Sitecore Content Serialization

Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS) is a system for serializing, sharing, and deploying content items, as well as keeping them in version control.

Diagram showing how the developer can serialize content items or an SCS package to a Sitecore instance.

To get started with SCS, see the following topics:

Sitecore Content Serialization structural overview
Sitecore Content Serialization configuration reference
Relative serialization path hashing and aliasing
Validate serialized content items
Configure the maximum relative item path length
Configure the relative serialization path
Create a Sitecore Content Serialization module
Create and install a Sitecore Content Serialization package
Sitecore Command Line Interface
Sitecore for Visual Studio
Sitecore Management Services

You can also watch this video. It describes the use of Sitecore Content Serialization, Sitecore Command Line Interface, and Sitecore for Visual Studio with Sitecore Experience Platform, but these tools work in the same way with XM Cloud.

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