Adobe Experience Manager Sites

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Also known as AEM Sites, Adobe AEM Sites

Adobe's enterprise content management system for websites and other digital experiences. Authors build pages and structured content in visual, form-based or document-based editors; the content is delivered as server-rendered pages through Edge Delivery Services or AEM's publish tier, or headless through GraphQL and OpenAPI-based APIs. Runs as AEM as a Cloud Service, or as AEM 6.5 / 6.5 LTS on premises or on Adobe Managed Services, and adds agentic and generative AI features on the cloud versions.

220 entries, last checked 2026-10-20, element 008 (Si) of the atlas

Integrates with 10

Agents 1

Adobe Experience Platform Agent Orchestrator: Content Advisor Agent, Brand Experience Agent

Integrated by 13

Includes 1

Adobe Experience Manager Assets: AEM Media Library

Foundation for 1

Adobe Brand Concierge: AEM Sites knowledge source

Contains 15 parts, 220 entries

Deployment options# Collection
Also known as AEM deployment options
The ways Adobe Experience Manager is run. These deployment options are shared by AEM Sites, AEM Assets and AEM Forms; they are modelled once here.
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Adobe Experience Manager as a Cloud Service# Edition
  Also known as AEM as a Cloud Service, AEMaaCS, AEM Cloud Service, AEM CS
  The cloud-native, always-current version of AEM operated by Adobe and shared by Sites, Assets and Forms. Author, preview and publish tiers autoscale in containers, new features arrive in monthly feature releases and fixes in twice-monthly maintenance updates without customer upgrades, and code is deployed only through Cloud Manager pipelines. Sites is licensed by content requests per month.
  Documentation | Release notes | Licensing
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Architecture and content delivery# Collection
    How AEM as a Cloud Service is structured and how its content reaches visitors.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Author, preview and publish tiers# Capability
      Also known as AEM author tier, AEM publish tier
      Separate service tiers per environment: a clustered author tier for content creation, a preview tier for reviewing content before release, and an autoscaling publish tier farm that serves visitors, all sharing a cloud blob store.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Dispatcher# Capability
      Also known as AEM Dispatcher
      AEM's Apache HTTP Server module for caching and request filtering in front of the publish tier, configured in code and validated locally with the Dispatcher SDK tools.
      Documentation
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Adobe-managed CDN# Service
      Also known as AEM Cloud Service CDN
      The content delivery network included with AEM as a Cloud Service and Edge Delivery Services. Customers configure caching, origin selectors, request and response transformations, redirects, custom error pages and cache purges in a CDN configuration file; a customer's own CDN can sit in front of it.
      Documentation
      Last checked 2026-09-29
      - Traffic filter rules and WAF# Capability
        Also known as AEM traffic filter rules, AEM WAF rules
        Rules evaluated at the CDN that block, allow or rate-limit requests by IP, path, header or country, plus licensed Web Application Firewall rules against common attack patterns.
        Last checked 2026-09-29
      - Pipeline-free URL redirects# Capability
        Large redirect maps maintained as content and applied without a code deployment.
        Last checked 2026-09-29
    - AEM Edge Functions# Service
      Runs customer JavaScript at the Adobe-managed CDN for AEM Sites customers, on both Java-stack Cloud Service and Edge Delivery Services projects: geolocation or device-based personalization, middleware in front of the origin, reshaping third-party API responses and composing HTML at the edge, with key-value storage. Generally available since release 2026.8.0.
      Documentation
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Content Replication Service# Service
      Also known as Sling Content Distribution
      Publishes content from the author tier to the preview and publish tiers through a pipeline service, with Manage Publication and tree activation workflows for bulk publishing.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Content search and indexing# Capability
      Also known as Simplified Index Management
      Oak index definitions deployed as code; since 2026.3.0 Simplified Index Management lets teams customize out-of-the-box indexes with one JSON file that merges with the latest product index.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Operations and monitoring# Collection
    How AEM as a Cloud Service is updated, monitored and operated.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - AEM version updates# Capability
      Also known as AEM Cloud Service feature releases, AEM maintenance releases
      Adobe applies monthly feature releases (for example 2026.9.0 on September 24, 2026) and twice-monthly maintenance releases to every environment automatically, after running the customer's tests; a prerelease channel exposes upcoming features early.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
      - Quiet Hours and Update-Free Periods# Capability
        Self-service windows that pause automatic maintenance updates, daily (Quiet Hours) or for up to a week (Update-Free Period), for launches and freezes. Also manageable through AI Assistant.
        Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Java 25 runtime upgrade# Capability, announced
      Adobe is moving AEM as a Cloud Service from the Java 21 runtime to Java 25. The SDK supports Java 25 from mid-October 2026 and customers can opt in from November 2026; Adobe migrates lower environments from February to May 2027 and all environments in June 2027, when Java 21 is decommissioned.
      Last checked 2026-10-20
    - Experience Hub# Application
      Also known as AEM Experience Hub
      The personalized start page of AEM as a Cloud Service, with role-based widgets (for example failed pipelines and Security Health for the Admin and IT role) and entry points into Sites, Assets, Forms and Cloud Manager.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Actions Center# Capability
      Notifications about incidents and proactive recommendations that need customer action.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Security Health# Capability
      Daily scan of production environments shown in Experience Hub: known CVEs in third-party Java libraries used by custom code and risky permission settings, aligned with the OWASP Top 10.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Log forwarding# Capability
      Sends AEM, Apache/Dispatcher and CDN logs to a customer's logging vendor (for example Splunk, Datadog, Elastic or Sumo Logic).
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - OpenTelemetry for application performance monitoring# Capability, limited availability
      Also known as AEM OpenTelemetry APM
      Sends traces, metrics and logs from AEM tiers over OpenTelemetry to the APM tool of the customer's choice, replacing the built-in APM integration. In limited availability, by request, from October 19, 2026.
      Last checked 2026-10-20
    - AEM Developer Console# Application
      Per-environment debugging console showing bundles, components, OSGi configurations, queries and status dumps; a refreshed version became the default in 2026.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Security and access# Collection
    Identity, networking and encryption options for AEM as a Cloud Service.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Adobe IMS authentication# Capability
      Also known as AEM IMS support
      Authors sign in with Adobe Identity Management; users and groups come from Admin Console product profiles, and server-to-server integrations use OAuth credentials from Adobe Developer Console.
      Built on: Identity Management System
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - OpenID Connect on the publish tier# Capability
      Authenticates site visitors against a customer identity provider for gated publish content.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Advanced networking# Capability
      Flexible port egress, dedicated egress IP addresses and VPN connections for a program.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Principal view for permissions# Capability
      Author-tier UI for reviewing and editing the permissions of a user or group across content paths.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Migration to AEM as a Cloud Service# Collection
    Also known as AEM Cloud Service migration journey
    Tools that move AEM 6.x code and content to AEM as a Cloud Service.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Cloud Acceleration Manager# Application
      Also known as CAM
      Web app that guides a migration from readiness through go-live, analyzing Best Practices Analyzer reports and tracking content transfers.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Best Practices Analyzer# Capability
      Also known as BPA
      Package installed on AEM 6.x that reports features and code patterns needing changes for Cloud Service.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Content Transfer Tool# Capability
      Also known as CTT
      Extracts content from an AEM 6.x source and ingests it into Cloud Service environments, with top-up runs.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Code refactoring tools# Capability
      Also known as Repository Modernizer, AEM Modernization Tools, AEM Dispatcher Converter
      Utilities that restructure 6.x projects for Cloud Service: Repository Modernizer, Index Converter, Dispatcher Converter and the AEM Modernization Tools (static to editable templates, Core Components).
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - AI-assisted code migration# Capability
      Also known as Cloud Migration Skill, Cloud Migration MCP
      An IDE agent skill and a Cloud Migration MCP server that let coding agents act on Best Practices Analyzer findings from Cloud Acceleration Manager and refactor 6.x Java-stack code (schedulers, replication and event APIs, legacy UI dialogs, static templates, Dispatcher configuration). Since 2026.9.0 it first writes a read-only migration runbook.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
- Adobe Experience Manager 6.5# Edition
  Also known as AEM 6.5, Experience Manager 6.5
  The installable AEM release from 2019 (Sites, Assets and Forms) run on premises or on Adobe Managed Services and updated through service packs (6.5.25.0 in May 2026, 6.5.26.0 targeted for November 2026). Core support ended on Managed Services on August 31, 2026 and is planned to end on premises in February 2027; customers are directed to 6.5 LTS or AEM as a Cloud Service.
  Documentation | Release notes | Licensing
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS# Edition
  Also known as AEM 6.5 LTS, Experience Manager 6.5 LTS, AEM 6.5 Long-term Support
  The long-term-support branch of AEM 6.5, generally available since March 7, 2025, on Java 17 and 21 with updated Sling, Felix and Oak. It is the 6.5 line that receives new features, delivered in service packs (SP3 in August 2026, SP4 to SP7 planned through November 2027), including Universal Editor authoring (Crosswalk) on Managed Services and the Content Fragments OpenAPI. AEM agents are rolling out to 6.5 LTS on Managed Services only.
  Documentation | Release notes | Licensing
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Adobe Managed Services# Service
  Also known as AMS, AEM Managed Services, Experience Manager Managed Services
  Adobe-hosted and operated AEM 6.5 / 6.5 LTS environments in the cloud, with Adobe handling infrastructure, monitoring, security compliance (FedRAMP, HIPAA, GLBA) and upgrades, and Cloud Manager for AMS providing CI/CD pipelines.
  Product page | Licensing
  Last checked 2026-09-29
Editors# Collection
Also known as AEM authoring methods, AEM Sites editors
The authoring surfaces for Sites content. Which one is used depends on the project: the Universal Editor or Page Editor for content stored in AEM, and Experience Workspace or Word and Google Docs for Edge Delivery Services document-based projects (listed under Edge Delivery Services).
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Universal Editor# Application
  Also known as AEM Universal Editor
  Visual in-context (WYSIWYG) editor for any AEM implementation, headless or headful: authors edit text, media and components directly in the rendered experience and use a properties panel and content tree, while developers keep the front end fully decoupled. The recommended editor for AEM-authored Edge Delivery sites and for headless apps, and available on 6.5 LTS on Managed Services.
  Documentation | Release notes
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - In-context editing# Capability
    Select, edit, add, move (including drag and drop), copy and delete components in place; rich text with find and replace, color picker and inline code; component picker and context menus.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Properties panel and content tree# Capability
    Form-based editing of the selected component or fragment and a tree of the page's editable content.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Universal Editor page templates and inheritance# Capability
    Page templates and MSM inheritance handling (breaking and restoring inheritance) inside the Universal Editor.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Universal Editor extensibility# Capability
    App Builder UI extensions, editor actions and events, custom asset pickers and native features such as page lock; content is persisted through adapters for AEM, Content Fragments (GraphQL, OpenAPI, 6.5) and Experience Workspace.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- Page Editor# Application
  Also known as AEM Page Editor, Touch UI page editor
  The classic AEM in-page editor for component-based pages rendered by AEM (HTL), with edit, layout, preview, targeting, timewarp and developer modes.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Responsive layout# Capability
    Also known as Layout mode
    Layout mode for resizing components on a grid per device breakpoint.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Rich Text Editor# Capability
    Also known as AEM RTE
    Configurable in-place rich text editing with plug-ins for formatting, links, tables and accessibility.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Page annotations# Capability
    Review comments and sketches attached to components on a page.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Developer mode# Capability
    Page Editor mode showing component tree, rendering times and errors for debugging.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
Content management# Collection
How pages, reusable content and publishing are managed in AEM Sites.
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Sites console# Application
  Also known as AEM Sites console, Sites admin
  Console for browsing the site hierarchy and creating, moving, copying, locking, previewing and publishing pages, editing page properties and exporting page lists to CSV.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Page publishing and Manage Publication# Capability
    Also known as Manage Publication
    Quick publish, scheduled activation and deactivation, publishing to the preview tier, and the Manage Publication wizard for publishing many pages with references or through a workflow.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Page versions and Page Diff# Capability
    Version history with restore, and side-by-side comparison of page versions.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Page properties# Capability
    Per-page metadata such as title, vanity URLs, SEO fields, social sharing, permissions and Live Copy status.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- Editable templates# Capability
  Also known as AEM page templates, Templates console
  Page templates defined by template authors in the Template Editor, with structure, initial content, allowed components (policies) and page policies; managed in the Templates console.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Core Components# Capability
  Also known as AEM Core Components, AEM WCM Core Components
  Adobe's open-source, versioned set of standard page components (text, image, teaser, navigation, container, form and more) built on HTL and Sling Models, with JSON export and Adobe Client Data Layer support. Components are listed in the Components console.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Style System# Capability
    Lets template authors define CSS style variations that authors apply to components without new code.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- Experience Fragments# Capability
  Also known as XF, AEM Experience Fragments
  Reusable groups of components with layout (headers, footers, promotions) with variations per channel, referenced across pages and exportable as HTML or JSON to other channels and to Adobe Target.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Launches# Capability
  Also known as AEM Launches
  Copies of pages (and, since 2025, Content Fragments) edited in parallel for a future release, previewed with Timewarp and promoted to the live content manually or on a schedule.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Projects# Capability
  Also known as AEM Projects
  Groups people, tasks, workflows and content for a piece of work, shown as tiles in a project dashboard.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Workflows# Capability
  Also known as AEM workflows
  Configurable approval and processing workflows (request for activation, translation, custom models) applied to pages, with work items in the author's Inbox.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Tagging# Capability
  Also known as AEM tags, AEM taxonomy
  Hierarchical, localizable tag namespaces used to classify pages, fragments and assets and to drive search and lists.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Quick Site Creation# Capability
  Also known as AEM site templates, Site themes
  Creates a site from a site template (such as the Standard Site template) and lets front-end developers customize its theme with CSS and JavaScript deployed through the Cloud Manager front-end pipeline.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
Multi-site management and translation# Collection
Also known as AEM MSM and translation
Reuse of content across brands, regions and languages.
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Multi Site Manager# Capability
  Also known as MSM, AEM MSM, Live Copy
  Creates Live Copies of a source (blueprint) site that stay synchronized through rollout configurations, while local authors can break inheritance on individual components or pages.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Rollout configurations# Capability
    Rules that decide when and how blueprint changes are pushed to Live Copies (on rollout, on modification, on activation).
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Live Copy Overview console# Capability
    Shows the inheritance status of every Live Copy page of a blueprint and allows synchronization and conflict handling.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- Translation# Capability
  Also known as AEM translation, AEM Sites translation
  Language copies of sites and fragments created and updated through translation projects that send content to human, machine or AI translation services and bring translated content back for review.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Translation Integration Framework# Capability
    Also known as TIF
    Cloud configurations that connect AEM to translation vendors and define which content and properties are translated.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Translation projects and Language Copy wizard# Capability
    Projects that track translation jobs per language, created from the Sites console or the Language Copy wizard.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Microsoft Translator connector# Integration
    Machine translation connector included with AEM, connected with the customer's Microsoft Translator account.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AI Translation Integration# Integration
    Uses a large language model as a translation provider in the same translation workflows, starting with Azure OpenAI under the customer's own license, and turns uploaded translation style guides into rules for tone and terminology. Added in 2026.4.0.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
Headless CMS# Collection
Also known as Experience Manager Headless CMS, AEM Headless, AEM headless CMS
AEM's headless content capabilities: structured Content Fragments modelled in AEM and delivered to any front end or app through GraphQL and OpenAPI-based REST APIs, with the Universal Editor or Content Fragment Editor for authoring.
Documentation
Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Content Fragments# Capability
  Also known as AEM CF
  Channel-neutral structured content based on Content Fragment Models, with variations, references to other fragments and assets, metadata, versions and check-out. Included in the Sites license and used in pages, headless apps, Journey Optimizer and Target.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Content Fragment Models# Capability
    Schemas of typed fields (text, number, date, enumeration, JSON, tags, references, tabs) that fragments are created from.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Content Fragment Editor# Application
    The form-based editor and Content Fragments console for fragments, rebuilt on Spectrum 2: TipTap rich text shared with the Universal Editor, JSON preview, metadata editing, check-out and check-in, folder actions and a new content reference picker (2026).
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Visual Content Fragments# Capability
    Also known as Content Fragment Visualization Templates
    Renders Content Fragment output as formatted HTML through attached HTML templates, so authors can preview structured content in its final form and deliver it to web, email and Edge Delivery Services. Added in 2026.6.0.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Content Fragment Selector and Creator# Capability
    Also known as Micro-Frontend Content Fragment Selector
    Micro-frontend components that let Adobe and third-party applications pick or create AEM Content Fragments.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- GraphQL API for Content Fragments# API / SDK
  Also known as AEM GraphQL API
  GraphQL schema generated from Content Fragment Models for querying fragments on author, preview and publish, with persisted queries cached by the CDN and the GraphiQL IDE for building queries.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Content Fragment Delivery with OpenAPI# API / SDK
  REST API for delivering published Content Fragments as JSON, optimized for CDN caching.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Content Fragments and Models OpenAPIs# API / SDK
  Also known as AEM Sites API, Content Fragments and Model Management API
  REST API for creating, updating, versioning and publishing fragments and models on the author tier, also available for 6.5 LTS. It replaces Content Fragment support in the Assets HTTP API, which is deprecated.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Content Services# API / SDK
  Also known as AEM Content Services, Sling Model Exporter
  JSON representations of AEM pages and components through the Sling Model Exporter, so the same page and component abstractions used for web authoring define headless endpoints.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Headless SDK# API / SDK
  JavaScript client library for calling AEM GraphQL persisted queries from web and Node.js apps.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- SPA Editor# Capability, deprecated
  Framework for in-context editing of React or Angular single-page applications in AEM. Deprecated in AEM as a Cloud Service; Adobe recommends the Universal Editor for visual and the Content Fragment Editor for form-based headless authoring.
  Replaced by Universal Editor
  Last checked 2026-09-29
Edge Delivery Services# Service
Also known as EDS, AEM Edge Delivery Services, Edge Delivery Services for AEM Sites, aem.live, Franklin, Helix
AEM's composable delivery layer that renders pages as semantic HTML at the edge, with code in a customer GitHub (or other Git) repository and content from Experience Workspace, SharePoint, Google Drive or AEM authoring. It is built for near-perfect Lighthouse scores, has no build step, separate preview (aem.page) and live (aem.live) environments, and is licensed with AEM Sites as a Cloud Service.
Documentation
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Content sources and authoring# Collection
  Where Edge Delivery Services content is authored and stored.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Experience Workspace# Application
    Also known as Document Authoring, DA, da.live, Document Authoring for Edge Delivery Services
    Adobe's browser-based authoring surface for Edge Delivery Services documents and sheets, where authors and AI agents work together. Formerly Document Authoring (renamed in September 2026 as an in-place upgrade), it adds a WYSIWYG canvas with layout mode, an assistant panel backed by CX Enterprise Coworker, skills and author memory, enterprise brand context, MCP and REST APIs, and full CMS operations. Works only with the document-based repository, not AEM Author.
    Integrates with: CX Enterprise Coworker
    Documentation
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Canvas editor# Capability
      WYSIWYG editing of pages with layout, content and split views, a library of blocks, templates and icons, and live preview.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Sheets and structured content# Capability
      Spreadsheet-style tabular data and schema-driven, form-based structured content authoring.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Prepare menu# Capability
      Pre-publish actions on a document: Preflight checks run by the Governance Agent, Request Publish approvals (with an agentic mode), Schedule Publish and Send to Adobe Target.
      Integrates with: Brand Governance Agent, Target
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Experience Workspace Multi-Site Manager# Capability
      Base and satellite sites where satellites inherit pages from the base unless a local copy detaches them.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Experience Workspace translation# Capability
      A Translate app using Google Translate by default, with configurable connectors, translation projects and rollout strategies.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Media Library# Capability
      Unified view of a site's images, videos, fragments, SVGs and PDFs, with AEM Assets integration for approved assets.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Snapshots and version history# Capability
      Automatic versions for documents and snapshots that bundle page changes for a coordinated release.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Experience Workspace MCP# API / SDK
      MCP server that lets assistants such as Claude or ChatGPT browse, read, create, update, move and version Experience Workspace content.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Document-based authoring# Capability
    Also known as Microsoft Word and Google Docs authoring
    Authoring pages in Microsoft Word or Google Docs and data in Excel or Google Sheets, stored in SharePoint or Google Drive and previewed and published with the AEM Sidekick.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM authoring for Edge Delivery Services# Integration
    Also known as Crosswalk, xwalk, Universal Editor for Edge Delivery Services
    Content authored and stored in AEM Sites as a Cloud Service with the Universal Editor, using MSM, translation, launches and workflows, and published as semantic HTML to Edge Delivery Services. Repoless setups let many sites share one codebase.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Bring Your Own Markup# Capability
    Also known as BYOM, JSON2HTML
    Content-source API that ingests semantic HTML from any external system; the JSON2HTML worker turns JSON from a legacy headless CMS into such HTML with Mustache templates.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM Importer# Capability
    Converts existing web pages into Word documents, Experience Workspace HTML or AEM content packages.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Sidekick# Application
  Also known as Sidekick
  Browser extension (Chrome and Chromium-based browsers) that adds edit, preview and publish actions to Edge Delivery pages and their source documents, and hosts project plugins.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Sidekick Library# Capability
    Sidekick extension that lists a project's blocks and custom plugins for authors.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM Assets Sidekick plugin# Integration
    Lets Word and Google Docs authors insert approved assets from AEM Assets or Assets Essentials.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- Development# Collection
  How Edge Delivery Services sites are built.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Blocks and Block Collection# Capability
    Also known as Block Collection, Block Party, AEM Boilerplate
    Pages are sections of default content and blocks, each block a folder of vanilla JavaScript and CSS that decorates authored markup. Projects start from the AEM Boilerplate; the Block Collection and community Block Party provide reference blocks.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Edge Delivery fragments# Capability
    Reusable documents or sheets (headers, footers, shared sections) delivered and cached separately and inserted into pages.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Widgets# Capability
    Self-contained application parts (search, calculators, locators, forms) with their own HTML, CSS and JavaScript, added by pasting a link.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Spreadsheets and indexing# Capability
    Also known as query-index
    Excel and Google Sheets published as JSON for data, placeholders, redirects, bulk metadata and configuration, plus query indexes of published pages for lists and search.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Repoless sites and Configuration Service# Capability
    Also known as Repoless
    Runs many sites from one codebase through the Configuration Service, which manages organizations, profiles, sites and content sources with inherited configuration (tools.aem.live).
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Edge Delivery Admin API# API / SDK
    Also known as AEM Admin API
    REST API (admin.hlx.page) for preview, publish, cache purge, indexing, snapshots, configuration and API keys.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM CLI# Capability
    Command-line tool for local development with live reload against the preview content, and for imports.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Developing with AI coding agents# Capability
    AGENTS.md conventions and agent skills in the AEM Boilerplate so coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot and others) follow Edge Delivery block and content-modelling patterns.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM Embed# Capability
    Web component that embeds Edge Delivery content, such as a shared header and footer, in non-AEM sites and apps.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- Publishing and delivery# Collection
  How Edge Delivery content is released and served.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Snapshots and Reviews# Capability
    Named sets of previewed pages reviewed together on .aem.reviews and published at once for a launch.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Scheduled publishing# Capability
    Crontab-sheet scheduling of preview, publish, purge and index jobs.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - CDN setup and push invalidation# Capability
    Also known as BYO CDN
    Delivery through the Adobe-managed CDN or the customer's Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly or CloudFront, with push invalidation that purges the production CDN when authors publish.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Site authentication and closed user groups# Capability
    Visitor authentication for intranets, closed user groups enforced at the CDN, and author authentication with roles.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Edge Authentication for Edge Delivery Services# Capability, beta
    Authentication enforced at the edge for Edge Delivery sites. Beta program.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- Edge Delivery integrations# Collection
  First-party and third-party integrations documented for Edge Delivery sites.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Adobe Experience Cloud martech integration# Integration
    Plugin that loads Experience Platform Web SDK, the Adobe Client Data Layer and Tags without hurting performance, for Analytics tracking and Target or Journey Optimizer personalization.
    Integrates with: Web SDK, Tags, Analytics
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Adobe Target integration for Edge Delivery# Integration
    Personalization with the Target Visual Experience Composer through Web SDK (recommended) or at.js.
    Integrates with: Target
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Forms on Edge Delivery Services# Integration
    Spreadsheet-authored forms are included with Sites; the Adaptive Forms block, submissions and other AEM Forms capabilities need an AEM Forms license (modelled with AEM Forms).
    Integrates with: Forms on Edge Delivery Services
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Commerce Storefront on Edge Delivery Services# Integration
    Adobe Commerce storefront built on Edge Delivery Services with commerce drop-in components, authored like other Edge Delivery content.
    Integrates with: Commerce Storefront
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Consent management and Google integrations# Integration
    Guides for adding a consent management platform and Google Analytics or Tag Manager to Edge Delivery sites.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
Performance, SEO and experimentation# Collection
Measurement, search visibility and testing capabilities built into AEM Sites.
Integrates with: Experience Manager Sites Optimizer
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Operational Telemetry# Service
  Also known as OpTel, Real Use Monitoring, AEM RUM
  Privacy-preserving, sampled collection of performance, traffic acquisition and conversion data on every AEM site (with or without Edge Delivery Services), without cookies or fingerprinting, and an Operational Telemetry explorer for Core Web Vitals and traffic analysis.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Contextual Experimentation# Capability
  Also known as AEM Experimentation, Edge Delivery experimentation
  Built-in A/B and audience experiments for Edge Delivery sites, set up by authors in their documents or editor and reported from Operational Telemetry data, without a separate testing tool or page slowdown.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- SEO and URL management# Capability
  Also known as AEM SEO
  Vanity URLs, sitemaps, canonical URLs, redirects and page metadata on Cloud Service, and on Edge Delivery server-rendered canonical content, automatic sitemaps, JSON-LD structured data and guidance for generative engine optimization (GEO).
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Content Fragments published to Edge Delivery# Capability
  Publishes AEM Content Fragments to Edge Delivery Services as self-contained semantic HTML instead of references, so search engines and LLM agents can read the full content.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Web performance (Keeping it 100)# Capability
  Edge Delivery loading model (eager, lazy, delayed phases) and practices aimed at a Lighthouse score of 100.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
Personalization# Collection
Also known as AEM personalization
Targeted content in AEM Sites, either AEM-native or through Adobe Target.
Last checked 2026-09-29
- ContextHub# Capability
  Client-side framework that stores visitor context (location, device, profile data) for segmentation and preview.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Targeting mode# Capability
  Also known as AEM targeted content
  Page Editor mode for creating targeted experiences per audience with brands, activities, audiences and the Offers console, using AEM segments (ContextHub) or Adobe Target as the engine.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Registration, login and user profiles# Capability
  Publish-tier sign-in and user and group synchronization for gated and personalized content.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
AI in AEM# Collection
Also known as AEM AI features, Generative AI in AEM
Assistant, generative and agentic capabilities in AEM as a Cloud Service and Edge Delivery Services. Most AI-powered and agentic features need an additional agreement (Agentic SKU, trial or Try Before You Buy).
Documentation
Last checked 2026-09-29
- AI Assistant in AEM# Capability
  Also known as AEM AI Assistant
  Conversational assistant embedded in Experience Hub, Cloud Manager and the author UI that answers AEM product questions, creates and tracks support tickets (Support Admins) and is the entry point for AEM agent jobs such as Cloud Manager questions and Quiet Hours scheduling. Also in 6.5 LTS.
  Integrates with: Product Support Agent
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Generate Variations# Capability
  Also known as AEM Generate Variations
  Generative AI that creates copy and image variations of a selected block from a prompt or the Prompt Library, using brand and audience context, inside the Universal Editor, the Content Fragment Editor and the Sidekick; variations can be tested with Edge Delivery experimentation. Uses generative credits and requires the Edge Delivery Services license; the standalone version outside the editors will be deprecated.
  Documentation | Release notes
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Content AI# Service
  Also known as Experience Manager Content AI
  Layer that turns governed AEM content into grounding for AI: Content Sources (AEM pages, fragments, assets, forms, taxonomies and external sites) are vectorized and semantically enriched, and Content AI APIs provide retrieval, brand-aware generation and optimization for authoring tools, agents and customer-built conversational experiences. Some API operations are still experimental.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Content AI Sources# Capability
    Managed connections to a trusted body of content that are indexed once and reused across Content AI APIs with automatic refresh.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Content AI API# API / SDK
    Stable and experimental OpenAPI endpoints for semantic search, grounding and generation over Content AI Sources.
    Documentation
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM agentic capabilities in CX Enterprise Coworker# Integration
  Also known as AEM skills in Coworker
  AEM skills for creating, updating and readying content, discovering assets and checking brand governance, generally available in the Coworker immersive experience since September 2026; an in-product right-rail panel is to follow.
  Integrates with: CX Enterprise Coworker
  Last checked 2026-10-20
- Permission management in AEM# Capability
  Governance Agent skill that audits effective ACLs on the author tier in real time from plain-language questions, explains access decisions and suggests least-privilege groups. Added in 2026.8.0.
  Integrates with: Brand Governance Agent
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM agents playground# Capability
  Also known as AEM Playground
  Self-service 30-day sandbox with a demo brand for trying the AEM agents on Edge Delivery Services.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Agents in AEM# Collection
  The AEM-specific agents through which the Brand Experience Agent works. They run on AEM as a Cloud Service and Edge Delivery Services, are rolling out to 6.5 LTS on Managed Services, and are not offered for on-premises 6.5.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Experience Modernization Agent# AI agent
    Migrates existing websites (from other CMSs, legacy AEM or Figma designs) to Edge Delivery Services with Experience Workspace or AEM authoring, and supports ongoing block development following content-driven development; developers review changes through GitHub.
    Integrates with: Brand Experience Agent
    Documentation
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Experience Modernization Console# Application
      Also known as aemcoder
      Web-based, AI-assisted development environment (aemcoder.adobe.io) for prompting site changes with live AEM preview; generally available.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Site creation and migration skills# Capability
      Page migration, bulk import, design extraction, navigation setup and scraping, including redesign migrations into Figma-derived blocks and new pages from Figma frames.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Site Catalog skill# Capability
      Crawls a site, catalogs page templates and block variants with screenshots and produces an HTML report for migration planning.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Project Documentation skill# Capability
      Generates handover documentation once authoring and development work is complete.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Agentic Outcome Engineer delivery# Service
      Also known as AOE delivery
      Optional Adobe engineering service that operates the Experience Modernization Agent for complex or accelerated migrations.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Experience Production Agent# AI agent
    Automates high-volume content work in AEM through jobs started from AI Assistant or Coworker; its form and communication creation jobs belong to AEM Forms.
    Integrates with: Brand Experience Agent
    Documentation
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Content Update job# Capability
      Updates, removes, replaces or adds content in pages, fragments, forms and assets from a prompt, Jira ticket, PDF or screenshot.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Content Create job# Capability, limited availability
      Creates new pages from a marketing brief, a template and a prompt. Limited Availability.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Figma to Visual Content Fragments job# Capability
      Imports Figma designs as Content Fragment Models, Content Fragments and HTML templates.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Development Agent# AI agent
    Also known as Experience Development Agent
    Helps AEM Cloud Service developers and administrators through AI Assistant: diagnoses failed Cloud Manager pipelines, answers questions about programs, environments and pipelines, and manages maintenance windows.
    Integrates with: Brand Experience Agent
    Documentation
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Pipeline troubleshooting job# Capability
      Root-cause analysis and fixes for failed build, unit test and code scanning steps in full-stack and code quality pipelines, and for web tier config pipelines; started from the failed execution or the Experience Hub widget.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Cloud Manager job# Capability
      Retrieves program, environment and pipeline information and links to build, error and access logs in conversation.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Quiet Hours and Update-Free Periods job# Capability
      Views, creates and edits maintenance pause windows while checking the scheduling limits.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Replication troubleshooting job# Capability, beta
      Diagnoses content replication issues. Beta.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
- MCP servers and AI tool integrations# Collection
  Ways to work with AEM from chat applications, agent platforms and coding agents.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM MCP Server# API / SDK
    Also known as Adobe Experience Manager MCP Server
    Unified MCP endpoint (mcp.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/mcp/aem), introduced in July 2026, that exposes content operations on pages, fragments and assets, Experience Governance checks and, since 2026.9.0, Cloud Manager operations, under the signed-in user's AEM permissions. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Workfront Fusion and other MCP clients.
    Documentation
    Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Content tools# Capability
      Create, read, update and delete pages and Content Fragments; search, upload, move, publish and inspect references of assets.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Experience Governance tools# Capability
      Also known as Experience Governance MCP Server
      Evaluate text, images and pages against brand governance rules; requires the agents trial or license.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
    - Cloud Manager tools# Capability
      Also known as Cloud Manager MCP Server
      List and manage programs, environments, repositories and pipelines, and trigger pipelines, from an AI client or IDE.
      Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Domain-specific AEM MCP servers# API / SDK, deprecated
    Also known as Content MCP Server, AEM Content MCP Servers
    The separate Content, read-only Content, Cloud Manager and Experience Governance MCP endpoints released from January 2026; Adobe now directs customers to the unified AEM MCP Server. The Cloud Migration MCP server remains separate.
    Replaced by AEM MCP Server
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM Claude Connector# Integration
    Also known as Adobe Experience Manager Connector for Claude
    One-click connector in Anthropic's Claude connector directory that uses the AEM MCP Server, including editing content by prompt.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM ChatGPT Plugin# Integration
    Also known as Adobe Experience Manager Plugin for ChatGPT
    One-click plugin in OpenAI's ChatGPT marketplace that uses the AEM MCP Server.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - AEM agent skills for IDEs# Capability
    Also known as IDE AI tooling for AEM, AEM Agent Skills
    Installable skills and local MCP servers for coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and others) working on Java-stack AEM projects: AGENTS.md setup, component creation, Dispatcher configuration, cloud migration and code assessment with auto-fix (query optimization added October 2026), plus the AEM Quickstart and Dispatcher MCP servers from the SDK.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
Adobe integrations# Collection
Also known as AEM Sites integrations
Integrations between AEM Sites (Java stack) and other Adobe applications.
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Adobe Analytics integration# Integration
  Page and component tracking through Experience Platform Tags and the Adobe Client Data Layer; the older Experience Cloud Setup Automation is deprecated.
  Integrates with: Analytics, Tags
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Adobe Target integration# Integration
  Connects AEM to Target through an IMS configuration and Tags, and exports Experience Fragments and Content Fragments to Target as offers for A/B tests and personalization.
  Integrates with: AEM Experience Fragments and Content Fragments
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Adobe Campaign integration# Integration
  Authors email content in AEM and uses it in Adobe Campaign deliveries.
  Integrates with: Experience Manager integration
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Content Fragments in Adobe Journey Optimizer# Integration
  Uses AEM Content Fragments in Journey Optimizer messages, with an extension for AJO external references.
  Integrates with: Experience Manager integration
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Adobe Learning Manager integration# Integration
  Embeds Learning Manager learner experiences in AEM Sites; Learning Manager Prime and Ultimate are sold as Sites add-ons.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Commerce integration# Integration
  Also known as AEM Content and Commerce
  Combining AEM content with commerce data: the Edge Delivery Services storefront, third-party storefronts, or the Commerce Integration Framework (CIF) storefront on AEM with Adobe Commerce or other e-commerce platforms. CIF is a separately licensed Sites add-on.
  Integrates with: Commerce Integration Framework, Commerce
  Last checked 2026-09-29
Full-stack development# Collection
Also known as AEM Java-stack development
Building AEM applications on the Java stack (as opposed to Edge Delivery Services projects).
Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM as a Cloud Service SDK# Capability
  Also known as AEM SDK, AEM Quickstart
  Local author and publish Quickstart, Java API jar, Dispatcher tools and other tooling that mirror the cloud runtime.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Project Archetype and project structure# Capability
  Also known as AEM Project Archetype
  Maven archetype and package structure (ui.apps, ui.content, core, dispatcher) required for Cloud Service deployments.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- HTL# Capability
  Also known as HTML Template Language, Sightly
  AEM's server-side HTML templating language, used with Sling Models to render components.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Developer tools# Capability
  Also known as CRXDE Lite, Package Manager
  CRXDE Lite, Package Manager, the repository browser, the link externalizer and the Content Package Maven plugin.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- UI extensibility and Extension Manager# Capability
  Also known as AEM UI Extensions, UIX
  App Builder-based extensions for the Universal Editor, Content Fragment console and editor and other AEM UIs, enabled per environment in the Extension Manager. Sites licenses include one App Builder pack.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
Cloud Manager# Service
Also known as Adobe Cloud Manager, AEM Cloud Manager, Experience Manager Cloud Manager
The self-service portal and API for running AEM in the cloud, shared by Sites, Assets and Forms: it creates programs and environments, runs the CI/CD pipelines that are the only way to deploy code to AEM as a Cloud Service, enforces code quality and security gates, and manages domains, certificates, networking, Edge Delivery sites and licenses. A separate Cloud Manager for AMS serves Managed Services.
Documentation | Release notes
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Programs and environments# Collection
  How Cloud Manager organizes AEM solutions and their environments.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Production programs# Capability
    Programs for live traffic with production, stage and development environments for Sites, Assets, Forms or Screens.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Sandbox programs# Capability
    Non-production programs for training, demos and proofs of concept that hibernate when idle.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Rapid Development Environments# Capability
    Also known as RDE
    Environments that accept code and content from the command line in seconds without a pipeline, with snapshots to save and restore state.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Specialized Testing Environment# Capability
    Licensed production-sized environment for load and performance testing.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Flexible publish tier and Edge Delivery with AEM authoring# Capability, beta
    Beta option to create programs without a publish tier when Edge Delivery Services delivers AEM-authored content.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
- CI/CD pipelines# Collection
  Also known as Cloud Manager pipelines
  The pipeline types that build, test and deploy AEM code and configuration.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Full-stack pipeline# Capability
    Builds and deploys back-end code, front-end code and web tier configuration together, to stage and then production.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Front-end pipeline# Capability
    Deploys site theme CSS and JavaScript only, for Quick Site Creation sites.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Web tier and config pipelines# Capability
    Deploy Dispatcher configuration, or CDN, traffic filter, log forwarding and similar YAML configuration, without a full build.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Edge Delivery pipeline# Capability
    Deploys CDN and edge configuration for Edge Delivery Services sites managed in Cloud Manager.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Code quality testing# Capability
    Static analysis of custom code against security, reliability and maintainability rules (including deprecated-API checks that block deployments), with smart builds that compile only changed modules.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Functional and UI testing# Capability
    Product and custom Java functional tests and custom UI tests (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) run on stage.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Experience Audit# Capability
    Google Lighthouse scores for configured pages on each production pipeline run, with trends and recommendations.
    Last checked 2026-09-29
  - Canary deployments# Capability
    Option on full-stack pipelines to stage or production: the new release runs next to the stable one on the publish tier and is reached by a request header for a three-hour validation window, then promoted (automatically if no action is taken) or rolled back. Released in Cloud Manager 2026.10.0.
    Last checked 2026-10-20
- Git repositories# Capability
  Also known as Bring Your Own Git, BYOG
  Adobe-hosted repositories, private GitHub repositories with pull-request checks, and external repositories on GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps, including submodules and multiple repositories.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Edge Delivery sites in Cloud Manager# Capability
  Adds or creates Edge Delivery Services sites in a program and configures their Git repository, content source, domains and CDN.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Domains, certificates and IP allow lists# Capability
  Custom domain names with DNS checks, Adobe-managed or customer SSL certificates, domain mappings and IP allow lists.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Dashboards and reports# Capability
  License dashboard with content request usage, CDN performance dashboard, SLA and health assessment reports, notifications, and New Relic One or Dynatrace monitoring.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Cloud Manager API# API / SDK
  REST API, events, CLI and SDKs for automating programs, pipelines, environments, variables, logs and content sync.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Cloud Manager for AMS# Capability
  Also known as Cloud Manager for Adobe Managed Services
  The Managed Services variant with CI/CD pipelines, code inspection, performance testing and autoscaling for AEM 6.5 environments.
  Last checked 2026-10-20
  - Web Tier Pipelines for AEM Managed Services# Capability, beta
    Dedicated pipelines that deploy Dispatcher and web tier configuration for AMS programs separately from full-stack deployments, which then skip the web tier for that environment. Beta in Cloud Manager 2026.10.0, joined through the customer's Adobe Customer Success Engineer.
    Last checked 2026-10-20
Experience Manager APIs# API / SDK
Also known as Adobe Experience Manager, AEM APIs, Experience Manager as a Cloud Service APIs, AEM OpenAPI-based APIs
Adobe's index of AEM as a Cloud Service APIs, shared by Sites, Assets and Forms: OpenAPI-based REST APIs with OAuth authentication, older HTTP APIs, App Builder extensibility and Java APIs. Listed as "Adobe Experience Manager" in Adobe's developer API catalog. Sites-relevant APIs are listed here; Content Fragment APIs are under Headless CMS.
Documentation
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Launches API# API / SDK
  Create, manage and promote launches programmatically.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Multisite Manager API# API / SDK, beta
  Experimental API for Live Copy relationships and rollouts.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Site and Page Management APIs# API / SDK, beta
  Experimental APIs for creating and managing sites and pages.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Tags Author API# API / SDK, beta
  Experimental API for managing tag namespaces and tags.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Translation Management API# API / SDK
  Manage translation projects and jobs programmatically.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Folders API# API / SDK
  Create and manage repository folders for fragments and assets.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Events# API / SDK
  Events for page, fragment and asset changes delivered through Adobe I/O Events to webhooks or App Builder.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Java APIs# API / SDK
  Also known as Query Builder API, AEM Java API
  The AEM SDK Java API (WCM, Query Builder, workflow) on Apache Sling, Jackrabbit Oak and Felix, plus the Sling POST servlet.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
AEM Connectors# Integration
Also known as Experience Manager Connectors
Integrations between AEM and third-party systems (CRM, PIM, translation, video, SEO and others) built and maintained by Adobe partners and listed on Adobe Exchange, with Adobe guidance for implementing, submitting and maintaining them.
Integrates with: Catalog listings
Documentation
Last checked 2026-09-29
Add-ons# Collection
Also known as AEM Sites add-ons
Separately licensed additions to AEM Sites as a Cloud Service listed in the product description.
Last checked 2026-09-29
- Additional Publish Region# Add-on
  Also known as Additional Publish Regions for AEM Sites
  Up to three extra publish-tier regions per Sites program for lower latency and resilience; does not extend to Edge Delivery Services.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Sites 99.99% SLA# Add-on
  Raises the availability commitment to 99.99% when combined with an Additional Publish Region on the same program.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Concurrent User packs# Add-on
  Additional concurrent author-tier users beyond the 20 or 40 included with Sites.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Customer Managed Keys# Add-on
  Encrypts program data with the customer's own keys in Azure Key Vault, self-service in Cloud Manager since 2026.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Extended Security# Add-on
  Also known as Enhanced Security, Extended Security for Healthcare
  Security package for Sites and Forms programs that includes Customer Managed Keys; the Healthcare variant supports HIPAA-regulated workloads.
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Screens# Add-on
  Also known as Adobe Experience Manager Screens, Screens as a Cloud Service
  Digital signage add-on, licensed per player, for managing channels, displays and players in venues from AEM content.
  Documentation
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- AEM Forms EDS Submissions Add-on to Sites# Add-on
  Limited AEM Forms functionality for Edge Delivery forms on a Sites license (up to 15 fields per submission).
  Last checked 2026-09-29
- Additional storage and environments# Add-on
  Extra storage for production, stage or Edge Delivery Services, and additional development, rapid development or specialized testing environments.
  Last checked 2026-09-29