Asana Release Notes February 2025

[Vanessa_N]

Hi everyone!

Please find below our latest Release Notes. If you have any questions of feedback, let us know in the comments!

• (Personal) Cross-platform syncing of draft comments in iOS: Sync draft comments between mobile and web to see your drafts across devices.
• (Personal) Inbox notifications in Microsoft Teams: Take action on Asana notifications directly in Microsoft Teams.
• (Personal) Project views in Microsoft Teams desktop app: Create shared visibility on the latest project progress without team members having to leave Microsoft Teams.
• (Starter) Smart chat in Microsoft Teams: Use Smart chat to surface insights and recommendations about your work directly in Microsoft Teams.
• (Starter) Microsoft Teams “Send Direct Message” rule action: Automatically send customized messages to individuals or groups in Microsoft Teams based on specific triggers in Asana.
• (Starter) Project work schedules: Set a working schedule for your project to manage Service Level Agreements (SLA) for requests.
• (Starter) Request tracking: Manage and track requests seamlessly, even from stakeholders without an Asana license.
• (Advanced) @mention teams in AI Studio: @mention teams of up to 50 people in AI Studio.
• (Advanced) AI Studio credit usage notification: Receive notifications when your domain is at 80% and 100% consumption of the usage limit for the paid AI Studio Standard plan.
• (Advanced) Strategy map: Visualize how company-wide goals connect to work with a strategy map.
• (Advanced) Portfolio timeline improvements: Create more customized and powerful reporting views with a grid-backed timeline, multi-filter sort, and more.
• (Advanced) Portfolio notes: Add and customize multiple notes tabs within a portfolio.
• (Enterprise) Portfolio PowerPoint export: Inform strategic decisions with executive reports in PowerPoint.
• (Enterprise) Portfolio level capacity: See team capacity at a glance across all your projects.
• (Enterprise) Portfolio level capacity aggregation: View project statistics as a summary row at the top of capacity plan project tabs.
• (Enterprise) Goals PDF export: Keep stakeholders informed easily with a PDF export of your goal status.
• (Enterprise) Update job titles in capacity planning and workload views: Easily update job titles for better workload and capacity planning.
• (Enterprise) SAML group mapping: Scale org-only forms with SAML without extra licenses needed.
• (Enterprise) Custom field permissions on mobile: Control who can modify specific custom field values in a project on mobile.

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[Robin28]

@Vanessa_N

(Enterprise) Custom field permissions on mobile: Control who can modify specific custom field values in a project on mobile.

Hi!
Thanks for the updates!!

I have a question related to * (Enterprise) Custom field permissions on mobile.
Where can I find the control button in the mobile app?

[Vanessa_N]

Hi @Robin28, thanks for asking. Happy to share more context about this launch.

The settings where project admins set restrictions for custom fields are still only available on the web and desktop app, but not on mobile yet. However, before this update, users with restricted access could still edit fields when using the mobile app, which worked as a sort of backdoor.

This update specifically addresses that issue. Now, users with restricted permissions will have the same restrictions on both mobile and web.

Hope this helps clarify!

[Robin28]

Aha! I understand. Thansk for the clarification, @Vanessa_N !

I’d also like to ask regarding “SAML group mapping”.
I have the following questions;

• What is the need for this feature and what context is it coming from?
• In which specific scenarios would this feature be used
• It’s already possible to assign licenses to group via Entra Id. How does this feature differ from that?

[CYRIL_OBASUYI]

Let me make a few clarifications addressing each of your questions. @Robin28

Let’s begin by clearly defining SAML group mapping.

WHAT IS SAML GROUP MAPPING?

SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) group mapping is a feature that enables the mapping of groups defined in an external identity provider (IdP) to groups within an application or service. This allows for seamless integration of user identities and group memberships between the IdP and the application.

@Robin28

What is the need for this feature and what context is it coming from?

1. The need for SAML group mapping arises from the increasing adoption of cloud-based applications and services, which often require integration with external identity providers. This feature enables organizations to leverage their existing group structures and policies, defined in their IdP, and apply them to cloud-based applications.

@Robin28

In which specific scenarios would this feature be used?

2. This feature would be used in scenarios such as:

A). CLOUD MIGRATION: When an organization migrates its applications to the cloud, SAML group mapping ensures that existing group structures and policies are preserved.

B). IDENTITY FEDERATION: When multiple organizations need to share resources or collaborate, SAML group mapping enables the mapping of groups across different identity providers.

C). COMPLIANCE AND GOVERNANCE: This feature helps organizations meet compliance requirements by ensuring that group memberships and access controls are consistently applied across applications.

@Robin28

It’s already possible to assign licenses to group via Entra Id. How does this feature differ from that?

3. SAML group mapping differs from assigning licenses to groups via Entra ID in its broader scope, flexibility, and group management capabilities. While license assignment is limited to license management, SAML group mapping enables the integration of group structures and policies between identity providers and applications, supporting identity federation, compliance, and governance use cases.