Microsoft is updating all customers to the April 2019 release of
Continuing towards our goal of having all customers on the latest available version of Dynamics 365, we will soon be updating all customers running prior versions of Dynamics 365 for Marketing to the April 2019 release.
When will I be updated?
Microsoft will begin updating Marketing installations on June 15th, 2019. We will schedule your update after this date, but if you prefer, you can update manually at any time. Your tenant Administrator(s) will receive email notifications at 10 and then 3 calendar days prior to the update of your instances.
Can I test before I am updated?
Our upgrades go through stringent testing prior to rolling out. Of course, you can always explore the new features before updating. If you dont have a sandbox where you can install and explore these features, you can purchase an additional Marketing instance or set up a free Dynamics 365 for Marketing trial.
How will this update impact me?
The update won’t result in any downtime, and you’re welcome to continue using your Marketing instance during the update. Although we expect no degradation to service performance or availability, this maintenance is planned outside of your regions normal business hours to help minimize any potential impact to your organization. If you have users who access the system outside of normal business hours, they may see short, intermittent impact.
What happens after the update?
When the update completes, your instances will be running the April 2019 release of Dynamics 365 for Marketing. However, we release incremental updates each month or so, and these are not applied automatically. To make sure you’re always running the latest features and improvements, we recommend that you keep an eye on the Dynamics 365 blog for update announcements and manually apply incremental updates to your Dynamics 365 for Marketing instances as soon as they become available. We may run a similar update process after the next major release, which is currently scheduled for October 2019.
Resources to help prepare for the update
- For an overview of the features added in the April 2019 release, plus links to relevant documentation, see the Dynamics 365 for Marketing April 2019 release announcement on our blog.
- To get help with all features and find general help documentation, please visit the Dynamics 365 for Marketing help hub.
- If you have questions about features or need additional help, please visit the Dynamics 365 for Marketing Community Forum.
- If you’d like to provide any feedback on this update process, please reach out to D365MKTUpdatePolicy@microsoft.com.
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