This document describes new features in version 1.2.3 of the Apache Ambari software, including easier configuration management through adding and removing custom configuration properties and updating core-site.xml, new heatmaps showing host CPU I/O wait percentage and HBase region server metrics, improved host controls like adding host components and filtering by host status, and core enhancements such as mixed operating system support, customizing Hive Metastore and Ganglia user configurations, and support for additional Linux distributions.