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Sitecore Experience Platform 8.0 Initial Release
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This page contains all the resources for Sitecore Experience Platform 8.0 rev. 141212 (Initial Release).
Looking for a different update? 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). |
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 | 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 compared to Sitecore 7.5 rev. 141003. |
Modules
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Email Experience Manager 3.0 | Download files and release information for Sitecore Email Experience Manager 3.0 rev. 141215 (Initial Release) |
| Web Form For Marketers 8.0 | Download files and release information for Web Forms for Marketers 8.0 rev.141217 (Update-1). Note: Initial Release and Update-1 of Web Forms for Marketers are identical and have been consolidated into Update-1. |
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. |
| User to Contact Conversion Tool | Download the latest version of the User to Contact Conversion tool (Revision 150407) to transfer Sitecore User data from Membership profiles into analytics data. |
| PhantomJS | Download this package to install the PhantomJS tool that is required by the Generate Screenshots functionality that is used by the Personalization and Content Testing features in Sitecore XP 8. |
| Redeploy Marketing Data | Download this file to redeploy the Marketing Data. |
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. |
Client Translations
| 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. |