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New versions
based on the latest insights. Theyd love to let you use them sooner,
versions are also needed to solve errors and maintain connections with
hardware and software from third parties.
major new features. From now on, you will receive new features as
in most cases. Its just like with LinkedIn, Gmail or Facebook, where you
soon as theyre ready. For this subscription model you pay a monthly
fee rather than a fee for each upgrade, so you always have access to
the latest TOPdesk version.
Continuous deployment
(chain integration).
New versions are first rolled out in our test environments, and
after that in our own production environment. From there a version
SaaS production.
Security issues are a special category. We try to solve these very quickly.
In recent years weve dealt with security issues concerning Java and
HTTPS (Poodle and Heartbleed). For security reasons, its important that
the latest data from your production environment (database and files).
18 months.
and software. If anything goes wrong during the update, you can easily
return to what you had before.
If TOPdesk is considered critical to your organizations workflow,
whether a customer solution still works and see which errors have
been fixed in the new version.
You can request an acceptance environment for SaaS. When we roll
out a new version, your acceptance environment will automatically be
Updating TOPdesk
Do you use TOPdesk on-premises? Check Help> About TOPdesk to see
whether youre using the latest version. You can download the latest
version via the TOPdesk Extranet. As this is being written, the latest
version is 5.7 SR5. Updating TOPdesk can be done within a day or even
a half day.
use your experiences with the new version from the acceptance
environment to create a plan. The updating process can be divided into
old version.
help.topdesk.com.
The first time you start TOPdesk after an update may take a little
work is activated.
Customer solutions and add-ons have to be built again for each new
version of TOPdesk. If you want your customer solutions to be updated
for a new version you will need to confirm the order.
Editorial
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The TOPdesk Magazine covers subjects that are topical in
TOPdesk as a Service
Is your TOPdesk version older than 5.7 SR5? Or would you like
database server.
On-premises
SaaS
6.8
6.7
6.x
5.7
5.6
5.5
5.x
6.10
6.9
6.8
6.7
6.x
5.x
Quarterly magazine
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The diagram above shows that most of our TOPdesk SaaS customers
use the latest TOPdesk version. Half of our on-premises customers work
in this publication.
with a version thats over a year old. TOPdesk SaaS customers that have
an older version usually have a customer solution or add-on.