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Episode 30: Quarterly Patching Program

Episode 30: Quarterly Patching Program

ServiceNow Insights · ServiceNow Community

November 7, 201621m 26s

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Show Notes

In this episode of TechBytes, Sarah Holberg​ discusses the quarterly patching program and how you can prepare for and implement new patches every quarter.

This episode covers:
- Differences between an upgrade, patch, and hot fix
- How release notes can help with patching
- Testing on sub-production instances
- Whether you can choose only part of a patch
- How pinning is related to patching
- Patching to a newer version than your target
- The upgrade monitor

For more information on the QPP, see:

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