About the 20R2 Release
Pre-Release Date: August 3, 2020 | Release Date: August 14 & 21, 2020This page can help you understand the schedule for the coming release and the list of features included. Dates are subject to change.
Important Dates
20R2 Customer Release Preview Webinars
Attend the 20R2 release webinars to learn about the new capabilities and get your questions answered.
- 20R2 Release Webinar: Vault CDMS - All Customers
- 20R2 Release Webinar: Vault CDMS - Customers Using Studio and Admin
20R2 Pre-Release Begins
- Pre-release vaults available: Your Veeva Project Manager will contact you with login credentials.
- Validation documents available:
- Validation Project Plan
- IOQ Protocol
- Business Requirements Documents
- Validation Impact Assessment
Additional Validation Documents
- Validation documents available:
- Traceability Matrix
- Compliance Documents
- Executed OQ Scripts
20R2 Release, Part A
- 20R2 released to pre-release (VV1-37) and limited release (VV1-17) vaults
- Introductory training on 20R2 new features available in Veeva Learning
20R2 Release, Part B
- 20R2 released to all general release vaults.
- Updated training courses available in Veeva Learning
Preview Webinars
We updated the accompanying slides after the webinars ended to clarify feature availability and the validation timeline. Review the updated slides (linked below).
- 20R2 Release Webinar: Vault CDMS - All Customers | Slides (PDF)
- 20R2 Release Webinar: Vault CDMS - Customers Using Studio and Admin | Slides(PDF)
Feature Information
- What’s New in 20R2 (Updated August 4) provides detailed explanations of each feature.
- 20R2 Feature Enablement Details (Updated July 30) includes information on how new features are enabled.
Pre-Release Information
- Pre-Release FAQ answers common questions about “pre-release”.
- Known Issues in 20R2 Pre-Release (Updated August 5) lists known issues in the 20R2 pre-release.
Release Information
- 20R2 Release Impact Assessment (Updated July 30) analyzes the impact of new features. If you need an editable version, we also provide a Microsoft Excel™ version.
- 20R2 Fixed Issues (Available August 14) documents issues that affected previous versions or pre-release and are fixed in 20R2
- 20R2 Known Issues (Updated April 15) documents issues introduced in 20R2 which are not yet fixed
- 20R2 Maintenance Releases (Available with first maintenance release) documents fixes for issues that are affecting customers in production environments
For details about new features in the Vault Platform in 20R2, see the Vault Release Notes .
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