New Features with Sitecore experience platform 9.0

Sitecore Experience Platform
What’s New in Sitecore XP 9.0?
Mohamed Krimi / Solution Architect
Twitter : @medkrimi
Montreal Sitecore User Group - dec. 2017

Montreal Sitecore User Group - jan. 2017
Agenda
● Get prepared
● SIF, SIF-less and no more SIM
● All is encrypted now, get yours
● Sitecore Forms and WFFM 9.0
● Dynamic Placeholders
● Federated Authentication
● Solr or Azure all the way
● Rule-based Configuration
● xConnect
● Marketing Automation
● Sitecore Love JS
● Sitecore Cortex : ML

Get prepared!
1. You need :
○ Windows Server 2016 / Windows 10/8.1
○ Updated Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bits);
○ IIS 8.5 or IIS 10 ; Web Deploy 3.6 ; .Net Framework 4.6.2
○ WFM (Powershell) 5.1 not 5.0
○ SQL Server 2016 SP1 (SQL Server 2014 for XM)
○ SOLR 6.6.1 / Azure Search
○ Valid SSL Certificate
2. For more details, check Sitecore Compatibility Table
3. New to Sitecore World : get your trial developer license
4. Release informations should be your starting point
5. Download Sitecore 9.0

SIF and SIF-less
● The Sitecore Installation Framework (SIF) is a
Microsoft® Powershell module that supports local and
remote installations of Sitecore, and it is fully
extensible.
● SIF-less by Rob Ahneman implemented a simple tools
to make easier installing Sitecore 9.0 through the SIF
a. Generate an install PS Script
b. Generate an uninstall PS Script (the coolest thing with
infra-as-code)
c. Execute the install PS Script
● and no more SIM at the moment...

All is encrypted now
● All Sitecore services communications
across the platform are using HTTPs by
default.
● Use a Valid SSL Certificate for your
domain.
● For local dev./debug Environment use
Self Signed Certificate

Sitecore Forms and WFFM 9.0
● Forms completely re-written, built-in Core
○ Sitecore Forms Dashboard - Easy update
○ Form elements (and you can create your own)
○ Multipage forms
○ Style (Basic styling, but it Works)
○ Reporting and Forms/Field Performance
● New Drag and Drop UI
● And What about WFFM ?
○ It stills exist for transition and migration
purposes. You can still use WFFM, until Sitecore
9.1

Dynamic Placeholders
Sitecore 7.x and 8.x
● Unique Placeholders Constraint
○ MVC Razor Extension
○ Configure Rendering Parameters and
Placeholder Settings
○ Sitecore Extension for enforcing
placeholder Settings
○ Sitecore Extension for rendering
placeholders
Sitecore 9.0
● Dynamic Placeholders
○ Built-in extension (Sitecore.Mvc.Helpers)
○ Easy Customizing from rendering
parameters
○ Customizing Key generation
● How? By @jammykam
● Be aware of some known limitations

Federated Authentication
● ASP.NET membership
● Use Active Directory Module
● Microsoft CRM Provider
● Custom Provider
● Virtual and Persistent Users
Sitecore 9.0
● + ASP.NET Identity (3)
○ Uses OWIN middleware
components(Azure AD, Google,
Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
○ Not enabled by default
(Sitecore.Owin.Authentication.Enabler.config.e
xample)
○ Cookies and Personifications
○ Virtual and Persistent users

Solr or Azure all the way
● Solr is highly reliable, scalable and fault
tolerant, providing distributed indexing,
replication and load-balanced querying,
automated failover and recovery.
● Azure Search is the cloud search Service
by Microsoft Azure
● And What about Lucene ?
○ It is not recommended to use it.
○ It stills supported for XM (CMS-only) mode not
in production PLZ

Rules-based Configuration
● 269 config files
● Config Enable Disable Excel spreadsheet
● Switch Role PS Script
● Patch Orders
Sitecore 9.0
● Make configuration settings
dependant on a rule
● Use multiple rules for the same
setting
●
● Test rule operators : !, and, or, ()

xConnect
Jason Wilkerson - citizensitecore.com

xConnect
Sitecore 9.0
Jason Wilkerson - citizensitecore.com

Marketing Automation
Sitecore 8.x
RIP Engagement
Automation Plans
Sitecore 9.0
● Marketing Automation
○ Drag and Drop Modern UI (Speak
3)
○ Evaluate and Automate prospects
nurturing based on their
interactions
○ Many Built-in actions
○ Based on Rules and conditions
flows
○ Flexible : Create your own

Sitecore Love JS
● JSS: A toolkit for JS Developers allowing build full-fledged Customer solutions.
● Modern JS Library and Frameworks
● Completely unplugged from Sitecore
● Decoupled Back-end and Front-end deployment

Sitecore Cortex - Machine Learning
● Only for Sitecore Experience Cloud™
● Enable machine learning and AI to
process vast amounts of data and
enhance the customer experience
https://www.sitecore.net/resources/index/v
ideo-assets/sitecore-cortex

References
● https://doc.sitecore.net/sitecore_experience_platform/digital_marketing/marketing_automation/mark
eting_automation_campaigns/marketing_automation_campaigns
● https://doc.sitecore.net/sitecore_experience_platform/digital_marketing/sitecore_forms/introducing_
sitecore_forms
● https://doc.sitecore.net/sitecore_experience_platform/setting_up_and_maintaining/~/link.aspx?_id=5
560B4982A644820B68B0EF2C00C23F3&_z=z
● http://www.rockpapersitecore.com/2017/10/introducing-sif-less-for-easy-sitecore-9-installation/
● https://jammykam.wordpress.com/tag/sitecore9/
● https://citizensitecore.com/2017/10/17/introducing-xconnect-for-sitecore-9/

Thank you all for joining Sitecore
User Group Montreal #SUGmtl

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