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One of the big changes is that we change the way you browse and search for assets. In the old version we has had a DAM Explorer. This was build in Sitecore and part of the connectors codebaseconnector. In the this version we use an Iframe and load the embedded Media Manger from Digizuite DAM. By doing this we could remove alot of the codebase code from the connector. We could also remove alot of the required configuration which was synchronized as items. The content area Sitecore → System → Modules → Digizuite → MetaDataRoot, has been removed as it’s no longer needed.
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In the previous version it was required to do a full synchronization of all the configuration and assets, before you could start using the connector. Because of the new embedded UI, we no longer need all the configuration and assets to be synchronized upfront. We have changed it to a more ondemand approachAssets are now synchronized as the get used. By this we mean, when you add an asset to a field, we will check if the asset has been synchronized to the Asset silo, /sitecore/media library/Digizuite/Assets. If not we then sync the asset from Digizuite.
It’s still possible to do a full synchronization. We have moved this feature to the Administration dashboard. The full sync is useful if you need to search for dynamic content on the website. DFS 11.0 - Synchronization
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