Learning@Sitecore

Sitecore has recently release minor update on version its 10.4 version on 25th June 2025. Despite update on minor version, some important improvements have been made.  So, Let’s try to understand what key features has been improved. Solr Upgrade to v 9.8.1 First important change is in Solr service. The Sitecore XP 10.4.1 now supports upgraded version of Solr 9.8.1. Earlier it was using 8.11.2 version which has been deprecated. If you check the official release notes from Apache Solr 9.8.1 documentation, it shows key improvements and bug fixes which enhance the performance and these updates make Solr 9.8.1 a robust and reliable choice, especially if you're using HTTP/2 in SolrCloud. Another important change is also related to Solr, but it will be noticeable while installing the newer version of Sitecore XP via Sitecore Installation Framework (SIF). The setup process now, waits until the Solr server is fully available before proceeding, previously process waits for fixed period of ti...

Sitecore CLI is a powerful tool that allows developers to interact with Sitecore Instance through a command line interface. Sitecore has provided another interface called Sitecore CLI which includes huge list of cli commands  which you can use for development, deployment and even DevOps processes especially helpful when working with Sitecore Headless (XM Cloud, JSS) or Sitecore Experience Platform in modern development workflows. Since you will find many documents explaining how you can install and start with Sitecore CLI but in this blog I would like to compile all commands which I have used till now while development OR which are frequently used. Downloads You can download the Latest version of Sitecore CLI from this link . If you have already installed CLI in your environment, then you can choose to upgrade to latest version, But if you are starting new then same link will guide you the steps to start with it. Note: I have setup an alias in Powershell for dotnet sitecore to only...