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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 November, we released the v4.5.16 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 .    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 AIOps Platform SaaS BiQ resiliency and scalability ✓     Business Insights Agentless Analytics for Java   ✓   Cloud Native / DevOps Support for .NET Core 3.0 on Windows ✓   ✓ Kubernetes Cluster Agent ✓   ✓ Ease of Use DashStudio available for on-premises ✓   ✓   AIOps Platform Greater SaaS resiliency and scalability for analytics data and Business iQ. Business Insights Agentless Analytics for Java streamlines the implementation of Business iQ by removing the requirement that a separate agent be installed to populate analytics data. Cloud-Native / DevOps The AppDynamics .NET agent includes built-in instrumentation for the most popular parts of the .NET Core ecosystem, including frameworks, databases, and message queuing systems. Our latest agent release now supports .NET Core 3.0 that runs on both on-premises and in the cloud. Additional features include out-of-the-box visibility into ASP.NET Core 3.0 transactions to monitor their response time end-to-end, and automated root cause analysis using our enhanced AI/ML. Learn more about our support for .NET Core 3.0 here .   We have also released our AppDynamics Cluster Agent to monitor the cluster-level metadata of your containerized applications. The Cluster Agent can be deployed using the AppDynamics Kubernetes Operator, and providers container-level metrics and metadata for pods deployed to the Kubernetes cluster. You will now be able to gain visibility into key Kubernetes metrics and events to detect uptime and availability issues. Learn more about how to install our Cluster Agent here .   We are also proud to announce AppDynamics Serverless APM , supporting the instrumentation of AWS Lambda applications and microservices in both Node.js and Java. Serverless APM is packaged in the form of a tracer library for Java and Node.js serverless functions. Learn more about how to utilize our  AppDynamics Node.js Serverless Tracer, which provides functionality for Serverless APM for AWS Lambda here . Ease of Use Design Dashboards in Minutes - On Premises Availability to Dash Studio Dash Studio is available to on-premises customers with controller release 4.5.16. Dash Studio is the new dashboarding experience that enables you to visualize critical data from AppD in minutes. With Dash Studio, quickly design new dashboards through the new Dashboard Editor using common data widgets, gain richer insights with enhanced data interactions through the Data Panel, and easily reuse dashboards with copy/paste commands.     To begin using Dash Studio, enable the feature flag in your admin settings. Learn more about how to enable Dash Studio here . Once enabled, Dash Studio (Beta) appears under Dashboards & Reports. Your existing dashboards will not be impacted. We’re actively seeking user feedback to inform refinements and future capabilities so please submit feedback via the Feedback button within Dash Studio.    Learn more about specific features here .    Note: Dash Studio is available with AppDynamics controller release 4.5.15 hotfix 1 (build 4.5.15.1933) or above.   Heads up - What else you should know  This latest release— v4.5.16 Controller and Enterprise Console— features a new, more intuitive way to set specific active/inactive periods for Health Rules: cron expressions have been replaced by a universal clock, in your own time zone.   Share your feedback! Participate in a Beta today We’re currently running one Beta program and looking for your feedback: Submit feedback on the Dash Studio Beta 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 - November 2019.    Controller Business transaction health rules are not evaluated when the configuration 'avoidMetricBrowserTraversal' is set to true (ALERT-4148) Internal Service Error thrown when renaming an Analytics search (ANALYTICS-11757) Configure Analytics for Application drop-down menu does not populate available applications (ANALYTICS-11964) Custom error logger works correctly with Nullable Type parameter (APMPLAT-11984) Worker thread with an unbounded queue causes an "out of memory" (OOM) error (EUMPLAT-65) Tier Dashboard's "Nodes" tab is not showing the correct node count (METADATA-5874) Unable to change a title color in a "Time Series" widget (UIPLATF-8662) Error when trying to access application in SaaS controller (after logging with SAML) (UIPLATF-8832) HTML partials are cached in browser causing functional errors (UIPLATF-8844)   Database Agent Business Transactions Executing Similar Queries and Components Executing Similar Queries - data is not getting populated in query detail page for ungrouped queries (DBMON-5585) Custom metrics with trailing spaces are not getting reported to the controller (DBMON-5596) Scans of the custom image for AppDynamics DB agent show vulnerabilities in java libraries (DBMON-5632)   .NET Agent .NET Agent leaking connections for Transaction Analytics due to HTTP Sink operation (DBNET-4131)   Java Agent Exit calls not always detected when wrapped in Ribbon framework (JAVA-3251) 4.5.16 HF - Transactions start to fail when JVM is instrumented with AppDynamics JavaAgent v4.5.11 (JAVA-6656)   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’re looking for? 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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   We have released the v4.5.15 Controller and Enterprise Console (actual date Nov 1). Below are key product enhancements, recent agent updates and resolved issues in the month of October. Please note: customers are advised to check backward compatibility in the Agent and Controller Compatibility documentation .    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 / DevOps Support for .NET Core 3.0 on Linux ✓     ✓ Support for Azure Functions running on AppService plan ✓     ✓   Ease of Use Dash Studio Beta, a new dashboarding experience to quickly and easily visualize critical data ✓ ✓ ✓   Modernize Applications By Leveraging Microsoft Azure Platform and Services AppDynamics announced support for .NET Core 3.0 for Windows and Linux along with enhanced support for App Service Web Apps, WebJobs, and Azure Functions. With our latest enhancements to the .NET Core 3.0 agent, AppDynamics provides deeper code instrumentation of applications running in Azure App Service Web Apps and WebJobs. On Linux OS, our agent can capture performance snapshots which automatically collect a complete call graph with the precise duration of every method, enabling faster troubleshooting of slow-running application code.   To learn more about the .NET Core 3.0 support along with our support for key Azure technologies, view our webinar on November 20, and access our documentation .   Design Dashboards in Minutes with Dash Studio With 4.5.15, SaaS customers have access to the beta version of Dash Studio. Dash Studio is the new dashboarding experience with improvements to visualize critical data from AppD in minutes. With Dash Studio, quickly design new dashboards through the new Dashboard Editor using common data widgets, gain richer insights with enhanced data interactions through the Data Panel, and easily reuse dashboards with copy/paste commands.     Dash Studio (Beta) appears under Dashboards & Reports. Your existing dashboards will not be impacted. We’re actively seeking user feedback to inform refinements and future capabilities so please submit feedback via the Feedback button within Dash Studio.    To learn more about specific features, read the documentation .  Note: Dash Studio requires AppDynamics controller release 4.5.15 hotfix 1 (build 4.5.15.1933) or above.   Heads up - What else you should know  User management has moved to accounts.appdynamics.com from portal.appdynamics.com . Previously, company admins and license users managed users through different sites, leading to disconnected views of their user population. We now have a single, unified user management experience within accounts.appdynamics.com where admins can see more user information, make changes more efficiently, and have greater control over their user population. Users will be automatically redirected from portal   to accounts . ( NOTE: This is not a controller/agent-specific update and does NOT impact most users directly.) Get more details on how company administrators and license administrators can use this unified experience. We’ve added support for CPython3.8. Further information can be found in the documentation .   Share your feedback! Participate in a Beta today We’re currently running some Beta programs and looking for your feedback: [update] Serverless APM for NodeJS on AWS Lambda beta program is no longer in progress, it is now pending general availablity. Look for it soon!    Submit feedback on the Dash Studio Beta through the in-product feedback button or on Community using the "Start a Discussion" button  here.   Resolved Issues The following list notes key issues that were resolved this month:    Controller Time series widget legends are not escaped in Analytics Dashboards  (ANALYTICS-12042)  Rule configuration for an EJB service endpoint doesn’t get saved (APMPLAT-11251) Upstream business transaction card does not render metrics correctly (APMPLAT-12594) Dashboard with custom time range opens properly (APMPLAT-12625) Unable to access the business application's "User Experience App Integration" panel without account-level permissions (EUMUI 2519) Stack trace “Application Diagnostic Data” errors removed prematurely (METADATA-7269) Toggling Machine Agent for .NET Agent node/app in Controller UI results in 500 internal error (SERVER-7025) Upgrade not setting sim.machines.reuse.enabled config key to true (SERVER-7351) HTML partials are cached in browser causing functional errors (UIPLATF-8935)   .NET Agent Passwords are not removed from the database connection string if the string includes a white space (DOTNET-3991) The .NET Agent for Linux versions 4.5.13 and 4.5.14 process crashes when APPDYNAMICS_PREVIEW_FEATURE_ENABLED is set to true and application monitoring preview features such as custom business transactions or backend naming are implemented (DOTNET-4044) A null reference exception occurs with .NET Agent versions 4.5.13 and 4.5.14 where instrumentation of the agent incorporates setting full-no-dependency to false (DOTNET-4066)   Controller - Alerting Business transaction health rules are not being evaluated when the configuration ‘avoidMetricBrowserTraversal’ is set to true (ALERT-4258)   Custom Dashboards Unable to change font color in Metric Value widget (UIPLATF-7847) Shared dashboard is not able to load in Internet Explorer version 11.0.9600.19463 (UIPLATF-8907)   Database Agent RDS monitoring throwing java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException with dbagent 4.5.x (DBMON-5024)   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 .. 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