Release Notes for Accounts and Licensing

Cisco Customer Identity for Authentication

Company and Tenant Administrators can select Cisco Customer Identity as the method to authenticate users signing in to any Cisco AppDynamics product. If Cisco Customer Identity was selected for authentication, the user will be redirected to the Cisco Identity Provider (IdP) when signing in.

This integration of Cisco Customer Identity with the Account Management Portal makes it easier for users to access Cisco AppDynamics because they can reuse their existing Cisco Identity and don't need to create a separate account or remember separate credentials.

Cisco AppDynamics has made it easier for administrators to provision users by improving the SAML configuration with the following changes:

• Administrators can first add the Cisco AppDynamics information to the Identity Provider, eliminating the need to go back and forth between the IdP and Cisco AppDynamics. They can still add the IdP information to Cisco AppDynamics first and then choose the flow to set up the SAML configuration.
• If the SAML federation is active, Administrators can generate a link that enables users to provision their accounts (read-only) with access to the Community and training. This generated link, referred to as a JIT-provisioning link, saves time and effort for both administrators and users. Administrators, however, can still manually create user profiles instead of using the JIT-provisioning link.

See Configure Single Sign-on Through SAML.

Cisco AppDynamics has made it easier for administrators to provision users by improving the SAML configuration with the following changes:

• Administrators can first add the Cisco AppDynamics information to the Identity Provider, eliminating the need to go back and forth between the IdP and Cisco AppDynamics. They can still add the IdP information to AppDynamicsCisco AppDynamics first and then choose the flow to set up the SAML configuration.
• If the SAML federation is active, Administrators can generate a link that enables users to provision their accounts (read-only) with access to the Community and training. This generated link, referred to as a JIT-provisioning link, saves time and effort for both administrators and users. Administrators, however, can still manually create user profiles instead of using the JIT-provisioning link.

See Configure Single Sign-on Through SAML.

The Account Management portal supports creating multiple users at once for your Cloud or Controller Tenant. See Manage User Accounts.  

View and download statements of current and past license usage on the Account Management portal. See Manage Licenses.

This release includes single sign-on access for account management. Cisco AppDynamics now enables all AppDynamics IdP-managed users to access all authorized Cisco AppDynamics products and services from any entry point and navigate to any other service or Controller Tenant without entering their password again. This enhancement includes a slight change to the sign-in screen.