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Orchard Core updatesAdd import/export support for OrchardCore.Security settingsOrchardCore.Security lacked the ability to import/export its settings: no IRecipeStepHandler implementation (making even hand-crafted recipes impossible) and no IDeploymentSource. Kenneth Okalang fixed this by adding a SecurityDeploymentStartup that registers a site settings property deployment step for SecuritySettings via AddSiteSettingsPropertyDeploymentStep. Both import and export (via recipe steps and deployment plans) are now available through the standard UI.

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Orchard Core updatesJint async scripting APIsJavaScript global methods received the new GlobalMethod.AsyncMethod property, which is accessible in JavaScript as a function using the given name and the Async suffix. This is non-breaking, but we suggest using the new methods where applicable going forward. In cases where the method value is immediately returned, this is very simple, for example, replacing deleteContentItem with deleteContentItemAsync:

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Orchard Core updatesSet up tenants faster with improved shared and preset database supportThe idea here is that if you have a setup with multiple tenants on the same database, you will need some sort of prefix to distinguish which one belongs to which. Today, the UI doesn't even require you to select the pattern; only the prefix is there to use. But if you don't use the prefix, you might get an error. So the RequireTablePrefix lets you make it required. But then, if you don't want that altogether, maybe you will have some sort of auto-generated prefix, and then you don't have to prompt the user at all. You can say just make the prefix the same as the tenant name and use that pattern everywhere. It allows users to make the tenants a bit easier to follow by using a given pattern.

Upgrading Orchard CoreOne of the bigger tasks was upgrading the site from Orchard Core 1.8.3 to 2.1.7.