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  Release History for Sitecore CMS 6.6 and DMS

Some of the issues described on this page contain internal reference numbers. You can use these reference numbers when communicating with Sitecore about a particular issue or feature.

As part of our commitment to continually improving our software and listening to our customer’s feedback, Sitecore regularly releases new versions of our CMS product. Each release undergoes careful quality assurance procedures to minimize the number of issues.

April 11, 2014

Released Sitecore CMS and DMS 6.6.0 rev. 140410 (6.6.0 Service Pack-2, originally released as 6.6.0 Update-8).

Note: This is a product Service Pack. Sitecore recommends customers to install service packs for any feature release that the customer has installed. This is especially true in production environments.

To learn more about Sitecore’s versioning system, see the Sitecore Versioning Policy page.

For instructions on how to download and install this release, please visit the appropriate Sitecore CMS 6 downloads page.

Highlights

The main highlights of this update are:

System requirements

Issues resolved

December 13, 2013

Released Sitecore CMS and DMS 6.6.0 rev. 131211 (6.6.0 Update-7).

Note: This is a product Update. Sitecore recommends that you upgrade to this release if the fixes included in this release meet the specific needs of your organization. If this release does not include new functionality or specific fixes that your organization requires, you may benefit by waiting until Sitecore releases a Service Pack for this series before upgrading. This is especially true in production environments.

To learn more about Sitecore’s versioning system, see the Sitecore Versioning Policy page.

For instructions on how to download and install this release, please visit the appropriate Sitecore CMS 6 downloads page.

Highlights

The main highlights of this update are:

Improvements

Breaking changes

Deprecated classes, methods, and properties

Issues resolved

June 6, 2013

Released Sitecore CMS and DMS 6.6.0 rev. 130529 (6.6.0 Service Pack-1, originally released as 6.6.0 Update-6).

Note: This is the latest release of Sitecore CMS 6.6.0.

This is a Service Pack. Sitecore recommends customers to install service packs for initial release of Sitecore CMS 6.6. This is especially true in production environments. For more information about the recommended versions of Sitecore, see Sitecore Versioning Policy page [updated July 25, 2013].

To learn more about Sitecore’s versioning system, see the Sitecore Versioning Policy  page.

Please visit the appropriate Sitecore CMS 6 downloads page  for instructions describing how to download and install this release.

Highlights

The main highlights in this update are:

Improvements

Breaking changes

Issues resolved

April 17, 2013

Released Sitecore CMS and DMS 6.6.0 rev. 130404 (6.6.0 Update-5).

Note : This is a product Update. Sitecore recommends upgrading to this release when the fixes included in this release meet specific needs of your organization. If this release does not include specific fixes that your organization requires, you may benefit by waiting until Sitecore releases a Service Pack for this series before upgrading. This is especially true in production environments.

To learn more about Sitecore’s versioning system, see the Sitecore Versioning Policy page.

Important: A known issue has been identified in 6.6 Update-5 which affects solutions upgraded to 6.6 Update-5 from 6.6 Update-4 or earlier 6.6 releases. Due to this issue, the upgrade instructions have been updated with a step to execute an aspx page as part of the upgrade process. For solutions that have already been upgraded to 6.6 Update-5, the aspx page should be executed as soon as possible. The issue does not affect clean installations of 6.6 Update-5. Please refer to the known issue for more information.

Please visit the appropriate Sitecore CMS 6 downloads page for instructions describing how to download and install this release.

Highlights

The main highlights in this update are:

Improvements

Breaking changes

Important changes

Issues resolved

February 27, 2013

Released Sitecore CMS and DMS 6.6.0 rev. 130214 (6.6.0 Update-4).

Note: This is a product Update. Sitecore recommends upgrading to this release when the fixes included in this release meet specific needs of your organization. If this release does not include specific fixes that your organization requires, you may benefit by waiting until Sitecore releases a Service Pack for this series before upgrading. This is especially true in production environments.

To learn more about Sitecore’s versioning system, see the Sitecore Versioning Policy page.

Please visit the appropriate Sitecore CMS 6 downloads page for instructions describing how to download and install this release.

Highlights

The main highlights in this update are:

Important changes

Issues resolved