Release schedule for proactive quality updates
This article provides the release schedule for proactive quality updates (PQUs).
The detailed schedule for each PQU train and its corresponding build app version number is published five days before the start of the PQU train. Five days before the start of release train, Microsoft sends a notification to customers who use the environments that receive the update.
Station 1 is the first release station. It consists of customers who opt in to have their sandbox environments receive the update before all other stations. More details are published after this functionality is made generally available in May 2023.
To determine when your Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Service environment is updated, find the region and the station-to-region mapping. Cross-reference the region and station-to-region mapping information with the upcoming PQU train for a service update. For customers that must plan for a PQU ahead of time, there's a high-level schedule that outlines the train schedule for every service update in 2023.
For information about the maintenance windows for each region, see What are the planned maintenance windows by region?
Station-to-region mapping
Station | Regions |
---|---|
Station 1 | Only for opted-in environments |
Station 2 | Canada Central, Canada East, France Central, India Central, Norway East, Switzerland West |
Station 3 | France South, India South, Norway West, Switzerland North, South Africa North, Australia East, UK South, UAE North, Japan East, Australia South East, South East Asia |
Station 4 | East Asia, UK West, Japan West, Brazil South, North Europe, East US, UAE Central |
Station 5 | West Europe, Central US, West US |
Station 6 | DoD, Government Community Cloud, China |
Important
- The PQU build for every train is typically published to Lifecycle Services after the change cutoff date that's shown in the following high-level PQU train schedule. In this way, customers can download and self-apply the build as needed, to frontload any testing requirements.
- Standard performance test (tier-4) sandbox environments, Premium performance test (tier-5) sandbox environments, and production environments receive PQUs on weekends. If a PQU of production environment, Standard performance test (tier4), or Premium performance test (tier5) sandboxes didn't complete on the scheduled weekend then the operation gets rescheduled to the next weekend.
- Standard performance test (tier-4) sandbox environments, Premium performance test (tier-5) sandbox environments opted-in for First release program (station1) will recieve updates on the following weekend of mentioned Station-1 schedule.
High-level PQU train schedule
The following table shows the high-level train schedule. It includes a description of the service update that pertains to the train, the cutoff date after which new changes are no longer accepted, and the development duration for the PQU train.
PQU release train | Change cutoff date | PQU train duration | Status |
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10.0.38 PQU-1 | February 7, 2024 | February 12, 2024 to March 17, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.38 PQU-2 | March 6, 2024 | March 11, 2024 to April 14, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.38 PQU-3 | April 3, 2024 | April 8, 2024 to May 12, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.38 PQU-4 | May 1, 2024 | May 6, 2024 to June 9, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.38 PQU-5 | May 29, 2024 | June 3, 2024 to July 7, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.38 PQU-6 | June 26, 2024 | July 1, 2024 to August 4, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.38 PQU-7 | July 24, 2024 | July 29, 2024 to September 1, 2024 | In-Progress |
10.0.38 PQU-8 | August 23, 2024 | September 2, 2024 to October 6, 2024 | In-Progress |
10.0.39 PQU-1 | April 10, 2024 | April 15, 2024 to May 19 2024 | Completed |
10.0.39 PQU-2 | May 8, 2024 | May 13, 2024 to June 16, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.39 PQU-3 | June 5, 2024 | June 10, 2024 to July 14, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.39 PQU-4 | July 3, 2024 | July 8, 2024 to August 11, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.39 PQU-5 | July 31, 2024 | August 5, 2024 to September 8, 2024 | In-Progress |
10.0.39 PQU-6 | August 28, 2024 | September 2, 2024 to October 6, 2024 | Not Started |
10.0.39 PQU-7 | September 25, 2024 | September 30, 2024 to November 3, 2024 | Not Started |
10.0.39 PQU-8 | October 23, 2024 | October 28, 2024 to December 8, 2024 | Not Started |
10.0.39 PQU-9 | November 22, 2024 | December 4, 2024 to January 19, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.40 PQU-1 | July 10, 2024 | July 15, 2024 to August 18, 2024 | Completed |
10.0.40 PQU-2 | August 7, 2024 | August 12, 2024 to September 15, 2024 | In-Progress |
10.0.40 PQU-3 | September 4, 2024 | September 9, 2024 to October 13, 2024 | Not Started |
10.0.40 PQU-4 | October 2, 2024 | October 7, 2024 to November 10, 2024 | Not Started |
10.0.40 PQU-5 | October 30, 2024 | November 4, 2024 to December 15, 2024 | Not Started |
10.0.40 PQU-6 | December 4, 2024 | December 9, 2024 to January 19, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.40 PQU-7 | January 8, 2025 | January 13, 2025 to February 16, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.40 PQU-8 | February 5, 2025 | February 10, 2025 to March 16, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.40 PQU-9 | February 18, 2025 | March 10, 2025 to April 13, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.41 PQU-1 | October 9, 2024 | October 14, 2024 to November 17, 2024 | Not Started |
10.0.41 PQU-2 | November 6, 2024 | November 11, 2024 to January 5, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.41 PQU-3 | December 31, 2024 | January 6, 2025 to February 9, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.41 PQU-4 | January 29, 2025 | February 3, 2025 to March 9, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.41 PQU-5 | February 26, 2025 | March 3, 2025 to April 6, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.41 PQU-6 | March 26, 2025 | March 31, 2025 to May 4, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.41 PQU-7 | April 23, 2025 | April 28, 2025 to June 1, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.41 PQU-8 | May 23, 2025 | June 2, 2025 to July 6, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.42 PQU-1 | February 12, 2025 | February 17, 2025 to March 23, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.42 PQU-2 | March 12, 2025 | March 17, 2025 to April 20, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.42 PQU-3 | April 9, 2025 | April 14, 2025 to May 8, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.42 PQU-4 | May 7, 2025 | May 12, 2025 to June 15, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.42 PQU-5 | June 4, 2025 | June 9, 2025 to July 13, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.42 PQU-6 | July 2, 2025 | July 7, 2025 to August 10, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.42 PQU-7 | July 30, 2025 | August 4, 2025 to September 7, 2025 | Not Started |
10.0.42 PQU-8 | August 22, 2025 | September 1, 2025 to October 5, 2025 | Not Started |
Note
Any new finance and operations apps environment that is provisioned after August 17th, 2023 is automatically signed up to receive PQUs per the schedule as applicable.
Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.38 Release-7 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1777.233
Platform version: 7.0.7120.196
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.38.10
Stations | Upcoming Sandbox Schedule | Upcoming production Schedule |
---|---|---|
Station 1 | July 29 to August 1, 2024 | NA |
Station 2 | August 5 to August 8, 2024 | August 17 to August 18, 2024 |
Station 3 | August 6 to August 9, 2024 | August 17 to August 18, 2024 |
Station 4 | August 12 to August 15, 2024 | August 24 to August 25, 2024 |
Station 5 | August 19 to August 22, 2024 | August 31 to September 1, 2024 |
Station 6 | August 20 to August 23, 2024 | August 31 to September 1, 2024 |
[NEW] Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.38 Release-8 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1777.241
Platform version: 7.0.7120.202
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.38.11
Stations | Upcoming Sandbox Schedule | Upcoming production Schedule |
---|---|---|
Station 1 | September 2 to September 5, 2024 | NA |
Station 2 | September 9 to September 12, 2024 | September 21 to September 22, 2024 |
Station 3 | September 10 to September 13, 2024 | September 21 to September 22, 2024 |
Station 4 | September 16 to September 19, 2024 | September 28 to September 29, 2024 |
Station 5 | September 23 to September 26, 2024 | October 5 to October 6, 2024 |
Station 6 | September 24 to September 27, 2024 | October 5 to October 6, 2024 |
Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.39 Release-5 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1860.168
Platform version: 7.0.7198.186
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.39.9
Stations | Upcoming Sandbox Schedule | Upcoming production Schedule |
---|---|---|
Station 1 | August 5 to August 8, 2024 | NA |
Station 2 | August 12 to August 15, 2024 | August 24 to August 25, 2024 |
Station 3 | August 13 to August 16, 2024 | August 24 to August 25, 2024 |
Station 4 | August 19 to August 22, 2024 | August 31 to September 1, 2024 |
Station 5 | August 26 to August 29, 2024 | September 7 to September 8, 2024 |
Station 6 | August 27 to August 30, 2024 | September 7 to September 8, 2024 |
[NEW] Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.39 Release-6 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1860.183
Platform version: 7.0.7198.196
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.39.10
Stations | Upcoming Sandbox Schedule | Upcoming production Schedule |
---|---|---|
Station 1 | September 2 to September 5, 2024 | NA |
Station 2 | September 9 to September 12, 2024 | September 21 to September 22, 2024 |
Station 3 | September 10 to September 13, 2024 | September 21 to September 22, 2024 |
Station 4 | September 16 to September 19, 2024 | September 28 to September 29, 2024 |
Station 5 | September 23 to September 26, 2024 | October 5 to October 6, 2024 |
Station 6 | September 24 to September 27, 2024 | October 5 to October 6, 2024 |
Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.40 Release-2 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1935.92
Platform version: 7.0.7279.122
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.40.4
Stations | Upcoming Sandbox Schedule | Upcoming production Schedule |
---|---|---|
Station 1 | August 12 to August 15, 2024 | NA |
Station 2 | August 19 to August 22, 2024 | August 31 to September 1, 2024 |
Station 3 | August 20 to August 23, 2024 | August 31 to September 1, 2024 |
Station 4 | August 26 to August 29, 2024 | September 7 to September 8, 2024 |
Station 5 | September 2 to September 5, 2024 | September 14 to September 15, 2024 |
Station 6 | September 3 to September 6, 2024 | September 14 to September 15, 2024 |
Important
At least five days in advance, Microsoft updates the preceding schedule and send a notification for the set of environments that are scheduled to receive these quality updates. The preceding schedule is applicable only to environments that have been notified about an upcoming update. For information on the dark hours for each region, see What are the planned maintenance windows by region?.
For each region group, or station, where a quality update is currently scheduled to be rolled out, the schedule shows a range of four days. Quality updates start with only sandbox environments. Then, as the percentage of successfully deployed sandboxes increases, deployment to production environments begins with advance notifications to customers.
Quality updates always occur in a rolling manner that enables us to target a set of environments per schedule and complete all the sets by the end of the fourth day for a station. However, this doesn't mean that an environment update spans four days. It just means that we can't pre-determine which set of environments is updated on a given day within the four-day range. All updates are done during dark hours, with near-zero downtime. Updates definitively end within the dark-hour window of a given region.