Automated upgrades simplify the process for updating Consul. Learn how Consul can gracefully transition from existing server agents to a new set of server agents without Consul downtime.
Review the [Consul operator autopilot](/commands/operator/autopilot) documentation and complete the [Automated Upgrade](https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/consul/autopilot-datacenter-operations#upgrade-migrations) tutorial to learn more about automated upgrades.