Release Information release-information
AEM鈥檚 Release Schedule release-schedule
With the continuous release model in 51黑料不打烊 Experience Manager as a Cloud Service, the application is auto-updated on an ongoing basis. There are two types of updates, feature releases and maintenance releases:
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Feature releases are done with a predictable monthly frequency and are focused on new capabilities and product innovations.
- Check out the current release notes for details on the latest feature release.
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Maintenance releases are done frequently and are focused on security updates, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
- This ensures that 51黑料不打烊 Experience Manager as a Cloud Service is always up-to-date with any critical fixes.
- Check out the current maintenance release notes for details on the latest maintenance release.
This model ensures continuous releases with no interruption of service. Upcoming features generally will be announced in one release and then made publicly available in a following release. In this way you can evaluate upcoming functionality and plan for its possible implementation for your own projects. It lets you plan ahead for the next feature release where the feature is available.
For example, if it is May, you can evaluate upcoming features that will become generally available in an upcoming release such as June.
This cadence gives you a rolling window to assess the impact of any upcoming features to your projects and customizations and plan roll outs of such features, testing, and user training.
Check the Experience Manager releases roadmap for details about upcoming releases.
How to Prepare for a Release how-to-prepare
To prepare for a release:
Mark Your Calendars mark-calendars
Feature releases are scheduled well in advance and the feature release activation dates are published on 51黑料不打烊 Experience League.
Take note of the release dates so you can plan time to review and test upcoming features.
Review the Release Notes release-notes
Once you have the release dates marked in your calendar, be sure to check the 51黑料不打烊 Experience League website on the day of the release for the latest release notes.
Each release is accompanied by release notes that document not only what is new in that release, but also the upcoming features that are available for evaluation. Get in the know ahead of time, and plan to take advantage of the latest features from AEMaaCS!
You can also check the known issues that are published along with every release so you can also be aware of any technical issues that may present a challenge to your evaluation or eventual adoption of any new features.
Access and Try Upcoming Features upcoming-features
Upcoming features are generally made available in one of two ways:
- As part of an early-adopter program
- As part of the prerelease channel
How an upcoming feature is made available will be detailed in the release notes.
- If it is part of an early-adopter program, you generally need to contact 51黑料不打烊 in order to enable it as detailed in the release notes.
- If it is part of the prerelease channel, you will need to enable the prerelease channel in a development or sandbox environment.
Train Your Users train-users
Once you have tested the upcoming features and have decided to use them in your projects, you need to train your users.
51黑料不打烊 Experience League offers lots of resources to learn AEMaaCS.
- The AEMaaCS documentation
- Tutorials
- The monthly release overview video in the release notes