HCL Digital Experience CF228 and HCL Digital Experience Compose 9.5 CF228 are Available!

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See the details on all product and program release deliveries below:

Key Features and Benefits

HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container Update and CF 228 (All Versions)

  • HCL DX software is now available through the new My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for HCL Digital Experience offerings. My HCLSoftware portal will replace the HCLSoftware License & Download portal as of June 30, 2025. Also see the HCL Support Knowledge Article
  • Presentation Designer - Additional units of measurement for style properties – Template designers can now change the unit of measurement for the different styling properties
  • The TinyMCE Enhanced Rich Text Editor – Used for authoring in HCL Web Content Manager, Is updated to V7.8.
  • DAM - New parameter for bulk upload warning– Administrators can configure a warning prompt to appear if the number of rich media assets intended for bulk upload exceeds a limit set in Helm.
  • New ‘Guide Me’ articles are added to the DX Help Center: Topics include How to clear Caches, Improve WCM Query performance, and more.

HCL Digital Experience 8.5 and 9 versions

  • HCL DX software is now available through the new My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for HCL Digital Experience offerings. My HCLSoftware portal will replace the HCLSoftware License & Download portal as of June 30, 2025. Also see the HCL Support Knowledge Article
  • Extended Support option is available for DX versions 8.5 and 9.0 – Customers who may not be able to update from DX versions 8.5 and 9.0 version 9.5 by June 30, 2025 can sign up for an Extended Support option. The Extended Support option will be offered from June 30, 2025 until June 30, 2026.
  • Automatically apply 9.5 from a later CF installation – Administrators can speed upgrading to the latest DX 9.5 version from V8.5 & 9 using the CF Update process, now set as the default (configurable) setting.

HCL Digital Experience 9.5 Container Update and CF 228 (K8s deployments)

  • DAM - New parameter for bulk upload warning– Administrators can configure a warning prompt to appear if the number of rich media assets intended for bulk upload exceeds a limit set in Helm.

HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5

HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5 is separately available lightweight, fast performing, cloud–only digital experience platform for delivering content-centric and transactional experiences. DX Compose includes a core container called WebEngine that is built on the Open Liberty platform and operates on Certified Kubernetes platforms. This architecture supports fast startup and execution times to deliver high-performance DX sites and is capable of using the latest Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) levels.

Key Features and Benefits

HCL Digital Experience Compose 9.5 CF 228 (K8s deployments)

HCL Digital Experience Compose v9.5 CF228 adds the new capabilities available with DX CF 228 Container update, and:

  • Customization of the DX Compose WebEngine image - Custom JARs and related files can be added to an existing official HCL DX Compose WebEngine image for deployment to your environments.
  • Enable transient users when using an OIDC identity provider- Administrators can enable transient users when using an OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider. Transient users are authenticated externally through the OIDC provider and do not require a corresponding entry in the local user registry. This allows users managed by an external identity provider to access DX Compose without the need to duplicate accounts locally.
  • Configure JAAS modules for use with transient users - Custom Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) login modules can provide further integration when enabling login permissions for users validated through OIDC.
  • Enable SSL connections for DB2 in DX Compose WebEngine – Administrators can enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) database connections for IBM DB2 in the WebEngine server.
  • HCL DX Compose software is available through the My HCLSoftware portal for customers licensed for the HCL Digital Experience Compose offering. Also see the HCL Support Knowledge Article
  • New ‘Guide Me’ article is added to the DX Compose Help Center: How to add new platform Administrators in DX Compose.

HCL Leap 9.3.10

Replay Available: HCL DX 2Q 2025 Quarterly Webinar: May 13: HCL DX Offerings Roadmap, and Latest Updates in Digital Asset Management.

This session featured:

  • Easier digital asset management with updates to DAM user interface.
  • A presentation of the DX roadmap, presented by Kyle Farnand, Director of HCL Digital Experience Product Management

Understand the latest innovations and how you can take advantage of the new capabilities ahead! Replay available here.

HCL Digital Experience component Volt Foundry – What does it do? Achieve 60% reduction in time to m with pre-built back-end adapters. Identity Service, Integration, Orchestration, Business Object Workflow, Analytics and Reporting. See it explained and in action.

Understand the possibilities! View HCL Total Experience Demos in Action:

Learn more and view the latest features in action (and in minutes)! In DX and DX Compose with the Digital Experience 9.5 HDX-NEW-2025 HCL Digital Experience What’s New in 2025 video lesson in the Digital Experience, What’s New in 2025 course section of the HCL Software U.

Additional new and updated HCL DX Learning modules in HCL Software Business U include: HDX-ADM-100 DX Client for Beginners, and HDX-DEV-200 HCL DX for Developers (Intermediate), and updates to HDX-DEV-100 and HDX-DEV-200 in the Introduction, and Web Content and Theme Development topic.

Ensure you are signed up and logged in to access the Lessons and corresponding hand-on lab materials, which can be downloaded.

See the latest technical blog posts in the HCL Digital Experience Developer Forum:

HCL DX Page Component configuration options - Did you know you have a lot of control on the page components that your business users can use to add content and applications to and DX page, using drag & drop? Learn how in this new technical blog post.

How to Store WCM Comments in a different Web Content Library, and Using a CustomEvent in DX Script Applications across an Angular and React apps

HCL Digital Experience Recognized as a Leader in the 2024 SPARK Matrix™ HCL Digital Experience (DX) has once again been recognized as a Leader in the 2024 SPARK Matrix™ for Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) by QKS Group, marking our fifth consecutive year at the top. Trusted by enterprises worldwide, HCL DX enables secure, scalable, AI-enhanced digital experiences with headless flexibility, NLP-powered search, and advanced analytics, empowering faster innovation and seamless transformation. Access the report here.

HCLSoftware is recognized as a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Digital Experience Platforms. As a Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant™, HCLSoftware is one of only 17 vendors evaluated in this report, which is based on an in-depth evaluation of vendors’ Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Access the report here.

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