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February 2025

Flexera One introduced the following new features and enhancements this month.

IT Asset Management​

IT Asset Management released the following features and enhancements in February 2025.

Changes to supported operating systems and compatibility with other products​

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This enhancement is available with IT Asset Management.

The following operating system version has been added to the list of supported operating systems on FlexNet Inventory Agent:

  • Debian 12.8

The following operating system version has been added to the list of supported operating systems on FlexNet Beacon:

  • Windows Server 2025

For the full lists, see Prerequisite Software and Compatibility with Other Products in System Requirements and Compatibility.

Fix for the issue of inventory devices with IBM software installs incorrectly set to Ignored when linked to an asset which is retired/disposed​

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This enhancement is available with IT Asset Management.

Previously, inventory devices with IBM software installations were incorrectly set to Ignored instead of being updated to Archived when linked to an asset which was already retired or disposed. This error also occurred when aforementioned inventory devices received inventory.

This error led to the prevention of expected historic consumption from IBM PVU and VPC licenses prior to the asset being retired/disposed.

This release solves this issue. From this release, the inventory device status will be updated to Archived when linked to an asset that is retired or disposed even if inventory is received.

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The status of an inventory device can be viewed from the All Inventory page. The status Archive means the device is in transition pending deletion, but is currently held because of its historical impacts on IBM PVU sub-capacity retrospective calculations. The Ignored status means that the device is not managed, and the ignored device is not considered in license consumption calculations.

New columns showing the total number of virtual machines (VMs) with operating system variant added to the Cluster reporting object in Report Builder​

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This enhancement is available with IT Asset Management.

In this release, the Report Builder has been further enhanced to report on the total number of virtual machines (VMs) with operating system variant (Windows, SUSE Linux, RHEL) for each host and its parent cluster, enabling more accurate license consumption calculations.

The following three columns have been added to the Report Builder within the Cluster reporting object:

  • RHEL virtual machines (number)

  • SUSE virtual machines (number)

  • Windows virtual machines (number)

These additional columns help customers gain insight into the number of hosts within a cluster. For example, in a cluster of five hosts, the report will show how many VMs are running on each host, and of those VMs, how many are running RHEL, SUSE Linux, or Windows.

For more details on creating a custom report in the Report Builder, see Creating a Custom Report in the Help.

IT Visibility​

IT Visibility released the following features and enhancements in February 2025.

Email subscriptions for custom reports now available in IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence Platform (Beta Release)​

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This beta feature is available with IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence Platform and is not available to all customers yet. This feature will be made available to all customers by the end of February 2025. If you would like this beta feature enabled in the user interface earlier, contact Flexera Support. For more information, see Contacting Flexera Support.

With this feature, users with the Viewer or Editor access level to a report can create a private subscription to receive the report via email at a set frequency.

If you have the Manage custom reports role, you can also create a shared subscription, enabling other users to receive the report via email at a set frequency, in addition to creating your own private subscription.

As reports are delivered directly to the user’s inbox, this feature enables them to make crucial business decisions regarding their IT landscape in a well-informed and timely manner. The reports help users align their IT strategies effectively, ensuring they take timely actions to meet the risk management, cost optimization, governance and compliance needs of their hybrid IT estate. For more information, see Subscribing to a Custom Report in the Flexera One Help.

New Attributes Available in IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence Platform​

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This enhancement is available with IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence Platform.

In order to enhance software asset discovery and provide more actionable insights, the following new attributes have been introduced into IT Visibility with Technology Intelligence Platform.

  • Device

    • FIRMWARE_REVISION

    • KERNEL

    • KERNEL_RELEASE

    • PROCESSOR_SPEED

    • TCP_KEEPALIVE

    • TIME_ZONE

  • Software

    • PUBLISHER

    • SERVICE_PACK

  • Package

    • PACKAGE_ARCH

    • PACKAGE_EPOCH

    • PACKAGE_REVISION

  • NIC

    • FQDNS

    • HOST_INTERFACE

    • NETMASK

    • SUBNET

For more information about the datasets, see the Technology Intelligence Platform Datasets page on developer.flexera.com.

IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence reports documentation updates​

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This enhancement is available with IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence Platform.

The following sections were added in the IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence Platform Reports topic:

  • Understanding Report Types— IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence reports are designed in an interconnected manner that enables you to drill down into the visuals for deeper insights and enhanced data exploration. This topic explains how the data relates to each other within each of the following report types: Hardware, Software, and Vulnerabilities.

  • Working With Measures— Measures are dynamic calculations that provide meaningful insights into the dataset. Measures are commonly used in reports and visualizations to perform aggregations, comparisons, or other calculations.

  • Understanding Data Refresh Schedules in Reports— The data refresh schedules are determined by the Power BI storage modes for the tables used in the report.

New landing page for Technology Intelligence Platform reports​

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This feature is available with IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence Platform.

Flexera One has introduced a new landing page to enhance your experience when accessing Technology Intelligence Platform reports. This feature simplifies navigation, enabling users to make informed business decisions more efficiently.

The following functionality is included:

  • New navigation—Reports can now be accessed in the following two ways, streamlining user experience:

    • Dashboards > Technology Intelligence Reports > report type

    • IT Visibility > Technology Intelligence Reports > report type

    • where report type is one of the following: Hardware, Software, Governance & Risk, Procurement, Security, Custom Reports, and All TI Reports. The Dashboards page opens, displaying the reports grouped by type under their respective tabs.

    • Previously, reports could be accessed on the All Reports page (Dashboards > All Reports and IT Visibility > Reports).

  • New report groupings—Reports are now grouped under the following types for better organization:

    • Hardware—These reports focus on hardware inventory, lifecycle insights, inventory and lifecycle trends, procurement planning, VM and host relationships, and sustainability insights. Hardware reports aim to prevent obsolescence and identify sprawl, enabling effective resource management.

    • Software—These reports focus on software inventory, lifecycle trends, vulnerabilities, lifecycle risks, and procurement planning. Software reports ensure compliance and enhance security by addressing outdated versions and identifying sprawl for efficient software management.

    • Governance & Risk—These reports help IT teams address lifecycle risks, ensure compliance, and manage vulnerabilities by providing insights into hardware, software, and operating systems. Governance and Risk reports support better decision-making and help mitigate risks.

    • Procurement—These reports optimize hardware and software purchasing by highlighting lifecycle stages, end of life, end of sale, and obsolescence risks. Procurement reports help organizations avoid unsupported assets, and ensure timely upgrades.

    • Security—These reports empower organizations to proactively manage risks by identifying and addressing software vulnerabilities while providing insights into threat exposures and lifecycle risks. Security reports help organizations safeguard critical systems against evolving cybersecurity challenges.

    • Custom Reports—Custom reports are reports that you create with the data to which you have access to. For more information, see Working With Custom Reports.

    • All TI Reports—This report type lists all the Technology Intelligence Platform reports.

For more information on reports, see IT Visibility With Technology Intelligence Platform Reports.

Platform​

The Flexera One Platform released the following feature in February 2025.

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This feature is available with Flexera One.

Today Flexera is launching a feature which provides managed service provider (MSP) partners and customers with the ability to navigate between Flexera One and Snow Atlas.

From the Flexera One main navigation, MSP partners and customers who are also Snow Atlas users can leverage this new functionality and easily navigate to the sign-in page for Snow Atlas.

Flexera One customers who are also Snow Atlas users will see a new Snow Atlas link in Flexera One’s main navigation to see more information about Snow Atlas and Snow SaaS Management. From that page, they can navigate directly to their sign-in page for Snow Atlas. There, upon providing their Snow Atlas credentials, they will be signed in to Snow Atlas and able to access the Snow Atlas capabilities to which they are entitled.

Similarly, MSP partners and customers on Snow Atlas can find more information about Flexera One by clicking the Flexera One link in the main navigation in Snow Atlas and subsequently, if desired, navigating to the Flexera One login page. When they enter their Flexera One credentials, MSP partners and customers will be logged in to Flexera One and able to access the Flexera One capabilities to which they are entitled.

This feature represents the first step in our journey to provide an integrated experience to both MSP parters and customers. It enables all Flexera One customers to seamlessly navigate across the Flexera One portfolio—including Snow Atlas.