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Hey there! Mia here. My Mom turned 65 last week (she’s never seen a Workday tenant but reads every newsletter anyway). Happy birthday Mom! 🎉
And well—she’s not the only one getting ready to retire 😉
Today, we’re spotlighting an often overlooked release element…
Retirements 👵🏻
There’s so much newness to digest with each Workday release, we often forget to consider how retiring features and functionality may impact setup and processes.
Read today’s newsletter, and sleep easy knowing you’ve now got 2025R1’s retirements on radar 😎
You’ll also gain a broader understanding of how Workday runs its retirements in general!
Did you miss our other 2025R1 newsletters? No sweat! You can revisit them here…
Ready to see what’s retiring? Let’s get to it…
🦅 A bird’s eye view of retirements
First, a quick refresher from our 2025R1 data analysis we sent out several week ago…
Workday buckets release items into 4 different categories:
Features: New or significantly updated functionality. This is the meat of the release! Features are either automatically available, or require additional setup or opt-in.
Fixes: Updates that fix broken or buggy existing functionality. These are automatically available.
Retirement: Removal of existing functionality. Workday phases out old components as of a predetermined retirement date. Out with the old, in with the new!
Coming Soon: Announcements for upcoming functionality. These items are recategorized as Features when Workday is ready to deploy them.
Today, we’re focused on retiring functionality.
As of today, Workday’s Release Center reports 38 upcoming retirements tied to 2025R1. These retirements begin this Friday, March 14th, and phase out through September 13th later this year.
Before we go further, there are two things you should keep in mind when it comes to the timing of retirements…
