What Do I Need to Do to Prepare for and Complete a Quarterly Update?

There are a few preparation steps to complete before, and some actions to take right after, a quarterly update is applied to your Oracle Cloud Application environment. But quarterly updates are predictable! So, set up some calendar reminders so you don’t forget to do these activities.

Use this basic timeline, and the checklists that follow it, as your guide for your quarterly updates.

Quarterly Update Timeline

4+ Weeks Before	1-2 Days Before	First Days After	1-2 Days Before	First Day After
1st Friday Test cadence environment delivered			3rd Friday Production cadence environment updated
Review materials Update test plan Check test environment Prepare integration tests Production-to-Test Environment Refresh (optional)	Preserve custom reports	Run through test plan in first few hours Log Service Requests for any issues by the end of the day Perform post-update steps, if needed	Preserve custom reports	Quick check of main business processes Perform post-update steps, if needed

Note: If you're on a Thursday update schedule (Middle East), the update is applied on the Thursday before the first and third Fridays of the month.