Workday Advisories

Workday Advisory: Streamline Workday Updates with Ease

Workday is always changing bringing new features, fixes, and functionality to your HCM, Payroll, and Finance systems. But keeping pace, testing every change, and ensuring nothing breaks can feel overwhelming. That’s where Opkey steps in.

Opkey’s Workday Advisory delivers timely insights, expert analysis, and actionable recommendations for every Workday release. So, you can stay ahead of change, test faster, and deploy with zero disruption.

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Explore the Latest Workday 2025R2 Release Advisory from Opkey

Our latest advisory covers everything you need to know about the release schedule, new feature enhancements, and system readiness steps across HCM, Payroll, Finance, Integrations, and Security.

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View Past Workday Advisories

Stay informed with Opkey’s Workday Advisory archive—a centralized resource to review past releases, track feature evolution, and prepare for upcoming updates with expert insights.

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Advisory Document for Workday 2025R1 Release

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Advisory Document for Workday 2024R2 Release

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Advisory Document for Workday 2024R1 Release

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Advisory Document for Workday 2023R2 Release

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Release Insights

How Workday Advisory Helps Your Organization

Workday releases can feel overwhelming. New features, deprecations, testing timelines and somehow, you’re supposed to manage it all flawlessly.

That’s why every Workday Advisory from Opkey is thoughtfully curated to support IT teams, QA managers, and business users in navigating Workday updates with ease. We simplify the complex, breaking down every change in clear, actionable language, saving you hours of digging through overwhelming documentation.

Every advisory includes:

Module-specific breakdowns of new features and deprecated items

Key highlights from Workday release notes

Impact analysis across your Workday environment

Testing recommendations for both non-production and production environments

Release Strategy

How Opkey’s Workday Advisory Supports Your Success

Opkey’s Workday Advisory is designed to streamline your response to biannual Workday releases, frequent updates, and evolving business needs. Here’s how we help you navigate the change:

Expert Release Summaries

Quickly access concise updates on new Workday HCM, Payroll, Finance, and integration features, focused on changes relevant to your business.

Change Impact Analysis

Instantly identify how each Workday update could affect your specific teams, processes, or compliance, with AI-powered risk insights.

Test Coverage Guidance

Get clear recommendations on what to test and when, leveraging Workday Test Advisory expertise and automated coverage reports.

Clear Pre & Post-Release Checklists

Follow actionable, step-by-step checklists customized for each Workday update to stay fully prepared throughout the release cycle.

Access to Workday Specialists

Tap into seasoned Workday professionals for tailored support, hands-on demos, and proven strategies to ensure flawless releases every time.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is Opkey’s Workday Advisory, and how does it support my organization?

The Workday Advisory provides expert guidance, testing strategies, and practical insights to help your organization manage new Workday releases, optimize uptake of features, and stay compliant with industry and business requirements. It ensures you get actionable, tailored recommendations for seamless Workday operations and maximum return on your investment.

2. How does a Workday Advisory help during new implementations?

An Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabiliA Workday Advisory arms you with best practices, change management, and configuration guidance during initial implementation, ensuring your rollout is efficient and sets a strong foundation for user adoption and future growth. ties affecting Oracle products. It often includes fixes for vulnerabilities in both Oracle code and third-party components. CPUs are cumulative for most products, carrying forward previous fixes along with new ones.

3. What is the difference between Workday Advisory and Workday Managed Services?

Workday Advisory focuses on strategic guidance, release-readiness, testing, and optimization for new features and updates, while Managed Services provide ongoing operational support, maintenance, enhancements, and system monitoring for daily Workday operations.

4. What is the Workday release schedule, and how often are updates rolled out?

Workday rolls out major feature releases twice a year—typically in March(R1) and September(R2) while smaller updates and maintenance occur on a regular weekly and monthly schedule.

5. How can we prepare for an upcoming Workday release?

Preparation includes researching new features in release documentation, building a detailed project plan, assembling a team, running impact analyses, conducting user training, and leveraging checklists for pre- and post-release activities to ensure a smooth transition.

6. Does the Workday Advisory help in testing new features before a release?

Yes, Opkey’s Workday Advisory enables you to review new features, prioritize what to test, and validate critical workflows—reducing risk and improving confidence before updates go live.

7. What steps should we take if a new release impacts our integration?

If a release affects integrations, use Advisory insights to assess changes, update or test integrations, validate data flows, and collaborate with internal or external integration specialists to resolve issues proactively.