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aem 6.2 - what is in it for you?

thanesh sadachcharandirector, architecture, 3|share

08/30/2016

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● why upgrading is important● aem release practices● demonstrations & value factors in 6.2 features● considerations before an upgrade● q & a

overview

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reductions• support costs & training costs• business risks• integration costs• software maintenance & development

improvements & increases• revenue & profit• information quality & reporting• productivity & processes• innovation

upgrading is important (don’t be in the news)

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● major release every year around the time after adobe summit (GA april/may)

● service packs or minor releases are released throughout the year

● feature packs (FP) or hot fixes (HF) released based on request and priority (might

cost)

● current latest release : aem 6.2 (major)

● release date: april 21, 2016

● documentation : https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-2.html

aem release practices

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● 21 iterations of quality control● 972 enhancements, fixed and new features● 6.1 feature packs, service packs and hotfixes included● no more

○ client context replaced by context hub○ teaser is now target○ mvt component removed!○ cq Statistics (most used feature ;) )

● major updates - hold on!

aem 6.2 - what’s new?

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user interface

demo

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user interface

ability to have different viewpoints such as columns, lists, cards etc.

cleaner backend user Interface with coral ui

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omni search

demo

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omni search

amazing! can get to content and pretty much anything else so much faster

( less clicks), reduces effort to create content (a marketer’s objective)

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content fragments

demo

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content fragments

ability to create text content such as disclaimers extremely fast without

having to develop any templates or components. Also reusable on any channel -

allows contributors to focus on different aspects such as content creation/copy writing

vs design/experience

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asset insights

demo

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asset insights

leverage the analytics information to find out how assets are being leveraged

- if anything at least you can maintain a decent size repository

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smart tags

demo

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smart tags

associate tags easily to assets - more times than not sometimes it helps with

search filtering as well as it reduces redundant tagging exercises

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template editor

demo

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template editor

reduced development time! allows non technical members to create new

experiences without being tied to a release cycle

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areas & targeting

demo

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areas & targeting

act local, think global!

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aem mobile

demo

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aem mobile

create, manage and publish assets, content, content fragments for users and segments on your mobile app as well as manage all your mobile applications from a single platform! reduce investment costs by utilizing existing development teams instead of hiring silo developers for different operating system.

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● consider when you want to do an upgrade

● evaluate business and technical assessment on the benefits and drawbacks of

upgrading to a particular version

● set up expectations for project time lines in case the upgrade is not a simple dot

upgrade

● work with a vendor who has executed aem 6+ upgrades and has good experience

with infrastructure issues

● consider some time for user training and adaptability if migrating from aem 5x

what should you consider before an upgrade?

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q & a

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thank you!