Deprecation status

This section explains which SDL Web product features are deprecated, and what that deprecation means; which backwards compatibility issues you may encounter after you upgrade to the current product release; and which steps you can take to migrate from a (partly) deprecated implementation of SDL Tridion to a recommended one.

Deprecation

This release of SDL Web supports a number of deprecated third-party software product releases, such as operating systems or Web browsers. The deprecation status of a third-party software product release can be "Definitely" or "Probably":

  • Definitely—support for the software product release will definitely be dropped in the next version release (that is, the next release that is not a Service Pack) of SDL Web.
  • Probably—support for the software product release will probably be dropped in the next version release. Whether or not the software product release will actually be dropped typically depends on the exact time of a newer version of the third-party product.

This release of SDL Web also contains deprecated features such as APIs or the use of a certain programming language. In this case, deprecation means that the feature will remain supported in the foreseeable feature but that all new features are only offered in the new API or the new programming language.

Migration assistance
If your implementation contains deprecated product features you may want to migrate your implementation to a newer, recommended equivalent of that feature. Sometimes, such a migration is relatively trivial; at other times, such a migration may involve more work, such as when migrating from VBScript-based templates to modular templates. This kind of migration involves reimplementing your business logic in a new framework.