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Aras MFT

Vian Abraham — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:10:28 GMT

Introduction

Effective May 24, we are officially transitioning from FTP to Aras MFT. This change is part of our ongoing commitment to providing a more secure, efficient, and user-friendly file handling experience.

Requesting an Aras MFT Account

If you are unsure whether your organization has an Aras MFT account, please reach out to your Portal Admin (listed under Our Account> Team tab). If you would like to request an Aras MFT account please contact Aras Support, and include "Aras MFT" in the name of your Support Incident. Aras Support will help to initiate the Aras MFT account creation process. Once this has been done, follow the steps below to activate your Aras MFT account.

Activating your Aras MFT

Accessing the site requires credentials that will be provided through a Welcome Email (see screenshot below).

Below are steps for activating your file management account:

You will receive an email from mft-no-reply@aras.com
Click "create your password now"
Set a secure password
Go to the URL provided in the welcome email
Use the username provided in the welcome email and password set in previous steps
You should see the same files you have access to on the FTP site
Share the credentials with others in your organization

How to Use

The new Aras MFT is easy to use and offers familiar UI, please review the sections below for your record:

Uploading Files

Login to the Aras MFT site
Navigate to Subscribers> [Your Account Name]
You will have the option to upload a file or a folder, and add new folder or file directly into your space.

Downloading Files

To download a file in your space, please use the Download Action to do so, available on the right hand side of the screen.

Accessing Aras Subscription Files

When you login, please select "Product Releases" to access files available to you as a subscriber.

Access Problems

If you did not receive the welcome email, please contact Aras Support, and include "Aras MFT" in the name of your Support Incident.
If you are not a portal admin and would like to have access to the Aras MFT, please reach out to your portal admin. (listed under Our Account> Team tab)
If you've forgotten your password or cannot locate it, please use the "forgot your password" option in the login page. IMPORTANT NOTE: please share the new password with your support and admin team members. (listed under Our Account> Team tab)
If you've reviewed all the notes above and you are still having issues accessing Aras MFT, please contact Aras Support, and include "Aras MFT" in the name of your Support Incident.
If you are a partner and would like to access your customer's data, please ask your customer to reach out to Aras Support to confirm that you should have access to their files.

Key Benefits of the new Aras MFT

Enhanced Security & Compliance: Aras MFT offers built-in end-to-end encryption, access controls, and audit logging, ensuring your data is always protected.
Improved Reliability & Performance: No more failed transfers or connection issues exist. Aras MFT provides a seamless, cloud-based experience for effortless file sharing and retrieval.
User-Friendly Interface: With an intuitive web-based dashboard, you can upload, access, and share files easily without needing complex FTP configurations.
Advanced Collaboration & Automation: Aras MFT supports team collaboration, automated workflows, and integrations with popular tools, making file management more efficient than ever.
Accessible Anytime, Anywhere: Aras MFT is a cloud-native solution that allows you to securely access and manage files from any device, anywhere in the world.

Extended Team

Vian Abraham — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:30:03 GMT

1 Introduction and access

Working with an implementation partner and want them to join your Support team so that they can view Support Incidents, add comments, create new Support Incidents, as well as participate in Support Incident correspondence? If you want to invite others from outside your organization to join your Support team, the Portal Admin for your organization can add these individuals as external Support team members.

Extended Team members have the same access as Channel Partners. Please review section 1 of the Subscribers with Channel Partners FAQ.

2 How to Add Extended Users

In the upper right corner of the Subscriber Portal, locate your profile icon and select "Our Account"
Click on the Support Access tab
Press the Add Users to Your Extended Team button.
A dialog window will open for you to enter the email addresses of the individuals you like to add to your extended Support team.
When you have entered the email address of everyone you would like to add, press Next.
Review the terms and conditions and press Agree & Save.
Each person will receive an email notification that they have been added to your organization’s extended Support team.

3 Common Questions

Having problems adding an external Support team member, try the following suggestions.

This email address is associated with your organization. Please invite this individual to join your internal team using the Invite Your Team action on the Team tab. If you believe the email address is not associated with your organization, please contact your account owner to resolve this domain conflict.
Too many Support users - An Aras subscriber may have up to 10 Admin + Support users who can directly contact Aras Support. External team members count towards your total Support user limit. Make sure the number of internal Support team members and extended Support team members does not exceed 10 people.
This individual does not have an Aras Portal account and cannot be added as a member of your Extended Team. Please ask this individual to create an Aras Portal account and try again after they can access the Aras Portal.
This individual is not properly setup as a Partner. Please have this individual contact your account owner or partners@aras.com to resolve this issue.

Still having problems adding an extended Support team member? Reach out through Portal Feedback and someone will reach out directly as soon as possible to help you troubleshoot.

The New Aras Community is Live!

Jillian Jakubowicz — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:12:06 GMT

Hi everyone! We’re thrilled to invite you to our new and improved community space.

This community is designed to be your go-to destination to connect, share, troubleshoot, and learn alongside fellow Aras users, partners, and enthusiasts.

What’s New

Streamlined forums & discussions for easier conversations
Smarter search & navigation to help you find what you need faster
A dedicated space for developers, builders, and specific interests
New rankings & badges to recognize your contributions
And more enhancements are coming soon!

Get Started

Explore the forums and follow topics that interest you.
Update your profile so others know a bit about you.

Tips for a Great Experience

Share your expertise! It may be the solution someone else needs.
Use clear titles when posting questions so others can find them.
Be respectful and supportive. We have created community guidelines to help if you have any questions.
This is just the beginning of the improvements to the Aras Community that we plan to roll out over the next year. If you have any suggestions or comments, please use the Community Lounge forum to share them with us.

Thanks for being part of the community! We can’t wait to continue to build together!

Aras AI Assistant - First Release

Jillian Jakubowicz — Tue, 27 May 2025 16:28:00 GMT

Aras AI Assistant - First Release

We are excited to announce the first release of the Aras AI Assistant, a cutting-edge, AI-driven conversational chatbot integrated within the Aras Innovator platform. This assistant significantly enhances how users interact with product lifecycle documentation and digital content, enabling streamlined information discovery.

Key Features

Intelligent Conversational Interaction

Natural Language Queries: Ask questions in plain language to quickly access relevant information from Aras Innovator documentation and selected digital content.
Contextual Understanding: AI Assistant understands context, ensuring highly relevant and precise responses to user queries.

Instant Information Retrieval

Real-Time Documentation Access: Obtain immediate insights and answers directly from Aras Innovator’s extensive documentation, eliminating the need for manual searching.
Structured Insights: AI Assistant provides structured summaries and quick references, enhancing user productivity.

Embedded within Aras Innovator

Seamlessly integrated within the existing Aras Innovator environment, providing a smooth user experience without switching between different systems.
Available 24/7, enabling constant support to users regardless of location or time zone.

Benefits

Increased Productivity: Significantly reduces the time engineers and product teams spend searching for explicit Innovator product-related information.
Reduced Support Workload: Alleviates the workload on internal support teams by handling repetitive queries and routine information requests automatically.

User Experience

User-friendly interface, designed with a human-centered approach, ensuring accessibility for all user levels.
Clear visibility of AI-driven responses, with transparency on how answers are derived from source documentation.

Compliance & Security

Aras AI Assistant does not connect with any customer data nor is storing any chat input.

All interactions are ephemeral by default — the LLM processes the prompt and context temporarily.
Data is not retained or used to train Microsoft’s foundation models, in accordance with their data handling policies.
Any persistent changes to customer data happen through Aras Innovator workflows, not directly through Copilot.

Aras is aligned with Microsoft's Responsible AI framework and Aras's product security practices, customer data confidentiality is protected through:

Privacy by Design: AI features are developed to minimize data exposure by default.
Granular Access Control: AI-powered capabilities respect user roles and data permissions enforced within Aras Innovator.
Complete control over activation and access to AI-powered capabilities

Getting Started

Availability: The AI Assistant is immediately available to all Aras Enterprise SaaS customers and must be installed as a separate package

We invite feedback from our users to continually improve the Aras AI Assistant.

Together, we look forward to transforming product lifecycle management through innovative AI solutions.

Important Reminder: File Server Transition Notice

Jillian Jakubowicz — Wed, 21 May 2025 12:46:25 GMT

Our file management has officially transitioned from FTP to Aras MFT effective Saturday, May 24. If you have not registered for your Aras MFT account, please do so immediately.

Steps for Getting Started with our New File Management System - Aras MFT

1.When - Your organization should have already received an invitation for a new Aras MFT account earlier in the week

Note - this invitation should have come from mft-no-reply@aras.com to create the new file management account

2. Who - This invitation should have been received by one person from your Aras Support team, typically your portal admin.

Your Aras Support team member should have received this invitation from mft-no-reply@aras.com to create the Aras MFT account
- If you are unsure who has received this invitation, please reach out to your Aras CSM
This email contains your organization’s username, link to the new file exchange login page
It has a link for setting up a shared password for your shared organization’s account (like you do today)

3. What to do - You Aras Support team member should follow the instructions in the email to create the new Aras MFT account

4. Share – Share the account information with your Support team

Once the account password is created, the username and password credentials should be shared with others in your Support team
Your team should now communicate files with Aras Support and Upgrade services teams using the new service

5. Login – Login to https://mft.aras.com/ with the credentials

You will have access to all the folders and files you have setup on the existing FTP server
You will also have access to Aras software downloads
There are new options to setup shortcuts to your Windows File Manager

? Questions ? - You can read more about this setup process in this article.

General questions or issues creating an account should be directed to Aras Support – link and include Subject: Aras MFT Questions

PLEASE NOTE: The transition to the new file management is planned to be completed by May 24, 2025.

After this date, Aras Support and Aras Upgrade team will be working with you in the updated File Management system.
All files from the previous FTP folders will be copied to this location.
The previous FTP will remain active but in download only mode until May 30, 2025.

DevOps-BDS Update Process

Vian Abraham — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:30:11 GMT

When working with Aras DevOps, it will be necessary to update the tools periodically. This article provides guidelines to make the process as smooth as possible.

In general, keep the BDS version updated. Earlier versions may not be suitable for later versions of the Aras Innovator Platform. Moreover, later versions contain improvements that, in general, improve the CI/CD experience.

In preparing for the update, it is essential to note and address several concerns as listed below.

All SIT instances will be lost if the update involves updating the infrastructure (Aras continues to reduce the frequency of updates that involve updating infrastructure.)
At some point in the process, switching to the new platform may be necessary, in which case a pause may be required in development.
Depending on the update and potentially an upgrade of the Aras Innovator platform, the project team may also need to perform refactoring.

The update requires little planning. Typically, you select the latest BDS version, and when an infrastructure update is not required, you can perform the update directly. The steps are:

Update Repository to Use Single Package
update the package

Aras plans to simplify these steps further in upcoming versions.

Figure 1 BDS - Platform version alignment

When an infrastructure update is required, please make a request for Aras to complete the update. When Aras completes work on this ticket, the project team will need to update the relevant branches in git.

An infrastructure update may not require a maintenance window to update the Production deployment. Aras will schedule a maintenance window with the Cloud Services Coordinator, if a maintenance window is needed. The maintenance window will cover updates to the various SIT, UAT, STG, and PRD-type deployments.

Cases:

Case 1: BDS update only, no infrastructure update, no platform upgrade. Make a request.
- You will be able to update without making a request when a self-service version of the tools is available.
Case 2: BDS and infrastructure update only, no platform upgrade. Make a request to Aras.
Case 3: Aras Innovator Platform upgrade. A BDS update is almost always required in this case and may include an infrastructure update.

When the BDS version has been updated, the implementation team should verify compatibility, which may require merging customizations from various branches and refactoring to complete the process.

When a platform upgrade is completed for a system that already has a production deployment, the merging process must consider that the new baseline from the update includes all customizations already in production.

In summary:

Process Step	Subscriber Action	Aras Action	Synopsis of action
Request update	X		Upon learning about the availability of a new BD version, the subscriber requests the update.
Aras Request		X	Aras may be aware of an improvement relevant to a subscriber and ask the subscriber to update their BDS version.
Schedule the update	X	X	Regardless of the origin of the request, Subscriber or Aras, a schedule is agreed upon. This is necessary to avoid unforeseen impacts on the implementation team.
Perform update		X	Aras staff will perform the update and provide the implementation team with a new Aras Innovator platform on a separate branch (gcs/). Create a new project and an appropriate Aras Innovator platform release if necessary.
Refactor	X		The project implementation team or other subscriber resources must merge the existing customization into the new platform and confirm compatibility or complete necessary refactoring.

Maintenance Process Guide

Vian Abraham — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:29:36 GMT

This guide focuses on maintenance activities that require Aras’ assistance to diagnose and resolve problems. The discussion guides the roles and responsibilities of the subscriber and Aras to ensure speedy resolution.

Familiarizing yourself with the change implementation policy and the Release Process Guide is essential to understanding the responsibilities within this context.

Note: It is recommended that a subscriber create an Epic such as “System Maintenance” under which to create Features and Stories to track maintenance work and minor enhancements.

A summary follows:

Process Step	Subscriber Action	Aras Action	Synopsis of action
Report issue	X		The subscriber’s support team (CSC) reports the issue to Aras on behalf of end users. The subscriber uses the Subscriber Portal to create a ticket to report the issue.
Reproduce		X	Aras will review the issue, and in communication with the subscriber, determine how best to reproduce the issue.
Request Production	X		In the event that the issue can only be reproduced in production, Aras will request attaching a Production DB instance to a test instance which requires subscriber approval
Grant Approval	X		Aras requires this approval to complete the request to attach a copy of the production DB snapshot to a non-production instance for problem reproduction and eventual resolution.
Resolution		X	The Aras staff assigned to the ticket works on reproducing the issue with assistance from the subscriber staff as necessary and, upon resolution, deploys an instance with the solution to SIT.
Resolution Approval	X		The subscriber staff familiar with the issue reviews the SIT deployment to confirm the resolution and causes the subscriber to issue System Qualification Approval. This can be done with a separate approval ticket or a ticket requesting deployment into UAT.
Integrate Issues	X		Sometimes, a subscriber may have created several tickets processed by different Aras staff. The scriber now needs to integrate several of these tickets into one delivery package based on various criteria.
Integrated package approval	X		The subscriber must now validate the integrated package. Based on knowledge of the pieces, the subscriber determines the rigor with which to retest.
Resolution Approval	X		In a manner similar to the earlier approval, the subscriber must now approve the package and list the issues given approval – System Qualification Approval.
Request UAT Deployment	X		Aras processes this request for an identified package. It is not enough to identify a branch.
FQA Review	X		The subscriber reviews the work in UAT by having subject matter experts or other end users confirm the resolution so that the CSC can issue Functional Qualification Approval.
DQA Review	X		If the ticket, includes importing data from an external system, the CSC will organize a data qualification review to enable the CSC to issue Data Qualification Approval.
PQA Review	X		When the resolution is ready for production deployment i.e., FAQ and DQA are secured, the CSC may issue Production Qualification Approval. Based on the risk/impact of the issue the CSC may require additional testing in the stagging area before issuing PQA. The CSC will request confirmation in a STG type deployment as necessary.
Close Issue		X	After the CSC issues PQA, the Aras team closes the tick.

Release Process Guide

Jillian Jakubowicz — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:15:53 GMT

These guidelines ensure compliance with policies and instill confidence by showing how adopting standard practices can maximize the benefits of Aras DevOps for our implementation partners. Our implementation partners must understand Aras DevOps’s evolving capabilities. This understanding is critical to maximizing their benefits.

Context:

Aras DevOps provides a toolset that operates within a predefined architecture. For example, deployments originate only from the central repository, not from Forks.
Subscribers must comply with service description policies by providing approvals for various types of deployments to validate and verify implementation.
Subscribers must comply with service description policies that require maintaining a production branch that accurately represents the implementation in production.
Subscribers should adopt recommended practices to enhance collaboration with Aras and ease the maintenance of a production branch that accurately represents production implementation. Aras DevOps implements a version control system based on git, which requires good branching practices to maximize the implementation team’s effectiveness and efficiency.

Conventions and terms

Lowercase letters denote branches in this article, while uppercase letters represent deployment types. For example, sit is a branch, and SIT is a deployment type.

Terms

Branch: A branch tracks the changes made after a specified commit in history.
Commit: An identification for a specific collection of changes or additions to one or more files.
Deployment strategy: New or Delta (Deploy or update) that will create a new instance of the solution or update an existing instance of the solution.
Deployment Type:
- SIT is used to test changes and approve system qualifications.
- UAT is used to test changes and approve functional qualifications.
- STG is used to test changes and approve data and production qualifications.
- PRD is used to denote the production deployment.
Baseline: A baseline consists of a database and code tree backup representing a particular deployment package.
Solution: An implementation complete with customizations, a standard release of the Aras Innovator Platform, optional Aras Innovator Apps, and Language packages.

SaaS DevOps

Vian Abraham — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:11:52 GMT

Introduction

This document set augments the formal documentation Aras provides for the product suite. Online document

The documents provide guidelines and recommendations to help implementation teams get the most out of the DevOps toolchain and effectively adopt CI/CD practices.

Aras Innovator SaaS provides a rich complement of capabilities for implementing PLM. These documents offer guides for accomplishing specific tasks and completing various activities in collaboration with Aras Global Cloud Services and other Aras support teams.

Getting Started

Your role in the DevSecOps practices determines your starting point and emphasis as you participate and contribute to implementing PLM for your organization. It is recommended that all participants enroll in and complete the SDE (Standard Development Environment) Training classes.

Contribute

These documents and the DevSecOps practice are evolving, and they will benefit from your contributions, such as suggestions for new topics, corrections, and enhancements to content.

Update on Aras Subscription Services

Jillian Jakubowicz — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:33:16 GMT

We wanted to let you know of two recent updates for Aras subscription services this week for your team members administrating your Aras Innovator system and working with Aras Support.

License Activation - Unfortunately, over the last several days, some subscribers have experienced issues with the installation of their new licenses. We apologize for the inconvenience, but wanted to let you know that this issue has now been resolved and you should be able to activate your licenses now.

Managing your Support Incidents - Earlier this week, Aras Subscriber Portal was not properly displaying some of the discussions on Support Incidents and subscribers were unable to add new comments within the portal. This issue has also been resolved and is performing normally now.

Reminder - Members of your team with the Support role can access your organization's most recent feature licenses in the Aras Subscriber Portal here.

New – Simplified management for all your Aras license keys

Jillian Jakubowicz — Mon, 20 May 2024 13:06:52 GMT

To automatically generate your Framework License Key, you can now make a request from the Subscriber Portal under Subscription > Request Framework License Key.

All versions of Aras Innovator will be available in the Version dropdown menu of the request form.

A MAC address is required. For virtual environments, a static MAC address is expected. For environments configured to use a dynamic MAC, create a request to Support here to have your framework license key modified.

Upon submission of the form, an email will subsequently be sent to you from licenses@aras.com.

Refer to the Installation Guide in our Product Documentation for the remaining instructions to complete your install of Aras Innovator.

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