Administer the Now Platform

As a platform administrator, you have the power of the Now Platform at your fingertips. The Now Platform is an application platform as a service that automates business processes across the enterprise.

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Start here to learn about the Now Platform

Learn about the Now Platform and these important applications:
Admin Center

A central hub for platform owners and admins to access platform capabilities, discover new applications, and get intelligent, actionable insights. Start with Adoption blueprints, which tell you which plugins to install to meet business objectives.

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Subscription Management
A centralized management experience to help you understand your subscriptions and entitlements.

Subscription Management overview.

Configure Now Platform core features

Explore core features that affect global Now Platform behavior as well as behavior in some Now Platform applications.
User administration
Configure users, groups, and roles to provide access to Now Platform applications and settings.
Now Platform tables and data
Learn how to work with Now Platform records in the classic environment.
Search administration
Configure search engines and interfaces for the Now Platform. Select AI Search for a consumer-grade search experience, or use the legacy Zing text search engine. Use Contextual Search to let service agents view relevant results based on an Incident or Problem record's query context and user intent.
Time configuration and currency configuration
Configure data and time fields, time zones for your users, and calendars.
Translation and localization
Provide service around the globe with language translation and localization for specified regions.
Integrations
Learn about integrating third-party applications into the Now Platform.
Notifications
Use Notifications to manage system email, create system notifications, and configure how your system responds to inbound email.
Service Level Management
Configure the Service Level Management (SLM) application to gather your service requirements, monitor your SLAs, and report on your SLA compliance.

Maintain and monitor the Now Platform

Performance dashboard

Instance Scan
Identify Now Platform health issues and incorrectly configured settings.
Events
Monitor system events and determine which the system should process them.
Platform performance
Ensure system optimization through performance monitoring and diagnostics.

Plan and manage your Now Platform upgrade

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Upgrade Center and Upgrade Monitor
Plan and manage your Now Platform upgrades using Upgrade Center. Use Upgrade Monitor to monitor the progress of your upgrade. After the upgrade completes, you can view a summary of upgrade results.