Stop Unboxing Your APs. seriously. The days of the "Staging Party" are dead. With the new AP Zero Touch Deployment, you can ship factory-sealed boxes directly to the site and let the network handle the configuration logic. It’s the first step toward AgenticOps. See how it works.

The last few months have brought some amazing new capabilities to Cisco Agentic Workflows, designed to make your automation journey smoother, more powerful, and even more accessible. Read more to see what's new and improved. 

You asked, and it’s finally here – we heard your requests to see all your networks across Meraki and Catalyst Center in one place.

We are pleased to announce that IOS XE 17.15.4.1 (RC) is now available in dashboard. This release delivers critical bug fixes, stability enhancements, and improvements outlined below.  

Firmware Upgrade Status on cloud managed IOS XE provides in-depth insight into the status of your devices as they progress through the firmware upgrade process.

We're incredibly excited to share some news about a powerful new addition to our portfolio: the Cisco 8455-G2-MX Secure Router! We know the network edge is evolving rapidly with distributed AI and cloud connectivity, and your infrastructure needs to keep pace. That's exactly why we built this advanced WAN appliance to empower your campus, large enterprise, or service provider networks.

What makes the 8455-G2-MX such an important step forward for your operations?

• 🚀Unleash High Performance: This router comes with dual 25Gbps SFP28 WAN ports. This router delivers integrated security performance beyond 10Gbps (up to 8Gbps Threat and 20Gbps Firewall), ensuring your network stays fast and secure even under heavy loads. It's powered by an all-new secure networking processor designed to efficiently handle demanding AI/ML workloads.
• 🔐Future-Proof Your Security: We're building for tomorrow! The C8455-G2-MX is AI/ML and Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) ready, preparing your network for emerging threats and technologies. Plus, running the intuitive Meraki OS means you benefit from streamlined cloud management, AI-powered automation, and advanced security features like secure boot.
• 💡Reliable & Smart Design: Its compact 12-inch depth offers deployment flexibility, and with field-replaceable, redundant power supplies, you get built-in high availability. We've also incorporated Cisco's circular design principles, supporting your sustainability goals.

The 8455-G2-MX is perfectly suited for large enterprises and campuses needing to aggregate multiple WAN connections with robust security and scalability, making it a strong foundation for your SASE deployments.

Ready to dive deeper? Check out the 8455-G2-MX datasheet for all the details.

We're thrilled to announce the availability of Dark Mode for the Meraki Dashboard! Many customers have eagerly asked for an alternate theme to reduce eye strain and improve readability in low-light environments.

Our teams have put a lot of care and attention to ensure that Dark Mode is optimized across the most common and frequent workflows in the Meraki Dashboard. There may be rare instances where minor visual inconsistencies or unexpected display behaviors appear while we continue to improve the experience and Meraki Support is ready to assist in these circumstances to ensure that we can quickly resolve them.

We believe the vast majority of your interactions will be greatly enhanced by Dark Mode, and we are committed to continuously refining the experience.

We are beginning to progressively roll this out today and expect it to be fully available to all users over the next 2 weeks.

We are thrilled to announce that the Cisco AI Assistant with new Agentic skills is now available in the Cisco Meraki dashboard for all customers! This marks a significant milestone in our AgenticOps journey to transform network operations and empower IT teams with AI. 

We're thrilled to announce the launch of Device End-of-Life (EoL) Visibility in the Meraki Dashboard! This new feature is designed to enable more effective and proactive management of Meraki and Cisco devices

To ensure a smooth and reliable migration experience from CS to IOS XE, we are temporarily restricting upgrades for organizations currently on CS firmware versions. The temporary restriction is only for organizations migrating from CS firmware to IOS XE.

The AI Assistant is Smarter and More Capable than Ever...

We’re excited to announce a significant update for organizations using Adaptive Policy. 

The new matrix view for Adaptive Policy provides a highly visual interface to monitor, troubleshoot, and configure micro-segmentation policies across the network.  

We are thrilled to announce that Workflows is now generally available! If your account is hosted in the US, EU, or APJC data centers, you can access Workflows via the Automation menu within Dashboard starting today!

• Temperature and water leak monitoring for IDF closets
• Air quality tracking
• Power monitoring with real-time alerts
• Cold storage monitoring for sensitive assets

Hey y'all, Phil Coburn from Product Enablement here, with a friendly announcement for our MX64/65 owners! 

In May 2025 we released firmware 18.1.7.13 for the MX64/65 security appliances. There were several updates and fixes in this version, but the primary change was that our MX team bumped the version of Snort 2 -- the MX security appliance's IDS and IPS -- to 2.9.20. This provided MX security appliances with updated rule sets, protecting them against newly discovered vulnerabilities.

However, just a week ago Snort announced that other versions of Snort 2, like 2.9.18.1 and 2.9.19.0, are deprecated and will no longer be supported as of 12/18/2025. Since older versions of MX firmware (before 18.1.7.13) use these soon-to-be deprecated versions of the Snort 2 engine, if your MX64/65 security appliances aren't upgraded to the latest stable MX firmware release they will not have the latest Snort 2 IDS/IPS rules... and the last thing you want is for your IDS/IPS to be out of date. 

If you'd like to keep your MX64/65s up to date with the latest IDS/IPS rules (yes, you do), then upgrade to the latest stable firmware release. As always, you can find this under Organization > Monitor > Firmware Upgrades. Good luck, and stay safe! 

Keeping your network healthy starts with having the right insights at your fingertips. That’s why we’re rolling out enhancements to dashboard, designed to give our switching users a cleaner, more complete view of device performance, stability, and utilization.

Building on the introduction of cloud management with IOS XE, this new release brings advanced routing, high availability, and cloud expansion features, plus support for additional powerful switching platform support, such as the entire C9200, C9300, and C9500 High Performance switching.

Want to configure alerts for a specific set of networks, alert types, or recipients? Tired of receiving alerts outside of critical hours or during scheduled maintenance? Need custom thresholds based on your organization’s environment? With the new Alert Profile and customization features, you can customize alert configurations across your entire organization at scale. 

Alert Profiles and customization features are generally available to all customers and can be accessed by admins with organization-level privileges from the Organization Alerts page!  

We’re excited to announce the availability of AP Live Tools in the Meraki Dashboard for Cloud Managed (Hybrid Mode) for Catalyst APs joined to Catalyst Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs).

We are thrilled to share that the Cisco AI Assistant is now available for Early Access Opt-in in Canada and select countries across Asia!

Today, I am excited to share the news about a line expansion that introduces out-of-the-box cloud management with the Catalyst 9200L-M models.

Catalyst Wi-Fi 7 access points are now visible and monitored in the Meraki Dashboard through Cloud-Managed Hybrid Operating Mode.

Meraki now enables administrators to override default AP port profiles on individual access points within template-driven networks—providing finer control without affecting global configurations.

You may have noticed a new VRF page under the Organization menu in dashboard 👀 

This page allows users to create Virtual Routing and Forwarding instances, or VRFs, which can then be used for configuring VRF related functions on platforms that support VRF in any network in the organization. 

For example, starting with IOS XE 17.18 Catalyst 9000 switches that have hardware support for VRFs can have interfaces assigned to VRFs you create on the organization-wide VRF page.  

If you’re new to VRF, it allows layer 3 routing devices (such as switches and routers) to keep multiple, separate routing tables, which creates segmentation at layer 3. This is often used to create separate networks for devices such as corporate workstations, IoT devices, or payment processing systems. VRFs allow these devices to use the same switches without being able to reach each other, unless a fusion device such as a firewall is used to connect the VRFs together. 

🔗 See a Preview of VRF from Cisco Live 

Cisco is excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of its Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) feature in Canada, effective today, July 29, 2025.

We are excited to share that the new assurance-focused Organization Summary page is now available to everyone via early access! The page gives network admins an overall view of their organization health, spanning client connectivity, infrastructure issues, and application outages. It highlights organization-wide trends, surfaces key insights, and helps pinpoint the most problematic networks to resolve issues quickly. 

How do I access the page? 

Opt-in directly from the Organization Summary page using the blue opt-in link on the upper right or from the Early Access page. 

We're excited to announce a new feature for MT11 sensor users - Temperature Offset Calibration!

At Cisco Meraki, we are so excited about the possibilities of our AI Assistant (now available in Early Access)! The AI Assistant is designed to supercharge your daily IT workflows, making network management more intuitive than ever. Here are the top 5 ways you can transform your IT working experience today:

We’re excited to announce a new update to the Cisco AI Assistant in the Meraki dashboard! Here’s what’s new:

• Smarter answers to unclear questions: Not sure how or what to ask? The AI Assistant now understands what you need, when you need it, better than ever with expanded prompt recommendations and understanding.
• Expanded knowledge: Instantly tap into all the latest public documentation and summarize it all instantly for key findings and recommended actions.
• Sharper responses on product details & steps: Get clearer, more accurate recommended actions - even when it comes to the tricky stuff.

Three new Catalyst Wireless LAN Controllers are now supported in Meraki Dashboard.