When you log into the Meraki dashboard, you’ll now have the option to turn on colorblind assist mode across the entire dashboard. In this mode, green, yellow and red have been replaced with blue, orange and a new hue of red.    In our research and testing, customers said using blue instead of green made it easier to see that the status of their networks were “good” at a glance. Orange was created to make it easier to see devices that need attention, versus light yellow, while keeping it as different from red as possible. There are some minor changes to text and user interface colors as well to improve readability.      The color changes make it easier for customers that are color blind or have low vision issues, but also are helpful for customers working in low light situations.    What are the benefits?   Easier to see the status of networks at a glance Easier to quickly see devices that need attention Better in low light situations Easier for color blind customers to see the difference between status colors   When will I see a change?   This feature is available now! Just go to your profile and enable “Colorblind assist mode”.     We made the change based on feedback from you, our customers. Thank you! We always welcome constructive feedback as it helps make the dashboard a better experience for everyone.  ... View more

Cisco Meraki Canada Region Now Supports MX SD-WAN Plus and MI Insight   We are excited to announce that Cisco Meraki Canada Region has added support for MX SD-WAN Plus and MI Insight. With MX SD-WAN Plus, users get access to ThousandEyes insights, Smart L7 local internet breakout, performance-based routing, and ML-powered analytics. Meraki Insight provides end-to-end visibility into how users experience a network, providing performance management and troubleshooting with zero setup or configuration required.   The Cisco Meraki Canada Region services our customers who are located or have network deployments in Canada. It is supported exclusively by data centers that are located within Canada and addresses the needs of customers who wish to keep their data locally.​   Main benefits:  Same ease of use as our commercial cloud   Same end-to-end visibility across your networks  Same security and reliability  No user data passes through the Meraki platform  Network management data stored in Canada  Products Supported  Products and license tiers supported with Cisco Meraki Canada Region include:  Cisco Meraki MR Wireless Access Points with Ent and Adv licenses, recommend firmware version 28.1 or higher  Cisco Meraki MS Switches with Ent and Adv licenses, recommend firmware version 15.1 or higher  Cisco Meraki MX Security & SD-WAN Appliances with Ent, Adv Security and SD-WAN Plus licenses, recommend firmware version 16.4 or higher  Cisco Meraki MI Insight Cisco Meraki MV Smart Cameras  Cisco Meraki MT Sensors Solutions  Cisco Meraki MG Cellular Gateways  For More Information  Please contact your sales representative and visit our documentation for more details: https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Cross-Platform_Content/Cisco_Meraki_Canada_R...   ... View more

We are excited to announce that Cisco Meraki for Government is now available to buy for our U.S. Federal customers. Cisco Meraki for Government provides a secure and efficient way to support networking transformation within budget.   Our cloud-managed platform simplifies networking to make it easier to deploy, manage, and optimize networks-driving IT modernization and enabling hybrid work. Meraki helps future proof networks and allows agencies to stay ahead of changing citizen and regulatory demands while improving employee productivity.​   Meraki has developed the most sophisticated platform in the industry based on cloud-first operations, network intelligence (AI), and open APIs to better integrate and automate processes, while providing a way to customize the monitoring and management of a network. The Meraki platform is built with a modern cloud-managed architecture that is able to quickly scale to meet the needs of customers worldwide.​​   We have taken that knowledge and technical sophistication to create a tailored solution for the U.S. Government. Our solution gives government agencies the ability to meet their cloud-first initiatives.   Security is a high priority of our solution, which is why we created a separate platform that stores data on U.S. soil and includes FIPS to further protect government telemetry data from device to cloud. Support is also provided by U.S. persons on U.S. soil. Meraki is offering certain MS (Switching), MR (Wireless) and MX (Security and SD-WAN) devices as part of the offering with more product lines to be included in the future.   Cisco Meraki for Government is currently “in process” to become a moderate FedRAMP offering. If you are a federal agency that’s been waiting for a FedRAMP offering from Meraki, please contact your public sector sales representative for more information. ... View more

We’re excited to announce an all new landing page as part of our Next Generation Dashboard initiative. This complete refresh was designed to make it even easier to see at a glance what’s happening within your networks.  Starting today, customers with multiple networks will begin to gain access to the new landing page.    Here are some of the top benefits of the new landing page:   Immediately access a broad view of your organization upon login to the Dashboard. Quickly gain context on issues to troubleshoot faster. Save time by gaining high level visibility across your entire organization in one view. Did we mention it's extremely fast? We increased the page load performance to get you the data you need when you need it.     This landing page can be accessed by customers with more than one network. Built to help customers accomplish more in less time, this new feature in the Next Generation Dashboard is another step forward in Meraki’s mission to simplify everything.   How to provide feedback   We really care about your feedback, and have implemented the get feedback tool on the landing page.  There is a tab on the bottom right hand side of the screen that says “Give Feedback”. Thanks in advance for your help! ... View more

Are you a Canadian customer that would like to store data locally? If so, Meraki can help! We’ve created Cisco Meraki Canada Region, a separate cloud platform that stores network management data within Canada. Cisco Meraki Canada Region is now generally available and provides the same security, reliability and redundancy offered by our distributed cloud architecture.     Main benefits:  Same ease of use as our commercial cloud   Same end-to-end visibility across your networks  Same security and reliability  No user data passes through the Meraki platform  Network management data stored in Canada    Is Cisco Meraki Canada Region right for you?    Are you a government agency or business that wants to store network management data in Canada? Are you a business that wants the peace of mind knowing your network management data will stay in Canada? If so, then Cisco Meraki Canada Region is right for you.     If you don’t have a need to store data locally in Canada or would like to use products and features that fall outside of the list below, then our current platform is the best solution for you.      Products Supported  Products and license tiers supported with Cisco Meraki Canada Region include:  Cisco Meraki MR Wireless Access Points with Ent and Adv licenses, recommend firmware version 28.1 or higher  Cisco Meraki MS Switches with Ent and Adv licenses, recommend firmware version 15.1 or higher  Cisco Meraki MX Security & SD-WAN Appliances with Ent and Adv Security license, recommend firmware version 16.4 or higher  Cisco Meraki MV Smart Cameras  Cisco Meraki MT Sensors Solutions  Cisco Meraki MG Cellular Gateways    For More Information  Please contact your sales representative and visit our documentation for more details: https://documentation.meraki.com/General_Administration/Cross-Platform_Content/Cisco_Meraki_Canada_Region   ... View more

Update: We have reached our target number of customers for this beta program. We appreciate the excitement and support! We’re thrilled to invite you to join our exclusive private beta program for the highly anticipated Cisco SSO (Single Sign On) that will be rolled out to most Meraki users in early 2024. The beta program will start in late July to early August 2023, for a select number of customers prior to the public release of this new feature.   Cisco Single Sign-On is a common SSO experience that enables users to sign in once and use multiple Cisco platforms. While initiating that login from the Meraki Dashboard, this allows organizations to maintain one set of identities/credentials for users while granting access and seamless authentication to multiple Cisco services/platforms and touch-points.   We’re looking for customers who are excited to try this new feature before it becomes generally available and who would be willing to report any issues they encounter, as well as provide general feedback.    Here is a quick preview of how the Cisco SSO experience could look.       Thank you in advance for your help. The feedback you provide will make our cross platform SSO feature a success! ... View more

Meraki is launching an all new dashboard experience focused on simplicity and intelligence. The new dashboard is cleaner in design, more intuitive to use, and makes it even easier to see what’s happening within networks. We’re doing this to help customers accomplish more in less time while also making it easier for them to stay on top of all aspects of their networks.        Starting today, there will be easier navigation within the dashboard, as well as new switch and access point pages—with a new client page coming soon. The dashboard also features improved performance, including faster screen loads for the new pages and quicker refresh rates for up-to-the minute status information.   More than 40% of customers signed up for the beta program and have enjoyed this new version for the past few months. It’s a truly impressive number, and we thank everyone who helped us make the new dashboard what it is today. Customer feedback has always been important to us, and the new dashboard experience is a result of incorporating as much of that feedback as possible. Thank you!   More information can be found in our recent blog post. ... View more

You asked, we listened! Many of you asked for more alerts in the mobile app to stay informed while away from the dashboard. We are excited to announce that we have added the top 11 requested alerts to keep you in the know while on the go! Many of the alerts not only tell you that something happened, they now tell you specifically what happened so you can stay updated at a glance.    Here are some of the top benefits of the new alerts:    Learn when configuration changes happen and exactly what changed.  Know when a rogue AP is detected so you can take action. Get informed when network usage exceeds a set threshold so you can do something about it while there is still time.  Notify your security teams when alerted that Malware has been blocked. Get alerts via push notifications as you move through your day.    New alerts include:   Configuration settings changed A rogue AP is detected Network usage exceeds set threshold A gateway becomes a repeater Clients fail to connect to the wireless network Uplink IPv6 duplicate address detected The primary uplink status changes The DHCP lease pool is exhausted An IP conflict is detected Cellular connection state changes Malware is blocked   All listed alerts are on Mobile App version 4.56.0 available today! ... View more

Global Overview is now publicly available to customers as part of our Next Generation Dashboard initiative. It will be rolled out over the month of March to all customers with more than one organization. It will automatically appear in your Meraki dashboard when available. Global Overview creates an efficient workflow to help you manage more organizations in less time.   Here are some of the top benefits of Global Overview:    Quickly add new organizations.  See what needs attention across all organizations from a single screen. Keep organizations optimized with less effort by viewing intuitive metrics such as the current status of each device. Easily monitor the status of licenses for each organization. Gain faster resolutions by using filters to quickly find what you need within the dashboard. Need further analysis on a topic? Easily export data for reports.         This was built for customers that have more than one organization and has new features based on the feedback we have received from many of you. Thank you!!   New features   Actionable Hyperlinks - Cross links to other pages - License status   Added Features - Unused License column - Export to CSV - More Status Filters   Usability Improvements - Distinguished icons - Device status - Improved user flow to add organization   How to provide feedback   We really care about your feedback, and have implemented the get feedback tool on the Global Overview.  There is a tab on the right hand side of the screen that says “Give Feedback”. ... View more

SP-Initiated SAML Single Sign On (SSO) is now available for all customers on the Early Access page in the dashboard! This is a fully cross-compatible upgrade to existing Meraki dashboard SSO that allows customers to now use two different types of SAML SSO for the dashboard to best fit their deployment.    This also means that SSO login is now available for the Meraki mobile app! (iOS/Android)   To learn more about this new feature, check our documentation, SP-Initiated SAML SSO Configuration Guide. To compare or learn more about Meraki’s different SAML login types, check out Configuring SAML Single Sign-on for Dashboard.     How to opt in   In the dashboard, navigate to Organization > Early Access. Opt-in by clicking the toggle button for SAML SSO.   How to provide feedback   We care about your feedback, and are actively reviewing feedback and issues related to SP-Initiated SAML SSO. While using the Early Access page, use the Give your feedback button in the bottom-right corner of the page.       Alternatively, if you have feedback for SAML SSO in the mobile app, use the Settings tab, and select Make a wish to leave feedback. ... View more

Our very own Theresa Decola from the Cloud Product Management team gave a great presentation at the most recent Tech Field Day. She spoke about adding microservices to our cloud platform, and gave a demo on the next gen dashboard and our new global overview page for multi-organization customers (now in public beta!)   View the presentation!      ... View more