MM5 - Things to be aware of when installing and updating

Significant known issues

You may be in a scenario where you are met with this error message while saving a Solr search:

In this case, add the following user IIS AppPool\DefaultAppPool to the SolrService folder (Read and write) 

Install (You need to know this before installing)

Nothing here

Update (You need to know this before updating)

First issue

Audit Trail not showing correct changes then you would need to do a recycle or iisreset of the DAM Center after ticking "audit this field" in the DAM Center:

As a note, the the Web Platform Installer for IIS can be found here https://www.microsoft.com/web/downloads/platform.aspx

Second issue

If site does not respond (or responds with 404 as shown below) then it could be required to uninstall the URL Rewrite from the IIS and then reinstall by using the Web Platform Installer (which you can access through the IIS).

Third issue

If you are using the new "AllowNormalLogin" functionality for MM5, and you're automatically logged in as guest, you need to do the following

Go to the DAM Center, and edit your MM5's config manager. In config parameters, you need to set the "Login Possibilities" to anything (Login required e.g.), and save.