--- title: Release notes description: ForgeRock Identity Management (IDM) software provides centralized, simple management and synchronization of identities for users, devices, and things. IDM software is highly flexible and therefore able to fit almost any use case and workflow. component: pingidm version: 7.3 page_id: pingidm:release-notes:preface canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingidm/8.1/release-notes/preface.html llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingidm/llms.txt docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md page_aliases: ["index.adoc"] superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingidm/8.1/release-notes/preface.html --- # Release notes ForgeRock Identity Management (IDM) software provides centralized, simple management and synchronization of identities for users, devices, and things. IDM software is highly flexible and therefore able to fit almost any use case and workflow. These release notes are written for anyone using the IDM 7.3 release. Read these notes before you install or upgrade ForgeRock Identity Management software. [icon: newspaper, set=fas, size=3x] #### [What's New](whats-new.html) New features and improvements in this version. [icon: ship, set=fas, size=3x] #### [Prepare for Deployment](before-you-install.html) The requirements for running IDM software in production. [icon: clipboard-list, set=fas, size=3x] #### [Compatibility](changed-functionality.html) Key implementation changes and compatibility with previous deployments. [icon: spider, set=fas, size=3x] #### [Bug Fixes](fixes.html) Bug fixes, limitations, and open issues. [icon: pen-fancy, set=fas, size=3x] #### [Doc Updates](doc-updates.html) Documentation changes. ForgeRock Identity Platform™ serves as the basis for our simple and comprehensive Identity and Access Management solution. We help our customers deepen their relationships with their customers, and improve the productivity and connectivity of their employees and partners. For more information about ForgeRock and about the platform, refer to . The ForgeRock Common REST API works across the platform to provide common ways to access web resources and collections of resources.