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04-05-2021
05:43 PM
The integrated AppDynamics Dash Studio dashboard displays correlated AppDynamics data and ThousandEyes metrics AppDynamics has widened Dash Studio's scope of observability with native integration of ThousandEyes Internet and Cloud Intelligence .
Teams now have an expanded view to the internet, third-party networks, cloud services, and APIs. They can:
Visualize end user, application, hybrid cloud and internet performance data in one place
Gain deeper insights by one-click cross-launch of ThousandEyes from Dash Studio
Gain more efficient collaboration for AppOps and NetOps teams
Read our blog article AppDynamics and ThousandEyes Extend Complete Visibility and Collaboration Across Your Entire Application Ecosystem to learn about how this will change how you can:
Isolate network issues with application-side evidence
Triage with application and business context from the network side
Visualize comprehensive data without a complex setup process
Leverage real-world end-to-end application and network monitoring
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04-01-2021
04:33 PM
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Table of Contents
Overview
Feature Enhancements
Heads Up - What Else You Should Know
Beta Programs
Resolved Issues
Get Started
Ask a Question
Overview
In March, we had no Controller and Enterprise Console release but did have several key product enhancements and agent updates. We also resolved a series of issues associated with the previous release.
What highlights should I know about?
These release highlights include the newest features and capabilities this month, at a glance. In the grid below, we’ve flagged who within your organization may be most interested or impacted for each enhancement.
Category
Enhancement
User and Performance Analyst
Admin and Implementer
Developer
AIOps Platform
Cisco Secure Application
✓
Agent Updates
Java Agent
✓
✓
Cluster Agent
✓
✓
.NET Agent
✓
✓
C/C++ SDK
✓
✓
✓
System Administration Updates
Updated user creations and password policies
✓
AIOps Platform
AppDynamics with Cisco Secure Application: Protect your business-critical applications at runtime by using AppDynamics with Cisco Secure Application. Built-in collaboration with Cisco Security, Secure Application drastically simplifies vulnerability management and protects against attacks and threats in real-time. Cisco Secure Application correlates performance and security data to enable App and Security teams to minimize risk and maintain peak performance. Cisco Secure Application is generally available globally. Learn more about Cisco Secure Application here. (Released March 30, 2021 )
Agent Updates
Java Agent: We've added entry and exit support for Micronaut 2.0 and entry support for WSO2 API Microgateway. See the Java Supported Environments documentation . (Released March 23, 2021)
Cluster Agent: Now included support for infrastructure visibility, for more information see the Install Infrastructure Visibility with the Cluster Agent Operator documentation. (Released March 26, 2021)
.NET: Supports async exit calls over HTTP to WCF services for .NET Agents for Windows running on versions of .NET core 3.1 or higher. Additionally, the .NET Agent has new instrumentation options for ASP.NET Core . (Released March 29, 2021)
C/C++ SDK: You can enable SSL access to the Analytics Agent and can enable EUM to force a snapshot that contains callgraphs for any given business transaction. Learn more in the C/C++ SDK documentation . (Released March 31, 2021)
System Administration Updates
We released an enhancement that improves how administrators create users, as well as updates to our password policies. These changes are meant to improve security while laying the groundwork for new capabilities that will be rolled out in the near future. Check out the Changes to User Creation and Password Policy FAQ for details. (Staged release started February 22 , 2021)
To view all technical documentation associated with this month’s releases, please visit Product Announcements, Alerts, and Hot Fixes in our documentation portal .
Heads up - What else you should know
On March 30th at Cisco Live , we announced ThousandEyes Internet and Cloud Intelligence in AppDynamics Dash Studio . This native integration of network and internet performance metrics from ThousandEyes into AppDynamics Dash Studio, our next-generation dashboarding experience, enables IT teams to:
Visualize end user, application, hybrid cloud and internet performance data in one place
Cross-launch ThousandEyes seamlessly with a single click and gain deeper insights
Promote collaboration between AppOps and NetOps teams to improve efficiency
ThousandEyes Intelligence in AppDynamics Dash Studio will be generally available in April 2021. Learn more about the integration here .
Premium University and 12-User Education Subscribers: we’ve got a new instructor-led course for you! Are you looking to gain hands-on experience implementing, validating, and troubleshooting custom correlation? Check out the full course description and enroll in an upcoming session for Pro Series: Custom Correlations today.
We invite you to our Share a tip space , where the AppD community can exchange peer-to-peer advice. Find those small adjustments that make a big difference, and add your own insights too.
We’ve updated and refreshed our upgrade checklists— a helpful review prior to an upgrade. Please check out the main article, How do I get started with upgrading my AppDynamics components for any release? It contains links to the whole series.
Have a great product idea? Contribute to the AppDynamics Community Idea Exchange. You'll be able to submit your ideas, as well as vote on or discuss ideas from other community members. To participate, sign in to the community and look for the Idea Exchange button in the top navigation. See Idea Exchange Guidelines for more details. We hope to see you there, adding your stamp to our next steps.
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 in Community here .
Resolved Issues
The following key issue was resolved this month. To see a complete listing of this month's resolved issues, see Resolved and Known Issues heading on the Release Notes page .
Updated appdynamics-lambda-trace package dependencies. (SRVLESS-1537)
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.
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03-24-2021
03:50 PM
@Karen.Isaakyan , Thank you for sharing the Windows documentation, as well as pointing out the incorrect acronym. We appreciate it!
We'll get that revised in the article.
The acronym now reads as standing for Windows Management Instrumentation.
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03-24-2021
03:13 PM
Heads up to those following this post: I just added 2 more Technical Breakouts and 2 more Product Strategy Breakouts and their descriptions.
The session IDs are included so you can read more on the Cisco Live site.
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03-18-2021
02:23 PM
The first-ever global Cisco Live is almost here, and you’ll find AppDynamics all over the immersive two-day digital event for Cisco customers and partners worldwide.
Read ahead for the details:
— See additional Technical Breakouts and Product Strategy Breakouts added 3/24/21 —
Table of Contents
What can I expect at Cisco Live 2021?
What registration options are available?
What AppDynamics-related events and content can I explore at Cisco Live?
What can I expect at Cisco Live 2021?
Cisco Live will be presented over 2 days, aired in 3 waves that follow the sun:
Americas March 30-31 | APJC & EMEAR March 31-April 1
Organized into 6 themed broadcast channels, the experience offers an IT Leaders channel, Innovation channel, and technical channels tied to Cisco's customer pillars. Y ou’ll find keynotes, innovation talks, in-depth technical sessions, demos, and educational opportunities — along with performers like Pentatonix, Bebe Rexha, and Train.
.
The broadcast channels are:
Innovation
Senior engineering leaders share vision and strategy
free
Leadership
A mix of thought leadership and inspirational stories from global change-makers
free
Reimagine Applications
Technical education helping you to build apps fast and deploy anywhere
paid
Empower Teams
Technical education helping you to connect people and devices through a comprehensive network and collaboration tools
paid
Secure Enterprise
Technical education helping you to secure your workplace, your workload, and your workforce
paid
Transform Infrastructure
Technical education to help you automate your operations, realize the potential of 5G, and accelerate IoT with secure connectivity
paid
World of Solutions
Digital showcase with booths, live and on-demand demos, live chat, and more
free
NOTE: The Session Catalog has the full agenda by channel . Select your timezone from the options and filter to see your most relevant schedule
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What registration options are available?
There are two registration options to Cisco Live: the free Explorer pass, and paid All-Access pass:
Explorer
free
Includes keynotes, innovation talks, and access to the World of Solutions demo area, as well as interactive opportunities and celebrity appearances
All-Access
paid
Offers the entire conference experience, adding in-depth technical education sessions (+ continuing education credit) to the events and content included in the free Explorer track
Plus extra first-come, first-served events like hands-on labs and Meet the Engineer are available
If you’re looking for an opportunity for continuing education credits, you’ll want to check out the All-Access pass. It also offers a discounted testing.
You can also register for the Explorer pass and upgrade to All-Access later, though you risk missing out on one of the limited seating events.
Sign up early!
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What AppDynamics-related events and content can I explore at Cisco Live?
Innovation Channel
free
Optimizing Application Experiences
Watch on the Innovation Channel , DLBINT-45
Featuring
Linda Tong - General Manager, AppDynamics, Cisco
Liz Centoni - VP, Strategy, Emerging Technologies & Incubation, Cisco
Mohit Lad - CEO, ThousandEyes
Leadership Channel
free
How Agents of Transformation Will Now Drive the Future of the Digital Business
Watch on the Leadership Channel , DLBLDR-1
Featuring
Angie Mistretta - Chief Marketing Officer, AppDynamics
Adam Rasner - VP of Technology Operations, AutoNation
Technical Breakouts
paid
Reimagine Your Applications Channel: Correlate and Secure your Apps Across Networks and Clouds
Search for this session using ID BRKAPP-2222
Discover how AppDynamics correlates app performance with internet and hybrid cloud visibility while continuously protecting against exploits using Secure Application, and our integration with ThousandEyes
Ty Amell - CTO, AppDynamics
Valerie Li - Engineering Product Manager, Cisco
Randy Birdsall - Director of Product Management, Cisco Security
Advanced Performance Troubleshooting for your Enterprise Application with Cisco AppDynamics
Search for this session using ID BRKAPP-2000
AppDynamics Enterprise App Monitoring enables enterprises to achieve operational excellence through industry-leading full-stack observability and business performance intelligence. With a consolidated view of enterprise applications performance metrics, system bottleneck and performance anomalies are identified in real-time, so they can be resolved before impacting end users and transactions processes businesses rely on.
Vani Thurivengadam - Systems Engineer
Brendan Cooper - Product Marketing Manager
Automate Correlation of your Applications to your Digital Experiences and Business in the Cloud with Cisco AppDynamics
Search for this session using ID BRKAPP-1004
As the business experiments with new ways to modernize the digital experience through containers, serverless, and more cloud-native services, how can you connect these increasingly distributed architectures so you can innovate with confidence that your cloud investments drive real customer and business value? Join us to hear core concepts and best practices around understanding performance in cloud-native applications and how successful teams manage their application environment through an entity-centric view across applications, services, containers, Lambda functions, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud services, and Kubernetes pods.
Konr Ness - Solutions Architect
Shreyans Parekh - Product Marketing Manager
Product Strategy Overviews
free
Deliver Flawless App Experiences with Correlated Visibility across Application, Internet, and Cloud from AppDynamics and ThousandEyes
Search for this session using ID PSOAPP-1001
Wei Li - Product Marketing Manager, AppDynamics
Protect Your Apps, Users, and Business from Slowdowns and Exploits with AppDynamics Secure Application
Search for this session using ID PSOAPP-1002
Jina Na - Product Marketing Manager, AppDynamics
Optimize Application Performance in Business Context with AppDynamics' Portfolio of Hybrid Cloud and Infrastructure Optimization Solutions
Search for this session using ID PSOAPP-2001
Shreyans Parekh - P roduct Marketing Manager
Transform and Modernize your Enterprise Applications with Cisco AppDynamics
Search for this session using ID PSOAPP-1000
Brendan Cooper - Pr oduct Marketing Manager
World of Solutions
free
AppDynamics and ThousandEyes are partnering in a booth offering:
Live and on-demand demos
Resource Hub
1:1 Chat with product- and subject-matter experts
LIVE | Full-Stack Observability with AppDynamics and ThousandEyes
Visit the Application Experience booth, World of Solutions
Live demo with our Cisco Global Virtual Engineering Team
Protect Applications from Slowdowns and Exploits
Search for this session using ID DEMAPP-304
Aouss Sbai - Sales Engineer, AppDynamics
Performance Monitoring for Enterprise Apps
Search for this session using ID DEMAPP-306
Dan Aherne-McInteer - Solution Architect APJC, AppDynamics
See all the AppDynamics talks and events by filtering by technology or session ID in the Session Catalog .
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03-05-2021
10:55 AM
Not in AMER? Our regional Transform 2021 events will also stream Common. Register for access!
Registration URL
Special Performance with Common
EMEAR Transform Registration
9 March, 2:45-3:15pm, GMT
APAC Transform Registration
11 March, 2:30 - 3:00pm, SGT
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03-04-2021
12:19 PM
Hello, @Sunil.Mutyala
Thank you for catching that and letting me know! I have updated all the release dates, to 2021: we certainly don't want to repeat last year!
Claudia Landivar
Community Manager & Editor
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03-02-2021
09:55 AM
Sure thing, @Jagadeesh.Kalepalli— so glad it's helpful. Be sure and let us know how it works out for you!
Claudia Landivar
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02-26-2021
06:21 PM
Want another chance to delve into Transform 2021? You can watch and listen on demand, right in the online environment.
What content is included? Keynotes, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and expert demos. Special guest sessions with Megan Rapinoe and Common (yes, the whole concert!) are available too.
How? Just sign in with your event registration.
Didn’t have a chance to register? You can sign up any time during the 90-day on demand hosting period for access.
Not your timezone? Register for EMEA March 9-10 | APAC March 11-12
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02-26-2021
05:52 PM
Hello, All!
Just updated the Transform information now that our AMER session is complete. See the top of this article for links to watch on demand, or to register for our regional events.
Claudia Landivar
Community Manager & Editor, Knowledge Base
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