERT-6028) The¬†Connect backends to Database Visibility to track health status¬†message is displayed even when it’s not required (DBMON-6529)   Get Started   Please note: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation .    Download Essential Components (Agents, Enterprise Console, Controller (on-prem), Events Service, EUM Components) Download Additional Components (SDKs, Plugins, etc.) How do I get started upgrading my AppDynamics components for any release? Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes Extensions AppDynamics is switching to calendar versioning, Why? License Entitlements and Restrictions   Can’t find what you’re looking for? Need more assistance? Ask a question in the Latest Release forum. ... View more