As we wind down 2023, we would like to thank all of our users, Community members, Champions, and more for all of your hard work and dedication to operational and process excellence this year! 

We opened up registration for CamundaCon 2024 Berlin, the process orchestration conference — and tickets are just €99! Join us live in Berlin or virtually from anywhere on May 15-16, 2024 for networking, expert-led sessions, and more. For in-person attendees, there will also be an unconference and hackday, code clinics, and a great after-party! Get your tickets now, before early bird pricing ends on January 15.

PRODUCT NEWS

Play, the Zeebe-powered Playground

Now you can build faster with Play with instant debugging — up to 7x faster than manual testing — and engaging demonstrations. See how.

TUTORIAL

What is API Orchestration?

Unravel why API Orchestration is such an important topic and what key concepts you need to understand. Read on.

BLOG

Pro-code, Low-code, and the Role of Camunda

Pro-code is our heart and soul, but people and processes are diverse. Our optional low-code features support more use cases without getting in the way of pro-code developers. Learn more from Bernd Ruecker.

NEWS FROM OUR DEVS: PRODUCT UPDATES

Camunda Platform 8.4.0-alpha2

• Updated Play UI
• Support for read-only file systems in Docker containers (Self-Managed only)
• Automatic deployment with linked forms
• Microsoft 365 connector
• Support for Amazon OpenSearch
• Support for ElasticSearch 8.9+
• Initial iteration of features for Instance Migration

For a complete overview of the features in this minor release check out this blog. 

Camunda Marketplace

• REST API Polling, built by Camunda
• Firebase Cloud Messaging, built by Nodero

Camunda Automation Platform 7.21.0-alpha2  Released

• Set local variables in the triggered execution by message correlation
• Heatmap statistics 5-minute and 1-hour filters (Enterprise)
• Display BPMN process documentation field in Cockpit
• Add SkipIoMapping Support to BatchDeletion Operation

UPCOMING

EVENTS

February 1

Camunda Local Paris - In-person - French - Register Now

May 15-16

CamundaCon Berlin - Hybrid - Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now

COMMUNITY

CONTRIBUTIONS

Our Community is responsible for some amazing work this year! Thanks for strengthening the community by submitting code contributions, creating YouTube tutorials, speaking at conferences, organizing meet-ups, maintaining GitHub repos, and sharing your knowledge in the Forum. We're grateful to you all, and excited to share a few 2023 highlights on our diverse group of experts:

• 35 Camunda Champions this year from 11 different countries
• 53 meet-up events in 14 countries and 31 cities
• Delivered programming in English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Russian

Thanks for everything you do, we can't wait to see what's in store in 2024!

There are already events scheduled for January and beyond, so don't miss your chance to sign up:

• Karslruhe-Ettlingen (DE) [online]: How Carbon Aware Process Execution mithilfe des Camunda Carbon Reductor on January 23, 2024. Sign up here.
• Rhein-Main (DE) [in-person]: Erfahrungen mit Human Task Managementon January 23, 2024. Sign up here.
• Pretoria (EN) [online]: Camunda HyperAutomation and AI using Camunda 8 Connectors in Practice: eHealth and Life Insurance on January 25, 2024. Sign up here.
• Pretoria (EN) [online]: Camunda Carbon Reductor a Camunda 8 Connector for Climate Change Energy efficiency on February 15, 2024. Sign up here.
• São Paulo (BR) [hybrid]: Camunda User Group Brazil on March 5, 2024. Sign up here.

KEEP IN TOUCH

Our community makes us who we are. We encourage you to ask questions and share feedback. Reach out to us at community@camunda.com.

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Mary Thengvall

Director of Developer Relations at Camunda