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title: Combined Simplified IT Service Management release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia
description: Consolidated page of all release notes for Simplified IT Service Management from Yokohama to Australia.
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# Combined Simplified IT Service Management release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia

Consolidated page of all release notes for Simplified IT Service Management from Yokohama to Australia.

## How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Simplified IT Service Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Australia.

**Tip:** If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

## Important information for upgrading Simplified IT Service Management to Australia

Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Simplified IT Service Management.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   **[Simplified request process using Employee Slate](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-experience-using-employee-slate&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

A simplified request process is available:

    -   A request is created for an order guide submission.
    -   A requested item is created for a catalog item request.
-   **[Automated and guided administrator experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-ai-native-itsm&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**
    -   Configure Incident Management using the sn\_incident\_admin role and Request Management using the sn\_request\_admin role.
    -   Configure change forms and lists in the Configuration Console.

 -   **[Automated and guided administrator experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-ai-native-itsm&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

A guided experience is available for inbound email configuration.

-   **[Employee experience in Employee Hub](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-experience-using-employee-slate&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Employee Slate is available as the primary engagement experience for incident and request notifications.


 -   **[Simplified fulfiller experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fulfiller-experience-ai-native-itsm&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

The simplified fulfiller experience includes the following updates.

    -   Catalog tasks are shown on the home page so they can be tracked alongside incidents and requests.
    -   The incident details layout has been updated on the incident form, including the position of attachments and configuration items.
-   **[Employee experience in Employee Hub](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-experience-using-employee-slate&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Simplify employee experience by leveraging the conversational experience in Employee Slate.

-   **[Automated and guided administrator experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-ai-native-itsm&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

A guided experience is available for the following configurations:

    -   Employee Slate
    -   Configuration items
    -   Core setup areas required to make Change Management operational.
-   **[Redirection to Service Operations Workspace](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-ai-native-itsm&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Redirection to Service Operations Workspace Admin Center is available to configure advanced ITSM workflows such as Problem Management, Major Incident Management, On-Call Scheduling, and Walk-up Experience.


 -   **[Simplified employee experience through Employee Center portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=employee-experience-employee-center&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Simplify employee experience by leveraging the automated self-service and browsing experience in the Employee Center portal. The following capabilities are available as part of the employee experience:

    -   A simplified Employee Center portal with a conversational experience that supports chat, catalog, and knowledge content.
    -   Prebuilt catalog items for common IT issues and requests.
    -   Requester surveys for incidents and requested items.
    -   Multi-channel support through Employee Center, email, Microsoft Teams, and Slack.
-   **[Simplified fulfiller experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fulfiller-experience-ai-native-itsm&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Provide an efficient IT support experience for incident and request management by leveraging AI recommendations for the following:

    -   Resolution steps and knowledge base recommendations
    -   Incident and chat summaries
    -   Resolution notes and email response generation
    -   Recommended actions such as linking similar incidents or ordering catalog items
A role-based manager dashboard with key service desk metrics, date-range filtering, and agent-level filtering is available.

-   **[Automated and guided administrator experience](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=configuring-ai-native-itsm&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US)**

Set up multiple ITSM workflows \(incident management and request management\) by leveraging the guided and conversational setup process. The following capabilities are available for administrators:

    -   Default configuration settings that are automatically applied to installed products or modules. You can review and modify these settings.
    -   A guided configuration experience for ITSM workflows.
    -   AI agents to configure ITSM workflows from a single admin UI page using natural language. See [Conversational AI Agents for configurations](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=agents-ai-native-it-service-desk&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US).

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Simplified IT Service Management features.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Simplified IT Service Management features or functionality were removed.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some Simplified IT Service Management features or functionality were deprecated.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Activation information

Review information on how to activate Simplified IT Service Management.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   **Activation information**

Request the entitlement for IT Service Management from the ServiceNow Store and then install it. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US).


**Important:** Simplified IT Service Management is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

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</table>## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Simplified IT Service Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Simplified IT Service Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Simplified IT Service Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Simplified IT Service Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Simplified IT Service Management we have noted them here.

<table class="custom-rows"><thead><tr><th class="filter">

Release

</th><th>

Release notes

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Yokohama

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Zurich

</td><td>

No updates for this release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Australia

</td><td>

-   AI-powered automation reduces setup time and complexity: Administrators benefit from the guided setup processes and conversational AI agents, which help them configure ITSM workflows faster.
-   Simplified experience for employees and requesters: Employees and requesters can request help, submit tickets, check status, use the employee portal, browse the catalog, and access knowledge.
-   Faster issue resolution with simplified workflows: Fulfillers or service desk agents can resolve incidents and requests through a simplified, AI-first workspace that supports guided actions and faster issue resolution.

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Products combined by family](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/delta-yokohama-australia/rn-combined-intro.md)