Unsupported and deprecated features

Unsupported and deprecated features

Features no longer supported

Policy Editor portlet for Mail CPP portlet is no longer shipped in WebSphere Portal v8.0
Composite applications Start with v8.0, WebSphere Portal no longer supports Composite applications. We can still use the portal XML configuration interface to do this type of work.
Computer Associates eTrust SiteMinder eTrust SiteMinder installations are not supported in this release.
Domino Extended Product Portlet wizard The configuration wizard to configure the Domino and Extended Product portlet was supported with the InstallShield. Because the Installation Manager is now supported, the Domino and Extended Product portlet configuration wizard is no longer supported.
Integration with the IBM Mashup Center WebSphere Portal v8.0 provides direct support for widget integration to portal pages, which enables development of mashup style applications. WebSphere Portal V8.0 does not support promotion of assets from the IBM Mashup Center catalog directly into the portal.
Site management Earlier versions of WebSphere Portal provided the Resource Manager portlet for performing site management. With v8.0 of WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager, this site management functionality has been replaced by the new functionality for managing pages.
Session persistence on Struts portlets Struts portlets do not support session replication in WebSphere Portal v8.0.

Deprecated features

SOAP support for remote search configuration SOAP support for remote search services has been deprecated with WebSphere Portal v8.0. EJB is still supported.

Login screen Login screens have been deprecated. To customize your login process, use custom authentication filters instead of login screens.
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Deprecated Business portlets

The following Business portlets were removed in WebSphere Portal v8:

Reminder
Document Viewer
Webpage portlet
My Query reports
Microsoft Exchange 2003

Deprecated Sametime portlets
The following Sametime portlets were removed in WebSphere Portal v8:

Who Is Here (SametimeWhoIsHere.war)
Sametime Contact List (SametimeContactList.war)

Deprecated Themes and Tags
The following portal themes and tags were removed in WebSphere Portal v8:

Page Builder theme
All Legacy themes
<portal-core:cacheProxyUrl/> tag

Parent: What's new
Related: Managed pages
Configure authentication filters
Manage iWidgets in the portal
Solutions Catalog: WebSphere Portal
Deprecated features
IBM WebSphere Portal Business Solutions Catalog

Policy Editor portlet for Mail	CPP portlet is no longer shipped in WebSphere Portal v8.0
Composite applications	Start with v8.0, WebSphere Portal no longer supports Composite applications. We can still use the portal XML configuration interface to do this type of work.
Computer Associates eTrust SiteMinder	eTrust SiteMinder installations are not supported in this release.
Domino Extended Product Portlet wizard	The configuration wizard to configure the Domino and Extended Product portlet was supported with the InstallShield. Because the Installation Manager is now supported, the Domino and Extended Product portlet configuration wizard is no longer supported.
Integration with the IBM Mashup Center	WebSphere Portal v8.0 provides direct support for widget integration to portal pages, which enables development of mashup style applications. WebSphere Portal V8.0 does not support promotion of assets from the IBM Mashup Center catalog directly into the portal.
Site management	Earlier versions of WebSphere Portal provided the Resource Manager portlet for performing site management. With v8.0 of WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager, this site management functionality has been replaced by the new functionality for managing pages.
Session persistence on Struts portlets	Struts portlets do not support session replication in WebSphere Portal v8.0.

Login screen	Login screens have been deprecated. To customize your login process, use custom authentication filters instead of login screens.
Share private pages