4.0 Beta Webinar Will Taylor

1. Alfresco 4
Beta Program
Will Taylor &
Paul Hampton

2. Agenda
• New features of Alfresco 4
• Purpose of Beta
• What to expect during the Beta
process
• How to register for the Beta

3. Alfresco 4

4. Get Ready for Alfresco 4
• Improved UI • Social Features
o Drag and Drop o Following, Like
o Folder sort o Notifications
o Inline edit • Social Channels
o Simpler details page Publishing
o Google Docs o Content and Status
• Format support o Facebook, YouTube,
o iWork, Video, Audio LinkedIn, Flickr,
Twitter and
o Google maps
SlideShare

5. …And There's More
• Alfresco Index • Extensibility
Server o Config to turn on
o Apache Solr and off features
• Workflow o Open/CMIS
o Activiti
• Administration
console • …And of course
Mobile access

6. Alfresco 4 Beta Program

7. Purpose of Beta
• Early exposure of new Enterprise
version
o Allow you to test in your environment
o Provide feedback to Alfresco
o Help improve the final product
• Find out what we don’t know...
• Provide reference for launch
Not Production Quality

8. Your Involvement
• Install the Beta
o In a test environment
o On your stack
• Try new features
o Raise any issues you discover to Support
o Provide feedback on the new product version
• … If you don’t tell us, we will not know
what to fix.

9. What to expect in the Beta
• Software and Documentation
o At least one delivery from download zone
• Communication
o Updates from Alfresco
• Coming soon… next steps… etc.
• Feedback
o Issues – Through support – usual mechanism
• Questions / Issues
o Comments and structured feedback
• Online form

10. Time Line
• Beta Registration Open 6 Oct
• Beta Build available Early Nov
• Beta Closes End Nov
o 4 weeks
• Product Release Dec

11. How to register…
• Simple reg
form
• Ask for…
o OS
o Database
o App Server
o Contact
details

12. Alfresco DevCon 2011
San Diego, 26-27 Oct & London, 9-10 Nov
Use ‘DevCon11Web’
Save $50 (€36 or £31)
on conference registration at
http://www.alfresco.com/about/events/devcon

13. Questions & Answers
Register Now
http://svy.mk/Beta4Alfresco