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Fact Sheet on AEM as a Cloud Service by Hemalatha Chockalingam

Abstract

AEM as a Cloud Service [AEMAACS] Powered by Microsoft Azure cloud (AWS is in the future roadmap)

Released on January 13, 2020

Latest update - AEMAACS 2021.5.0 on May 27, 2021

Next upcoming update - AEMAACS 2021.5.0 on June 24, 2021

Built-in CDN - Fastly CDN

Identity Management for Author Tier - Adobe IMS and Adobe Admin Console

Recommended Implementation Approach : Adobe Digital Foundation Blueprint

Release Model - Blue Green Deployment. It also allows for zero downtime upgrades and provides fast rollbacks. The old version of the application (blue) runs at the same time as the new version of the application(green).

Deployment Architecture - Adobe Cloud Manager with built in CI/CD functionality

AEM Project Maven Archetype - 24 or later

Deployable artifacts in AEMAACS - all.zip including ui.apps, ui.config & ui.content

Environments available in AEMAACS: Production, Stage & Development

Local Development setup for AEMAACS:

The AEM as a Cloud Service QuickStart: a .jar based, standalone installer of the latest AEM code base, with the same functional and API surface.
The AEM as a Cloud Service Dispatcher SDK: an image-based process for testing and validating Dispatcher configurations locally.
Cloud Readiness Assessment Tool - Best Practices Analyzer (based on Pattern Detector)

Cloud Transition Tools

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