One of the benefits of using SAP BTP ABAP Environment is that updates and upgrades are applied by SAP to the systems in quite a high frequency and close to the corresponding release time.
Find the latest known schedule of Major Upgrade Windows and Weekly Maintenance Windows for 2024 in this blog.
As in 2023, the SAP BTP ABAP Environment will have 4 Major Upgrade Windows in 2024. These 24 hours of potential system unavailability are used to upgrade the systems to the next major version.
The events for the Major Upgrade Windows are harmonized between all SAP Cloud Products and scheduled for the following weekends:
Depending on the data center region, the 24 hours downtime will start/end at:
Potentially every weekend, the SAP BTP ABAP Environment could use a downtime of 4 hours, to apply database updates, Hotfix Collections and other changes.
Depending on the data center region, the 4 hours downtime may start at:
Here’s a small side note:
The upgrade or update of the free tier systems takes place on the Thursday before the respective weekend.
For more details about the Reduction of Planned Maintenance Windows for HFC Imports and Upgrades see our roadmap.
Please register to Cloud System Notification Subscriptions (CSNS) to get important information about planned and unplanned downtimes: