ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT 17.2

Enterprise Architect 17.2 continues to build on the stability and capability of the platform with stronger enterprise security, expanded technology support and numerous usability enhancements across the application.

Working together with Pro Cloud Server 6.5, Enterprise Architect now provides improved authentication controls for shared repositories, ensuring security policies are enforced by the server rather than individual client configurations. The result is a more consistent and secure experience for organizations managing large teams and shared models.

Alongside these security improvements, Enterprise Architect 17.2 introduces dozens of refinements designed to make everyday modeling faster, more intuitive and more productive, from a refreshed Visual Studio 2026 interface to enhancements in document generation, relationship analysis, reporting and technology support.

Whether you're an enterprise architect, systems engineer, business analyst or software designer, Enterprise Architect 17.2 delivers meaningful improvements you'll notice every day.

Enterprise Architect 17.2 introduces important security improvements for organizations using shared repositories through Pro Cloud Server 6.5.

Authentication policies are now controlled by the server, ensuring users authenticate using administrator-defined methods rather than local client configuration. This provides more consistent security across enterprise environments and simplifies repository administration.

Additional authentication refinements further streamline the user experience while helping organizations enforce standardized security policies across distributed teams.

Highlights include

• Server-managed authentication policies
• Authentication methods defined centrally by administrators
• Improved consistency across shared repositories
• Simplified authentication workflow

Many of the improvements in Enterprise Architect 17.2 focus on the features users interact with every day.

A new Visual Studio 2026 application theme modernizes the interface while ribbon search is now available across additional interface styles, making commands easier to discover regardless of your preferred workspace.

Numerous refinements throughout the application improve document generation, model navigation, editing, reporting and repository management, reducing friction and allowing teams to focus on architecture rather than tooling.

Highlights include

Enterprise Architect continues to expand support for modern architecture frameworks and technologies.

Version 17.2 adds support for UAF 1.2, updates the AWS Architecture Icon library and includes numerous refinements across UML, BPMN, SysML and transformation technologies.

These improvements help organizations keep pace with evolving industry standards while maintaining compatibility with existing models.

Highlights include

• UAF 1.2 technology added
• Updated AWS Architecture Icons
• BPMN technology improvements
• Relationship Matrix enhancements
• Improved transformation validation
• Expanded SQL alias support

Generating high-quality documentation remains one of Enterprise Architect's key strengths.

Version 17.2 improves document generation reliability, corrects a number of reporting issues and enhances HTML documentation output. Improvements to PDF compatibility and legacy document handling further strengthen Enterprise Architect's publishing capabilities.

Whether you're producing stakeholder reports, technical documentation or compliance artefacts, Enterprise Architect 17.2 delivers a smoother publishing experience.

Enterprise Architect 17.2 includes dozens of quality improvements across the application, reflecting continued investment in reliability, usability and performance.

From repository management and diagram editing through to document generation, model technologies and SaaS environments, this release contains refinements across virtually every area of the product.

These improvements make Enterprise Architect faster, smoother and more enjoyable to use every day.