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Deployment requirements for supporting 8.0 CR2 functionality

Learn which new features and functionalities are supported in your Connections 8.0 CR2 deployment, depending on whether or not you install Component Pack.

With Component Pack

The following new features and functionalities are supported in a Connections 8.0 CR2 Component Pack deployment. If you do not install Component Pack with Connections 8.0 CR2, these are not available:

  • Top Updates in the home page
  • Important To Me bar
  • React search engine for full search and the new search user interface
  • Quick results when clicking the universal search box
  • App Registry configuration for the following customizations:
    • Content of the main navigation
    • Style and branding for the new interface
    • Admin banner configuration
  • Customizer Lite

Without Component Pack

If you install Connections 8.0 CR2 without Component Pack, the following features and functionalities are available:

  • Connections 8.0 CR2 UI updates that are consistent with the Component Pack deployment:
    • Theme elements, such as the navigation bar and top bar (including universal search, share, and upload)
    • New business card
    • Settings page
  • For search:
    • Legacy full search
    • No quick results when clicking the universal search box
    • Search categories (for example, "All Content") display along with matches for communities and people
  • Customizations for the following using JSP:
    • Content of the main navigation
    • Style and branding for the new interface
    • Admin banner configuration, with support for Feature Foundation APIs

Support for Connections 7.0 user interface (UI)

For a Connections 8.0 CR2 deployment using the 7.0 UI (with or without Component Pack installed), the new gender-neutral profile avatar images are used, but no additional 8.0 CR2 features are available or supported – there is no way to override this.

Note:

  • The Connections 7.0 UI is temporarily supported to aid in the transition to Connections 8.0 CR2.
  • The default UI for Connections 8.0 CR2 depends on your deployment method. A fresh installation will have the 8.0 CR2 UI, while an upgrade will have the 7.0 UI enabled by default. If you want to get the new user experience after upgrading to Connections 8.0 CR2, you need to manually switch to the 8.0 CR2 interface. You can also enable the 7.0 UI for fresh installations if necessary.

For more information on both points, see What's new in HCL Connections.

Parent topic: Planning