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title: Upgrade
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# Upgrade

This guide covers common aspects of upgrading an AM deployment, whether you are moving to a new maintenance release, upgrading to a new major release, or migrating from a legacy release to a newer AM release.

Release levels, and how much change to expect in a maintenance, minor, or major release, are defined in [Product Release Levels](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/release-notes/stability.html#release-levels). Release levels are identified by version number.

|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|   | AM supports several versions of the web and Java agents, so you don't usually need to upgrade your agents when you upgrade AM.You can find information on the supported AM versions in [Web Agents](${wpa.release.notes.base}/before-you-install.html#am-requirements) or [Java Agents](${jpa.release.notes.base}/before-you-install.html#am-requirements).Learn more about upgrading web and Java agents in the [Web Agents documentation](https://docs.pingidentity.com/web-agents/2024.11/upgrade/preface.html) or the [Java Agents documentation](https://docs.pingidentity.com/java-agents/2024.11/upgrade/preface.html). |

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#### [Before you upgrade](upgrade-planning.html)

Review the tasks you need to complete before upgrading AM.

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#### [Upgrading servers](upgrade-servers.html)

Learn, step by step, how to upgrade the AM core services.

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#### [Upgrading components](upgrade-components.html)

Review components and services that you might need to upgrade or reconfigure.

## Name changes for ForgeRock products

Product names changed when ForgeRock became part of Ping Identity.

The following name changes have been in effect since early 2024:

| Old name                      | New name                        |
| ----------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| ForgeRock Identity Cloud      | PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud |
| ForgeRock Access Management   | PingAM                          |
| ForgeRock Directory Services  | PingDS                          |
| ForgeRock Identity Management | PingIDM                         |
| ForgeRock Identity Gateway    | PingGateway                     |
| ForgeRock Identity Platform   | Ping Advanced Identity Software |

Learn more about the name changes in [New names for ForgeRock products](https://support.pingidentity.com/s/article/New-names-for-ForgeRock-products) in the Knowledge Base.