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Deployment requirements for supporting 8.0 CR3 functionality

Learn which new features and functionalities are supported in your Connections 8.0 CR3 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 CR3 Component Pack deployment. If you do not install Component Pack with Connections 8.0 CR3, 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 CR3 without Component Pack, the following features and functionalities are available:

  • Connections 8.0 CR3 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

Parent topic: Planning