What's changed

WebSphere® Portal Express® includes changes to existing features.

Tivoli Access Manager WebSEAL

The following two items have changed within Tivoli® Access Manager WebSEAL:

The WebSEAL virtual host junction replaces the transparent and non-transparent junctions.
Enhanced TAI Plus replaces TAMTrustAssociationInterceptorPlus

Installation

The following items were changed for the installation process:

The IBM® Installation Manager replaces the InstallShield for installation.
The IBM Installation Manager replaces the WebSphere Portal Express Update Installer (PUI) for installing interim fixes and fix packs.
You can change the context root and Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) during the installation. You must run some additional tasks after installation to change the context root for your portlets.

server1

server1 is no longer needed in WebSphere Portal Express and has been removed.

In previous releases, you needed to start WebSphere Application Server server1 before you can start WebSphere Portal Express. server1 was also needed to access the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console. In WebSphere Portal Express , you can start the portal server and access the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console directly.

Integrating with IBM Sametime

The Sametime® Proxy replaced Sametime Links. As a result, set up is easier and quicker. To accommodate that changeSametime Web 2.0 Contact List has replaced the Who Is Here and Sametime Contact List portlets.

Portlets moved to the Business Solutions Catalog

The following Business portlets are now available for download on the Business Solutions Catalog:

Lotus Notes View portlet
Domino Web Access (iNotes) portlet
Lotus Document Viewer portlet
Lotus My Place portlet

Portal Scripting Interface continues to support JACL

WebSphere Application Server continues to support the JACL Version 7.0 syntax. Therefore WebSphere Portal Express als continues JACL support. You can continue using JACL scripts with the Portal Scripting Interface.

Client-side aggregation

The Portal 8.0 and Portal 7.0.0.2 themes do not support client-side aggregation (CSA). The Page Builder theme, which is supported with Portal 8.0, is the primary theme that supports CSA.