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Q1 2023 Cutover platform release announcement

Q1 2023 Cutover Release

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Cutover is pleased to announce the general availability of a number of new key features delivered throughout Q1 2023.  This announcement includes enhancements for linked runbooks, runbook level integrations, and other product enhancements for Releases 3.73 - 3.79.  Specific feature details for this new Cutover content can be found in the platform’s online help section for release notes.

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New features in the Cutover Platform for Q1 2023

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  • Runbook Scheduling Phase 1 (3.73)
  • Task Scheduling: Scheduled Auto Finish (3.76) 
  • Runbook Level Integrations: Phase 1 (3.79) 
  • My Work, Phase 1: All Tasks in One View (3.79) 
  • Linked Runbooks (3.79) 
  • New! Developer Portal content 

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Runbook Scheduling (3.73)

Save time and reduce manual efforts with Runbook Auto start capabilities: 

  • Increase the number of runbooks that are started on time
  • Facilitate and de-risk large customer events by allowing runbooks to be configured to auto-start 

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Scheduled Auto Finish for Tasks (3.76)

Save time and reduce manual efforts with Scheduled Auto Finish: 

  • Schedule tasks to complete based on a set timeframe
  • Specify the duration in days, hours, minutes and seconds

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*Not applicable for integration tasks or tasks with end requirements

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Runbook Level Integrations (3.79)

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Connect Cutover runbooks with other applications or tools to ensure important business information is always updated

Runbook Integrations allows users to link Cutover with other tools ahead of a runbook starting, and without needing to wait for a specific task to execute.

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My Work (3.79)

My Work centralizes all assigned tasks in one view enabling you to: 

  • Reduce time searching through runbooks to identify open tasks
  • Easily find, organize, and prioritize tasks based on due dates
  • Quickly understand what’s past due

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Linked Runbooks (3.79)

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Gain control across multiple runbooks with linked parent/child runbooks that: 

  • Enable more effective delegation of activities whilst retaining tight orchestration control
  • Reduce setup time for complex events, allowing customers to more easily test in a manner that mimics the actions required in responding to an incident
  • Ability to support large scale test events (e.g, 2500+ applications in a single event)

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New! Cutover Integration Suite content on the Developer Portal 

New technical integrations content is now available on the Developer Portal including:

  • Integration connection methods
  • Command line scripts for Cutover Connect
  • Microsoft Teams (via Microsoft Graph API) authentication

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Further technical content is planned as well as a blog to keep you updated on the best ways to use our API

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