{"id":9431,"date":"2019-04-16T17:44:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/?p=9431"},"modified":"2019-04-17T10:40:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T14:40:46","slug":"epic-upgrade-upcoming-freeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/2019\/04\/epic-upgrade-upcoming-freeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Upgrade: Upcoming Freeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To prepare for our upgrade to Epic 2018 on Sunday, June 2, 2019, non-upgrade related changes to Epic will be <strong>\u201cfrozen\u201d from May 6 to June 17, 2019<\/strong> (approximately four weeks before and two weeks after the upgrade). A build freeze allows us to focus on preparing for the upgrade and ensures that all testing completed thus far remains valid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does it mean for me?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit your change requests as normal. 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