Sitecore 8.2+October 11th 2016

Sitecore User Group Quebec city-Mathieu Benoit

Important Note

This presentation is not made by Sitecore itself but within the Sitecore User Group Quebec city –October 11th 2016.

All those information was retrieved from different web resources we could find after the 2 major Sitecore events: Sitecore Symposium 2016 and Sitecore MVP Summit 2016.

So keep in mind that all those information could change.

Agenda

Sitecore User Group Quebec city8.2 focus areaCloud journey with Microsoft AzureCRM ConnectxCommerceEXM 3.4xConnectAnd more

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The Sitecore User Group in Quebec city (SUGQ) http://www.meetup.com/Sitecore-User-Group-Quebec/

Sessions organized to share and discuss around Sitecore

Devs, marketers, admins, designers, architects, analysts, etc. could join and participate

Our broadcast live are available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr1AqWp4z1kmF0SxmPa4zIg

Our sponsors:

Sitecore User Group Quebec city

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Mathieu Benoit

Cloud Solution Architect for Partners at Microsoft

Web and Mobile developer ALM and DevOps enthusiast Sitecore User Group Quebec city co-organizer

Happy to be part of this SUGQ’s first session to share knowledge and experiences around Sitecore with the Quebec city community!

Author of this presentation

My Linkedin profile

My personal blog

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New Marketing Features

Experience Accelerator

Express Migration Tool

Dynamics Connect

Publishing Service

Path Analyzer: - HTML5 version- Marketing Funnels

Foundation

Content Foundation

Performance and Search Enhancements

Updated SSC API and MVC

Support for .NET 4,6, Oracle 11g

Database alignment and feature support

Marketing Foundation

Maintenance and code clean-up

Continuous Improvement

Experience Analytics

Experience Optimization

Experience Editor

EXM

Rules Management improvements

Experience Profile

8.2 Focus Areas

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« Microsoft is proud to expand our alliance with Sitecore in an effort to bring more compelling digital experiences to our joint customers. By combining the power, scale, and rich platform service offerings of Azure with Sitecore’scustomers, together we will drive digital transformation for our customers and help them achieve more. »

Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise Group, Microsoft Corp.

Sitecore and Microsoft confirmed their partnership

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• Azure Module will be retired in favor of native deployments

• ARM templates will be provided instead.

• Native deployments Azure App Service (Web Apps)

• Redis-based session state provider

• Azure search provider

8.2.1+ - Microsoft Azure Improvements

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• Don’t forget you could already used a lot of Microsoft Azure Services

• Sql Database and Elastic Database

• Application Insights

• CDN

• Traffic Manager

• Blob

• Active Directory

• Media Services

• DocumentDB (mongodb support protocol in preview)

• Machine Learning

• Azure Dev/Test Lab

Mathieu’s Personal notes

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Web-Forms-For-Marketers (WFFM)

Synchronization improvements

Bi-directional; not only contact information but also interactions, goals, outcomes

Dynamics CRM Connect in 8.3

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With the introduction of EXM 3.4, Sitecore signed an agreement with a global leader in email services, SparkPost, to OEM SparkPost Elite

SparkPost is the leader in email delivery worldwide with 100% focus purely on email

They own the Momentum, Port25 and SparkPost products

SparkPost Elite service rated No 1. for deliverability worldwide

EXM 3.4 wit SparkPost

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• Updated Architecture

• Updated Engine – new ASP.NET Core

• Lightweight Hosting – IIS, Azure Web Apps or as a Service

• COM component free and Nuget package for example

• New Plugin Model

• OOB or new custom ones

• Loosely coupled

• Business User Tools – SPEAK-based

• Merchandising Manager

• Customer & Order Manager

• Pricing & Promotions Manager

xCommerce

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xDB Today

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xDB 8.3+

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xConnect and xDB in the Enterprise

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8.3 Planned Functionality

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• Support for Windows Server 2016

• Support for SQL Server 2016 (XM-roles)

• No Silverlight UIs

• Federated authentication support

• Ongoing enhancements throughout the platform

• Including in 8.2-debuted Express Migration and Publishing systems

• Continued focus on quality, performance, scale, and deployment

Other 8.3 Focus Area

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Microsoft Azure and Sitecore to Embrace a Digital Transformation

What Is New in Sitecore 8.2

What's New in Sitecore Commerce 8.2

Sitecore 8.2 in-depth preview + 8.3 update info

Sitecore Symposium 2016 (New Orleans)

An introduction to Sitecore on Azure Web Apps

Sitecore Commerce (vNext) - What is really coming next?

Sitecore Commerce powered by Commerce Server 8.2

References

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Sitecore

Sitecore Community

Sitecore User Group Directory

How can you help the StackExchange Beta for Sitecore

Sitecore Habitat

On GitHub

In demo

Sitecore Helix Documentation

Other useful links