New features introduced in AEM 6.5, Cloud Manager and Assets section.

The key features with AEM 6.5 Sites:
AEM is growing and improving as the best hybrid CMS now by providing or sharpening features like content services. AEM 6.5 provides extended support for hybrid Content Services now.

Major site-specific features are given below.

• Core components - Extensions, Live Coding, Maven Archetype
• SPA Integration - support for reacting & Angular Javascript frameworks
• Direct content API - Content Fragments support in Assets HTTP API
• Experience Fragment export to Adobe Target

AEM Sites 6.5 - Core components & Maven Archetype
There are new core components added to AEM 6.5. Creating a new or extending existing site in AEM - with or without the SPA JavaScript framework is more flexible now.

• Total 20 easy to style & production-ready components that are configurable in Template
• New components added as part of AEM 6.5 are: Teaser, Tab, Carousal & Separator
• The step by step tutorial to getting started is now enhanced.
• Added live coding support with https://aemfed.io/

AEM 6.5 Sites - Support for reacting and Angular - SPA Editor
A better experiences built with SPA Javascript frameworks

• SPA Editor for in-context editing, composition, configuration and layout the experiences
• Step - by Step tutorial to learn how to build new or more existing SPA into AEM
• Javascript SDK for React & Angular to annotate existing code to make it work in AEM
• Server-side rendering of SPA JS code for accelerated delivery and improved SEO
• New Maven Archetype for headless/SPA projects

AEM Sites 6.5 - Content Fragments in AEM HTTP API
Delivery of structured AEM Content over direct content API, which broadens AEM support of headless CMS Scenarios

• Enablement of output in JSON format
• Extension of AEM Assets HTTP API
• HTTP REST API for Content Fragment Delivery (Full CRUD Support Later)
• Bulk delivery of fragment structure and content

AEM Sites 6.5 Content Fragments DIFF View & Annotations
Editorial content governance for AEM Content Fragments
Review content changes in content fragments across versions

• side-by-side view, accessible in Assets admin Timeline view
• Ability to revert to the previous version
• - Annotate text in the content fragment editor
• View in rich text editing mode as well as editor default view
• Also visible in Assets Admin Timeline view

AEM Sites 6.5 - Export Experience Fragments
AEM 6.5 provides advanced experience personalization using AEM and Adobe Target with support for hybrid (HTML) and Headless (JSON) scenarios

• Define re-usable experiences in AEM and in Target activities
• Markup delivery by Target, referenced media assets by AEM
• Ability to support Target HTML offers and JSON offers
• Ability to delete Experience Fragments and associated Target offers from within AEM.

AEM Sites 6.5 - New Translation Enhancements
Increasing the efficiency of content translation with AEM through automation and improved 3rd party integrations

• Allow translation projects to use AEM Project masters
• Allow updating translated pages with updates in 3rd party Translation Memory
• Allow exporting translation jobs in JSON Format
• Auto approve translation jobs
• Auto - delete translation launches

Cloud Manager for AEM New features
Below given the major new features in AEM cloud manager released in January 2019

1) CI/CD Pipeline Enhancements

1. Ability to schedule deployment trigger
2. API integration through Adobe I/O
3. Code quality check on non -production pipeline
4. Creation of additional non -production pipeline

2) Reporting Dashboard
Monitoring interactive dashboard, including visibility into

1. basic system metrics
2. SLA reports
3. Security health status

3) Release Upgrades

• Evaluation of current code complexity
• Remediation through sandbox environment prior to the upgrade
• Execution through the blue-green deployment

AEM 6.5 Specific new features in the Assets section
Let us see the assets specific new features in AEM 6.5

AEM Assets 6.5 - Adobe Asset Link
The new and improved Adobe Asset Link helps to discover, use and edit assets from AEM directly within Creative Cloud desktop apps.

• We can place assets in your designs, download a copy
• Add new assets to AEM directly from CC apps
• Search AEM Assets & CC Assets, access collections, preview assets & Basic metadata directly from CC apps - PS, ID, AI
• Check out. in assets stored in AEM assets directly from PS, ID and AI into CC Assets
• Keep work in progress assets and final production assets in separate locations
• Single Sign-On with your Creative Cloud SSO credentials for access to digital assets from AEM Assets

AEM Assets 6.5 - AEM Desktop App Update
Open and edit any asset type in any desktop application (Including non- Adobe assets)

• Search for assets directly from the desktop app and find them
• Preview assets and open them in the associated desktop application
• Browse assets from AEM in a dedicated desktop app built-in browser - limit the need to use Finder/Explorer
• Edit assets locally and upload changes to AEM when done
• Upload files and folder hierarchies to AEM with progress monitoring

AEM Assets 6.5 - Adobe Stock Integration
Search and license Adobe Stock assets from AEM UI

• License and save original assets from Adobe Stock to AEM
• Search, preview and save Adobe Stock assets directly from AEM Assets Web UI

AEM Assets 6.5 - Remote DAM for Sites Authoring
This is a very useful feature which was expected for quite a long time.

• This helps sites authors to leverage assets from Remote DAM for authoring web pages
• Configure connection with Remote DAM on cloud
• Search seamlessly on Remote DAM from the content finder
• Drag & Drop remote assets into local sites page editor like a local asset
• Preview web pages with Remote DAM assets
• Further, edit remote DAM assets on Sites instance with a local copy
• Publish pages with remote DAM assets

AEM Assets 6.5 Brand Portal Enhancements: Asset Distribution

• Enhances user reporting (login, share)
• Browse and search enhancements
• File acceleration for downloads
• Guest Access
• Ability to schedule publishing
• Dynamic Media video support
• Configurable URL
• Folder hierarchy support for multi-brand, team usage
• Original asset access restrictions
• Additional admin configurations
• Performance enhancements

AEM Assets 6.5 - Brand Portal - Asset Sourcing

• Direct folder share with the external agency from DAM
• Upload capability on Brand Portal for sourcing brand, campaign assets from external agencies, teams
• Publish to DAM for review and multi-channel campaign usage
• New contributor role for an external agency user persona
• Admin configurations to control upload sizes

AEM Assets 6.5 - User Experience Enhancements

• New permission management tool in touch UI
• Accessibility Enhancements
• Improved bulk operations with 'Select All' Capability

AEM Assets 6.5 Dynamic Search Facets
There is a new dynamic faceted search for a faster experience

• This feature helps in providing dynamic filters and search results count is provided at filter/facet level

AEM Assets 6.5 - Visual Search
Adobe Sensei powered search for finding visually similar assets

• Find similar action in card, list and detail view
• Leverage search facets to further refine search results

AEM Assets 6.5 - Dynamic Media + Sensei

• ML/AI Extended to video. This is a notable feature as part of AEM 6.5
• Video Smart Crop - Automatically re-crop a video to new aspect ratios while preserving the points of interest inside that video
• Best Frame Selection- Automatically recommending optimal thumbnails when customers upload a video
• Video Smart Tags - Automatically add suggested tags based on the video's content.