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title: Upgrade components and services
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# Upgrade components and services

As part of planning your upgrade, consider that some changes in later AM versions will have an impact on your environment. Usually, these changes are driven by changes in specification, security policies, or performance.

When possible, the upgrade process makes the appropriate changes on AM configuration. However, sometimes you will need to perform additional configuration based on your environment needs.

In addition to the mandatory upgrade steps outlined in [Upgrade AM instances](upgrade-servers.html), if you are using features described in [these lists](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/release-notes/changes.html), you will need to perform further upgrade tasks.