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title: Upgrade
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# Upgrade

This guide shows you how to upgrade PingDS software.

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#### [About upgrades](about-upgrades.html)

Read this first.

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#### [Upgrade strategies](strategies.html)

Choose between upgrading in place and upgrading by adding servers.

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#### [Upgrade in place](in-place-upgrade.html)

Overwrite old software to upgrade on the same server.

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#### [Upgrade by adding servers](upgrade-proxy.html)

Add new servers then retire old ones.

Read the [Release notes](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/release-notes/preface.html) before you upgrade DS software.

Product names changed when ForgeRock became part of Ping Identity. PingDS was formerly known as ForgeRock Directory Services, for example. 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.