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Autodesk license optimization

Flexera One’s SaaS Management now offers a managed SaaS application for Autodesk. You can track user license entitlement and latest usage date for key Autodesk applications to optimize license spend. ...

Track multiple purchases for the same SaaS license

SaaS Management now offers two views for tracking multiple purchases for the same SaaS license. Both views are in the SaaS Management Licenses tab. To access the Licenses tab, go to SaaS > Managed Saa...

New allocation rules for SaaS license purchases

SaaS license purchases can be allocated to a particular group of users assigned a license purchase to a single sign-on (SSO) application. Users can be tracked to a specific license purchase by a purch...

Employee Central integration is no longer a direct integration with SaaS Management

Due to changes in SAP’s authentication method, Employee Central (SAP) is no longer offered as a direct integration with SaaS Management. If you wish to ingest your organization’s data into SaaS Manage...

BlueJeans Video Communications integration is no longer available

The BlueJeans Video Communications integration with SaaS Management is no longer available because it is no longer supported by the publisher, Verizon. For more information, see BlueJeans by Verizon. ...

Redesigned Licenses tab for SaaS licenses

The SaaS Management Licenses tab has been redesigned for organizations to more effectively track SaaS licenses. With the new Licenses tab design, all sections can be sorted and filtered. License data ...

Usage insights for Salesforce consumption-based licenses

SaaS Management now offers granular usage insights for Salesforce consumption-based licenses. You can now identify potential license overages or under utilization. These insights helps align your orga...

Specifying values for unmapped fields within the FSM Data Ingestion Utility

When using the FSM Data Ingestion Utility, you can now specify values for fields that are not mapped to an API or CSVsource. This enhancement makes it possible to pass static values as part of the Saa...

Shadow IT insights provided using Power BI reporting for Broadcom CloudSOC CASB

SaaS Management now provides Shadow IT insights using Power BI reporting for the Broadcom CloudSOC Cloud AppSecurity Brokers (CASB). Data from Broadcom’s CloudSOC CASB helps discover and manage Shadow...

Out-of-the-box catalog of preconfigured settings for SaaS data ingestion utility

The Flexera SaaS Management (FSM) Data Ingestion Utility is a client-based Windows desktop tool to help upload datafrom your organization’s multiple SaaS applications on a regular schedule. This utili...

Excluding Salesforce customer community and partner user licenses from suspicious activities

The Salesforce integration with SaaS Management includes a Suspicious Activities tab (SaaS > Managed SaaS Applications > Salesforce > Suspicious Activities) for the individual Salesforce org. With thi...

Excluding Salesforce customer community and partner user licenses from license activity metrics

The Salesforce integration with SaaS Management includes an Overview tab (SaaS > Managed SaaS Applications >Salesforce All Orgs > Overview) and an Orgs tab (SaaS > Managed SaaS Applications > Salesfor...

Flexera One API quick start

The Flexera One API and Flexera One IT Asset Management API provide a way for scripts and other automation technologies to programmatically access data held in Flexera One. In this post I give a some ...

Streamlined UI workflow for AppExchange, Azure, and Azure Client Credentials integrations

SaaS Management now offers a streamlined UI workflow for its AppExchange, Azure, and Azure Client Credentials integrations. For these managed SaaS applications, only the following tabs will display: D...

New API endpoints for SAP Concur integration

SAP has announced that the API endpoints currently available for the SaaS Management integration with SAP Concur will be decommissioned on May 31, 2024. After which, the integration will stop working....

Adobe Creative Cloud integration now requires OAuth 2.0 authentication

Adobe has deprecated the use of JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication. In response, Flexera One’s SaaS Management solution now provides a more secure OAuth 2.0 authentication method for its Creative Clo...

Universal API for ingesting SaaS data from cloud access security brokers

Flexera One’s SaaS Management solution now offers a universal API that seamlessly integrates with the FSM Data Ingestion Utility. This API facilitates the extraction of data from various Cloud Access ...

Preview data import for additional SaaS vendors

The FSM Data Ingestion Utility now provides a workflow to preview SaaS vendor data prior to importing for both the CSV and API ingestion methods. To ensure data accuracy, SaaS vendor data can now be v...

New fromDate parameter for API calls to filter SaaS user activity data

The FSM Data Ingestion Utility now provides a fromDate parameter into an API call to filter SaaS user activity data. This fromDate parameter enables you to retrieve user activity events starting from ...

New SaaS integration for Jira

SaaS Management now offers a direct integration with Atlassian’s Jira Software for project and issue tracking. You can now track, analyze, and optimize your organization’s Jira licenses. Within SaaS M...

New SaaS integration for Confluence

SaaS Management now offers a direct integration with Atlassian’s Confluence for content collaboration. You can now track and analyze your organization’s user activity. Within SaaS Management, you have...

Users tab now includes all organizational attributes

The Users tab (SaaS > Managed SaaS Applications > Users) now displays all of your organizational attributes from the All SaaS Users page (Organization > All SaaS Users). You can now more accurately an...

Adobe Creative Cloud Authentication Changes

Adobe have announced that from the 1st of May '24 it will not be possible to create a new Service Account JWT and from the 1st of January '25, they will not work at all. To ensure your Adobe Creative ...

ServiceNow App Details and User Level Activity for Custom Apps

Flexera One’s SaaS Management solution has expanded its ServiceNow insights by allowing you to: View details of assignment and usage of ServiceNow out-of-the-box (OOTB) and Custom subscription applica...

Streamlined Ingestion of SaaS Vendor Data

The FSM Data Ingestion Utility now provides a workflow that enables data transformation rules to be configured for both the CSV and API ingestion methods. SaaS vendor data for usernames and date forma...

Identify and Analyze Additional Shadow SaaS Use

Flexera One’s SaaS Management solution now offers a direct SaaS integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Client Credentials. This integration provides full protection for SaaS applications b...

Reclaiming User Licenses and Tracking User Activity No Longer Available for DocuSign Integration

Note • This change relates to SaaS Management. The Last Login Date parameter was recently removed by DocuSign from their API. Flexera One’s SaaS Management solution relies on this date to reclaim user...

New SaaS Management Power BI Reporting Template to show spend and usage across all SaaS applications

A new Microsoft Power BI template is now available that provides valuable insights into: Your overall SaaS spend which is then broken by: VendorOrganisational groupApplicationLicense Views across each...

Mapping ServiceNow Role Types To Identify Potential Cost Savings

By default, ServiceNow offers out-of-the-box (OOB) roles that are linked to subscriptions. Additionally, you can create a custom role for a subscription to grant access to approve requests or allowing...

Improved Data Accuracy Display of ServiceNow License Consumption

Within the SaaS Management Overview tab (SaaS > Managed SaaS Applications > Overview) for ServiceNow Licensing and ServiceNow Licensing OAuth2, the Licenses table tracks your organization’s ServiceNow...