Sitecore Experience Platform 8.2 Initial Release

Sitecore 8.2 builds on the core functionality released on the 8.x platform and continues to incorporate feedback we have received from customers, partners, and analysts to strengthen the platform since Sitecore 8.0 was released. Commerce usability and functionality have been improved and additional modules such as Experience Accelerator and Express Migrations have been introduced to help customers speed implementation times and assist with moving to the modern 8.x platform.

This page contains all the resources for Sitecore Experience Platform 8.2 rev. 160729 (8.2 Initial Release).

Looking for a different version? See all available 8.x versions.

  • Note: xDB Cloud support will be released approximately 6 weeks after the release of the Sitecore Experience Platform.

Download options

Resource Description
Sitecore web application installer Choose this link to download the setup.exe (packaged as zip) installation program. This is everything you need to get started.
ZIP archive of the Sitecore site root folder Choose this link to install Sitecore manually (without the help of the setup.exe installation program).
Oracle databases If you intend to use Oracle for the Core db, please download the following file and check the installation guide for instructions on how to install and configure Oracle.

Release Information

Resource Description
Release Notes A list of features, improvements, and fixes that have been implemented in this release.
Known issues Choose this link to access the Sitecore Knowledge Base.
Installation Guide The installation procedure for the Sitecore Experience Platform.
Upgrade guide To upgrade from a previous Sitecore version please follow the instructions in this guide.
Configuration file changes Config file changes in Sitecore Experience Platform 8.2 compared to Sitecore Experience Platform 8.1.
Assembly List Complete list of assemblies shipped with this release.

Modules

Resource Description
Web Forms For Marketers 8.2 Download files and release information for Web Forms for Marketers 8.2 (Initial Release).

Upgrade options

Resource Description
The Sitecore Update Package Download the files that you need for the upgrade process.
Configuration files for upgrade Download this package if you need only web.config and App_config files.
Sitecore Update Installation Wizard The Update Installation Wizard allows developers to update existing Sitecore Experience Platform using Sitecore update packages.
Express Migration Tool The Sitecore Express Migration Tool makes it easy for customers to help migrate older instances to the latest version of Sitecore Experience Platform without the need to gradually upgrade from version to version.
The initial release supports migration of any version of Sitecore 7.2 to the initial release of the Sitecore Experience Platform 8.2

Additional Tools

Resource Description
Solr support package Solr is the popular, open source enterprise search platform. Download this package if you want to use Solr on your instance. Note! Solr is optional in Sitecore 8.2.

Client Translations

Resource Description
Danish (da-DK) Danish language client translation file. Read instructions how to import a new language into the Sitecore installation.
German (de-DE) German language client translation file. Read instructions how to import a new language into the Sitecore installation.
Japanese (ja-JP) Japanese language client translation file. Read instructions how to import a new language into the Sitecore installation.

Usage policies

Resource Description
Sitecore Device Detection Services Usage Policy This policy is applicable if you are using Sitecore Device Detection Service.
Sitecore IP Geolocation Usage Policy This policy is applicable if you are using Sitecore IP Geolocations Service.
Sitecore xDB Cloud Usage Policy This policy is applicable if you are using Sitecore xDB Cloud.