Sitecore Experience Platform 8.0 Update-3

This page contains all the resources for Sitecore Experience Platform 8.0 rev. 150427 (8.0 Update-3). To access Sitecore Experience Platform 8.0 rev. 141212 (8.0 Initial Release), click here or see all available 8.0 updates.

  • Sitecore strongly urges customers on earlier versions of 8.0 to upgrade to 8.0 update-6 at the earliest possible opportunity.
  • Please note — although you will find all new documentation for Sitecore 8 on the Documentation site, much of the SDN documentation for 7.0 - 7.5 is still relevant. SDN documentation is in the process of being converted and migrated.

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 Choose this link to install Sitecore manually (without the help of the setup.exe installation program).
Ja-JP version of Sitecore web application installer Choose this link to download the Japanese version of setup.exe (packaged as zip) installation program.
Ja-JP version of the Sitecore site root ZIP archive Choose this link to install Japanese version of Sitecore manually (without the help of the setup.exe installation program).

Release Information

Resource Description
Release notes The latest news about Sitecore Experience Platform releases.
Known issues

Choose this link to access the Sitecore Knowledge Base.

Installation Guide The installation procedure for the Sitecore Experience Platform.
Upgrade guide

Download and follow the instructions to upgrade from Sitecore Experience Platform 8.0 rev 150223 (8.0 Update-2) to Sitecore Experience Platform 8.0 rev. 150427 (8.0 Update-3).
If your Sitecore solution runs on an earlier version of Sitecore Experience Platform 8.0, you can update directly to Update-3 (Sitecore updates are cumulative). However, you must also implement the config file changes that have been introduced in each update.

If your Sitecore solution is based on Sitecore  7.5 or earlier, you must use the upgrade instructions for Sitecore Experience Platform 8 rev. 141212 (initial release) to upgrade from Sitecore 7.5.


Configuration file changes

Config file changes in Sitecore 8.0 rev. 150427 (8.0 Update-3) compared to Sitecore 8.0 rev. 150223 (8.0 Update-2).

Modules

Resource Description
Email Experience Manager 3.1 Download files and release information for Sitecore Email Experience Manager 3.1 rev. 150703
Web Form For Marketers 8.0 Download files and release information for Web Forms for Marketers 8.0 rev.150429 (Update-3)


 

Upgrade options

Resource Description
The Sitecore Update Package Download the files that you need for the upgrade process.
Config files for upgrade

Download this package if you need only web.config and App_config files and SQL upgrade scripts.

Sitecore Update Installation Wizard The Update Installation Wizard allows developers to update existing Sitecore Experience Platform using Sitecore update packages.

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.

Links

Resource Description
Chinese (zh-CN)

Chinese language client translation file. Read instructions how to import a new language into the Sitecore installation.

Danish (da-DK) Danish language client translation file. Read instructions how to import a new language into the Sitecore installation.
Dutch (nl-NL) Dutch language client translation file. Read instructions how to import a new language into the Sitecore installation.
French (fr-CA) French (Canada) 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.
Norwegian (nb-NO)

Norwegian language client translation file. Read instructions how to import a new language into the Sitecore installation.

Swedish (sv-SE)

Swedish language client translation file. Read instructions how to import a new language into the Sitecore installation.

Usage policies

Resource Description
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.