What Rising 2026 means for payroll, finance and HR leaders, and how to test agents and get users on board before Workday's 2027 R1 release.
Workday
Beacon MobilityRuns every step after each release
At Rising 2026, Workday put agents to work in payroll, accounting and recruiting.
Agents now act inside your business processes. They don't just suggest. Most teams still test releases manually and train users after the fact. See how Ziplyne helps payroll, finance and HR teams test what agents do, catch what breaks, and get people ready before 2027 R1.
A clear plan for testing Workday agents and preparing your people before 2027 R1, plus techniques you can apply to your next release cycle, including:
What Workday announced at Rising 2026, and what's live versus still on the roadmap
How to test an agent's output before it touches payroll or the general ledger
Regression testing best practices ahead of 2027 R1
Where human approvals and checks belong in agent-run processes
How in-app guidance helps users work alongside agents
A pre-R1 readiness checklist you can use the next day
Runs every saved process against the new release
Ziplyne is a Workday Technology Partner built for enterprise release cycles.
Teams use it to:
The Result: fewer surprises at release, less risk in payroll and finance, and users who know what the agents are doing.
Workday's agents now do real work in payroll, finance and HR. Every release changes what they do and how your people work with them. Most teams still check it by hand, days before the update.
See how Ziplyne helps payroll, finance and HR teams test agents, prepare users, and make every Workday release more predictable.
Test the agents · Train the people · Release with confidence
Rome Chopra,
Rome co-founded Ziplyne to help enterprise teams keep up with constant software change. He works with payroll, finance and HR leaders on testing Workday releases and getting their people ready for what changes. In this session he'll walk through what Rising 2026 means for teams preparing for 2027 R1.