SAP S/4HANA Administration · Product Availability & Maintenance Strategy

On S/4HANA Cloud (Public) an admin wants to schedule around upgrades the way they used to plan for quarterly drops. Why does that plan no longer fit, and how much control do they actually have over the dates?

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