Effortlessly Uncover and Manage Your Apps

What’s new

1. A unified feature with multiple benefits

With this release, we’re introducing several key features that will streamline your workflow and enhance visibility across your organization:

2. Discover 950+ apps in our enhanced app catalog

Access a comprehensive catalog of over 950 apps, fully managed by ShiftControl, complete with descriptions, logos and login URLs for effortless app management.

3. Integration management

Gain real-time insights into your integrations with tools like Google Workspace, and monitor critical metrics such as integration health, service health, and authentication status.

4. Discover apps via Google Workspace

Automatically track when users connect to third-party services using Sign-in with Google (Google SSO), and get a clear view of app authorizations and revocations.

5. Task management

Keep manual tasks, such as reviewing newly discovered apps, organized and visible, with plans to support more task automation soon.

What is app discovery and how does it work?

App Discovery is a new ShiftControl feature designed to automatically surface the apps your users are connecting to. As more businesses rely on SaaS applications, keeping track of all the apps your team is using—especially those not connected through Single Sign-On (SSO)—can be a challenge. That’s where App Discovery steps in.

Once you integrate ShiftControl with Google Workspace, App Discovery continuously scans and logs app authorizations across your organization. Whether users are signing in with Sign-in with Google (Google SSO) or authorizing apps to integrate with their calendar, mailbox or other Google service, App Discovery understands this data and presents it in an easy-to-use dashboard. You’ll be able to see:

• Which apps are being authorized or revoked

• How many users are interacting with each app

• A detailed history of actions taken, including authorization and revocation timestamps

This streamlined visibility allows you to quickly take action, adding discovered apps to your ShiftControl platform with just one click. App Discovery helps you keep track of your organization’s app usage without the hassle of manually managing every connection.

Why app discovery matters

For many businesses, especially those growing rapidly, managing SaaS apps is a challenge. Teams often struggle to keep track of every tool their employees use. This can lead to:

• Manual Effort: Manually adding apps and ensuring accurate configurations take time and often results in oversight.

• App Overload: With so many SaaS services available, it’s difficult to remember all the apps your team has authorized or connected to over time which creates an unnecessary layer of complexity, wasted money and potential security risks.

• Shadow IT: Users frequently sign up for apps without informing IT, leading to security risks, a lack of visibility and potential unwanted SaaS costs.

Our App Discovery feature directly addresses these challenges by automatically surfacing the apps your users are connecting to—no more manual guesswork or chasing down user access.

What’s next?

App Discovery is only the beginning. We’re building more integrations to make discovering and managing apps even more seamless. Soon, you’ll be able to track apps via accounting tools, uncover apps through invoice discovery from mailboxes, and more.

As we continue to evolve ShiftControl, our mission remains the same: simplifying SaaS management for businesses of every size. Stay tuned for more exciting updates that will empower you to get the most out of your software stack, with minimal effort.

Learn more about app discovery and our latest features

We’re constantly working to make your experience with ShiftControl smoother and more powerful. With the release of App Discovery and several other new features, we’re just getting started. You can explore the details of all the features mentioned above—and many more—by visiting our product update page.

We ship new features almost weekly to help you stay ahead in managing your organization’s applications, identity, and security. Check out the latest updates and what’s coming next by visiting journey.shiftcontrol.io.