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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Completed |
| 10.0.38 PQU-8 | August 23, 2024 | September 2, 2024 to October 6, 2024 | Completed |
| 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 | Completed |
| 10.0.39 PQU-6 | August 28, 2024 | September 2, 2024 to October 6, 2024 | Completed |
| 10.0.39 PQU-7 | September 25, 2024 | September 30, 2024 to November 3, 2024 | Completed |
| 10.0.39 PQU-8 | October 23, 2024 | October 28, 2024 to December 15, 2024 | Canceled |
| 10.0.39 PQU-9 | November 22, 2024 | December 2, 2024 to January 19, 2025 | In-Progress |
| 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 | Completed |
| 10.0.40 PQU-3 | September 4, 2024 | September 9, 2024 to October 13, 2024 | Completed |
| 10.0.40 PQU-4 | October 2, 2024 | October 7, 2024 to November 10, 2024 | Completed |
| 10.0.40 PQU-5 | October 30, 2024 | November 4, 2024 to December 15, 2024 | Canceled |
| 10.0.40 PQU-6 | December 4, 2024 | December 9, 2024 to January 19, 2025 | In-Progress |
| 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 | Completed |
| 10.0.41 PQU-2 | November 8, 2024 | November 11, 2024 to January 5, 2025 | Canceled |
| 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.
[Canceled] Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.39 Release-8 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1860.207
Platform version: 7.0.7198.209
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.39.12
| Stations | Upcoming Sandbox Schedule | Upcoming production Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Station 1 | October 28 to October 31, 2024 | NA |
| Station 2 | November 4 to November 7, 2024 | November 16 to November 17, 2024 |
| Station 3 | November 5 to November 8, 2024 | November 16 to November 17, 2024 |
| Station 4 | November 11 to November 14, 2024 | December 7 to December 8, 2024 |
| Station 5 | November 18 to November 21, 2024 | December 14 to December 15, 2024 |
| Station 6 | November 19 to November 22, 2024 | December 14 to December 15, 2024 |
[NEW] Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.39 Release-9 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1860.224
Platform version: 7.0.7198.217
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.39.13
| Stations | Upcoming Sandbox Schedule | Upcoming production Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Station 1 | December 2 to December 5, 2024 | NA |
| Station 2 | December 9 to December 12, 2024 | January 11 to January 12, 2025 |
| Station 3 | December 10 to December 13, 2024 | January 11 to January 12, 2025 |
| Station 4 | December 16 to December 19, 2024 | January 11 to January 12, 2025 |
| Station 5 | January 7 to January 10, 2025 | January 18 to January 19, 2025 |
| Station 6 | January 8 to January 11, 2025 | January 18 to January 19, 2025 |
Important
- 10.0.39 Release-8 has been canceled due to the forthcoming holiday season.
- This PQU build is made available in the Lifecycle Services /> Shared Asset Library to self-deploy.
[NEW] Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.40 Release-6 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1935.184
Platform version: 7.0.7279.186
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.40.8
| Stations | Upcoming Sandbox Schedule | Upcoming production Schedule |
|---|---|---|
| Station 1 | December 9 to December 12, 2024 | NA |
| Station 2 | December 16 to December 19, 2024 | January 11 to January 12, 2025 |
| Station 3 | December 17 to December 20, 2024 | January 11 to January 12, 2025 |
| Station 4 | January 7 to January 10, 2024 | January 11 to January 12, 2025 |
| Station 5 | January 13 to January 16, 2025 | January 18 to January 19, 2025 |
| Station 6 | January 14 to January 17, 2025 | January 18 to January 19, 2025 |
[Canceled] Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.40 Release-5 train schedule
App version: 10.0.1935.158
Platform version: 7.0.7279.164
Unified Environment Provisioning Application Version: 10.0.40.7
Important
- 10.0.40 Release-5 has been canceled due to the forthcoming holiday season.
- This PQU build is made available in the Lifecycle Services /> Shared Asset Library to self-deploy.
[Canceled] Proactive quality update upcoming 10.0.41 Release-2 train schedule
App version: 10.0.2015.110
Platform version: 7.0.7367.102
Important
- 10.0.41 Release-2 has been canceled due to the forthcoming holiday season.
- This PQU build is made available in the Lifecycle Services /> Shared Asset Library to self-deploy.
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.