Talk given as part of the European XFEL Users' Meeting 2016. Topics include: SCS infrastructure status; testing and preparation for installation; KB mirror system; laser in-coupling; alignment laser for SCS and SASE3; FFT endstation and sample environment; FastCCD detector integration; commissioning and early user program in 2017; parameters for first commissioning (SASE3); electron energy working points and SASE3 photon energies; instrument upgrades in 2018; hRIXS integration at SCS; SCS high quality floor; SCS/SQS-2 experiment hutch user port;