Workload Manager release notes

This page documents production updates to Workload Manager. Check this page for announcements about new or updated features, bug fixes, known issues, and deprecated functionality.

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March 06, 2024

Generally Available: Workload Manager now supports deploying SAP workloads on Google Cloud. You can configure and deploy a SAP S/4HANA system using the Guided Deployment Automation tool in Workload Manager. For more information, see About Guided Deployment Automation.

January 31, 2024

Generally available: Workload Manager is now generally available (GA) for evaluating SQL Server workloads. For more information, see About Workload Manager Evaluation

September 05, 2023

Preview: Workload Manager is now available for SQL Server workloads. For more information, see the Product overview.

August 17, 2023

Generally available: Workload Manager introduces new rules for SAP workloads that help you evaluate the workload against the security best practices from SAP and Google Cloud. For more information, see Best practices for SAP.

For information about setting up Google Cloud's Agent for SAP to collect security validation metrics, see Enable Workload Manager validation metrics collection.

July 11, 2023

Preview: Workload Manager now supports deploying SAP workloads on Google Cloud. You can configure and deploy a SAP S/4HANA system using the Guided Deployment Automation tool in Workload Manager. For more information, see About Guided Deployment Automation.

April 11, 2023

Generally available: Workload Manager is now generally available (GA) for evaluating SAP workloads. It is a rule-based, cross-project validation service for evaluating workloads running on Google Cloud.

You can use Workload Manager to evaluate your SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver workloads, and detect deviations from key best practices that SAP, OS vendors, and Google Cloud prescribe. This helps you improve the quality, reliability, and performance of your SAP workloads.

The set of rules provided will continue to evolve to cover new machine types and storage options as they become available, and extend SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver best practices as relevant for your SAP workloads.

For more information, see the Product overview.

February 06, 2023

Preview: While creating a new evaluation, you can now choose how frequently you want to run the evaluation.

October 11, 2022

Preview: Workload Manager is now available for SAP workloads. For more information, see the Product overview.