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Upgrade instructions for the 5.0.0 release (March 2025)

Last update: March 6, 2025

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This article covers the upgrade instructions and the compatibility matrix for 5.0.0 release of Adobe Experience Manager Guides.

For more information about the new features and enhancements, view What’s new in the 5.0.0 release.

For the list of issues that have been fixed in this release, view Fixed issues in the 5.0.0 release.

Compatibility matrix

This section lists the compatibility matrix for the software applications supported by Experience Manager Guides 4.6.0 release.

Adobe Experience Manager

5.0.0 UUID

Version 6.5 Service Pack 22, Service Pack 21, and Service Pack 20

For more details, view the Technical requirements section in the On-Premise Installation and Configuration Guide.

FrameMaker and FrameMaker Publishing Server

ReleaseFMPSFM
5.0.0 (UUID)Supported2022 or higher

Oxygen Connector

ReleaseOxygen Connector WindowsOxygen Connector MacEdit in Oxygen WindowsEdit in Oxygen Mac
5.0.0 (UUID)3.7-uuid.23.7-uuid.22.32.3

Knowledge base template version

Components package nameComponents versionTemplate version
Experience Manager Guides Components Content Package for Cloud Servicedxml-components.all-1.3.0aem-site-template-dxml.all-1.0.4

New AEM Site template version

Components versionSite version
guides-components.all-1.3.0aemg-docs.all-1.2.0

Upgrade to 5.0.0 release of Experience Manager Guides

You can easily upgrade your current version of Guides to version 5.0.0. Before you proceed with upgrading to version 5.0.0 of Experience Manager Guides, you must consider the following points:

  • If you are using version 4.6.3, 4.6.1, 4.6, or 4.4, then you can directly upgrade to version 5.0.0.
  • If you are using version 4.3.x, 4.2, 4.2.1 (Hotfix 4.2.1.3), 4.1, or 4.1.x then you need to upgrade to version 4.4 before upgrading to version 5.0.0.
  • If you are using version 4.0 you need to upgrade to version 4.2 before upgrading to version 4.3.x.
  • If you are using version 3.8.5, you need to upgrade to version 4.0 before upgrading to version 4.2.
  • If you are on a version prior to 3.8.5, refer to the Upgrade Experience Manager Guides section in the product-specific installation guide available on Adobe Experience Manager Guides help PDF archive.
NOTE
You must install AEM service pack before upgrading Experience Manager Guides version.

For details, view Upgrade instructions for the On-premise releases of Experience Manager Guides.

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