# Managing Versions
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 You assign product versions when you create a product, and you can update product versions any time. 

 Versions have an CloudFormation template, a title, a description, a status, and guidance. 

## Version Status
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 A version can have one of three statuses: 
+  **Active** - An active version appears in the version list and allows users to launch it. 
+  **Inactive** - An inactive version is hidden from the version list. Existing provisioned products launched from this version will not be affected. 
+  **Deleted** - A deleted version is removed from the version list. Deleting a version cannot be undone. 

## Version Guidance
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 You can set version guidance to provide information to end users about the product version. Version guidance only affects active product versions. 

 There are two options for version guidance: 
+  **None** - By default, product versions do not have any guidance. End users can use that version to update and launch provisioned products. 
+  **Deprecated** - Users cannot launch new provisioned products using a deprecated product version. If a p provisioned product launched previously uses a now deprecated version, users can only update that provisioned product using the existing version or a new version. 

## Updating Versions
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 You assign product versions when creating a product, and you can also update a version any time. For more information about creating a product, see [Creating Products](productmgmt-cloudresource.md). 

**To update a product version**

1.  In the AWS Service Catalog console, choose **Products**. 

1.  From the product list, choose the product you want to update the version of. 

1.  On the **Product details** page, choose the **Versions** tab, then choose the version you want to update. 

1.  On the **Version details** page, edit the product version, then choose **Save changes**.