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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 January, we released the v4.5.17 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 Redesigned ServiceNow integration ✓ ✓   Business Insights Experience Journey Map Beta ✓   ✓ Cloud Native / DevOps IAM Role Designation for CloudWatch Integration     ✓   Ease of Use Added vizualization capabilities in Dash Studio ✓ ✓   ✓ Enhanced CRUD API for health rules and policies ✓ ✓   ✓     AIOps Platform ServiceNow users can now see which applications and services their infrastructure supports together with the customer experience they deliver, their business impact and technical health. Upon issues, users can seamlessly navigate from ServiceNow views right into AppDynamics, in context, for analysis and resolution.   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 .   Business Insights The Experience Journey Map beta provides customers with the ability to visualize all their most important journeys throughout the application. Customers will see these journeys in the context of performance to determine where investment can enhance the experience for the most number of users. SaaS customers can enroll in the beta via the registration form .   Cloud Native / DevOps We have added IAM Role Delegation to allow you to connect your Amazon account to AppDynamics. AppDynamics uses the Amazon CloudWatch API to obtain metrics in near real-time from your Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources and applications. This combination of AppDynamics and AWS cloud-native monitoring helps identify and diagnose a variety of issues within a single Controller. For more information, see Customize Flow Maps .    Ease of Use Leverage the Health Status widgets in Dash Studio to display critical health information on your dashboards. Plus, all customers can now gain granular insights into performance trends across 2 different time periods by leveraging time range comparisons within the Time Series widget .    Manage more easily and programmatically automate your applications’ alerting at scale, with the enhanced CRUD API to programmatically configure, modify, delete and replicate your health rules and policies across numerous applications.   Heads up - What else you should know  To help you more easily understand the length of support, compatibility, and stability, AppDynamics will implement a calendar-based approach to versioning for all downloadable products starting March 2020. The release version format will reflect the date of release like so: YY. Mo. X (ex: 20.3.0 for a March 2020 release).    Share your feedback! Participate in a Beta today We’re currently running  three 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 Experience Journey Map beta available for all SaaS customers by completing the registration form . Sign up for the Beta program for our Lambda Python Serverless Tracer on our 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 — January 2020   Controller - Analytics Updating data collector config enabled for transaction analytics throws 500 ISE (ANALYTICS-11955) ADQL graphs display "no data found" when data is received (ANALYTICS-12005) Analytics unable to locate internal Events Service endpoint to connect Analytics with the Java Agent (ANALYTICS-12178) Analytics - Table widget is missing progress bar and toolbar ( ANALYTICS-12216) [4.5.17] Analytics fails to sync with controller if Access Key is changed by using License Rules   ( ANALYTICS-12270)   Dashboards Shared dashboard does not display health status of server widgets ( UIPLATF-8660)   Database Agent Fixed in 4.5.16.next - Rework event pipeline so it doesn't consume threads (CLUSTERMON-133) MSSQL: Hardware CPU %Busy issue (DBMON-5753) CLONE - None of the DB collectors are reporting after controller upgrade to 4.5.17 (DBMON-6201)   Enterprise Console The MySQL Timezone file now installs in the correct folder for the Enterprise Console Windows installation (ECONSOLE-5711) The table_definition_cache value was increased to prevent database schema upgrade failures (ECONSOLE-5747)   Node.js Nodejs agent does not capture stack trace on uncaught exceptions after v4.5.14 (DLNATIVE-2549)   Synthetic Private Agent IE11 agents lock up when attempting a URL measurement ( SYNTH-4271)   Services The script 'synthetic-sql-schema.sh' of the Synthetic Server installer fails if the environment has no JRE     ( SYNTH-4620) Provisioning pure On-premise license throws HMAC error ( SYNTH-4940)   UI Crash groups are now updated correctly with last seen timestamp for On-premise Controllers ( CDM-5802) The Incident drill down page now redirects to the appropriate application based on the application context ( SERVER-6935) The Machine Agent no longer shows availability greater than 100% ( SERVER-7930)     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       In December, we released 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 Cloud Native / DevOps   AppDynamics Serverless APM supports instrumenting AWS Lambda applications and microservices in both Java and Node.js   ✓   ✓ Updated MRUM support to include the latest version of Xamarin 2.0   ✓   ✓   Ease of Use ADQL Query support and new widgets in Dash Studio ✓ ✓ ✓   Cloud Native / DevOps We are delighted to announce that AppDynamics Serverless APM supports instrumenting AWS Lambda applications and microservices in both Java and Node.js, and is available to our SaaS customers through the AWS Marketplace.    Serverless APM correlates business transactions between AWS Lambda functions and components instruments with AppDynamics app agents, providing comprehensive observability of the performance of your application’s components that run as functions on serverless compute environments. In addition, we have updated our MRUM support to include the latest version of Xamarin 2.0 . Our customers will now be able to instrument this new version of their applications   Ease of Use Create customized visualizations of your analytics data with added support for AppDynamics Data Query Language (ADQL) queries through the Data Panel for dashboards created in Dash Studio . Plus, SaaS customers can gain granular insights into performance trends across 2 different time periods by leveraging time range comparisons within the Time Series widget .   Heads up - What else you should know  Introducing Calendar Versioning! Starting March 2020, AppDynamics will implement a calendar-based approach to versioning for all downloadable products including controller (enterprise console), agents, and services. The release version scheme will reflect the date of release and be formatted like so: Year. Month. HotfixNumber-BuildNumber. For example, 20.3.0-5123 is a release available in March 2020. This consistent approach to versioning will help you easily understand compatibility, length of support, and stability of each artifact.   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 view of this month's resolved issues, see Resolved Issues by Month, December 2019 .    Agent Nodejs agent does not capture stack trace on uncaught exceptions after v4.5.14 (DLNATIVE-2549) Transactions start to fail when JVM is instrumented with AppDynamics JavaAgent v4.5.11 (JAVA-6547) IE11 agents locks up when hitting www.boticario.com.br (SYNTH-4271)   Analytics Updating data collector config enabled for transaction analytics throws 500 ISE (ANALYTICS-11955) ADQL graphs display "no data found" when data is received (ANALYTICS-12005) Analytics unable to locate internal Events Service endpoint to connect Analytics with the Java Agent (ANALYTICS-12178)   Controller Updating data collector config enabled for transaction analytics throws 500 ISE (ANALYTICS-11955) Fixed in 4.5.16.next - Rework event pipeline so it doesn't consume threads (SERVER-7515)   Database Agent MSSQL: Hardware CPU %Busy issue (DBMON-5753)   Services The script 'synthetic-sql-schema.sh' of the Synthetic Server installer fails if the environment has no JRE (SYNTH-4620)   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? Need more assistance? Ask a question in the Latest Release forum. ... View more

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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