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September 2024 Adobe JELA Newsletter
As the government end of year nears, so does the completion of the current JELA 3 agreement. Please review this newsletters for important updates and timeline for closing out this agreement and transitioning to JELA 4.
The Adobe JELA 3 Newsletter contains updates from Emergent, Carahsoft and Adobe related to Adobe products and the DISA Adobe JELA contract for the Department of Defense. Interested in receiving future newsletters and event announcements directly or have content recommendations? Email us at jela@adobe.com.
Program Updates * Product Updates * Upcoming Events / Webinars *
* Tech Corner * Adobe Blog * Resource Links *
Program Updates
Current period of performance for the Adobe JELA ends September 29, 2024. Please work with your agency contract lead for renewal requirements.
Procurement Questions:
- USAF - aflcmc.gbqj.seamls@us.af.mil (Note: this email has recently been updated)
- Army - armychess@army.mil
- DISA JELA Team: DISA JELA Team: disa.meade.bd.mbx.disa-jela-team@mail.mil
- 4th Estate Agencies or any additional questions regarding payments and quoting can be directed to your agency POC or adobe-jela@carahsoft.com.
Our industry team is pleased to receive requests from JELA enrollees to coordinate standing sync-ups! Please feel free to email jela@adobe.com if you would like to coordinate with our team.
Product Updates
Adobe MAX 2024
Adobe's Creativity Conference, MAX, is around the corner! MAX will be hosted from October 14-16, 2024 in Miami Beach at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Register here!
Stay Tuned for New Product Offerings under JELA 4
With the JELA 4 award, new Adobe products will be made available for purchase. Join Session 1 of the Adobe Renewal Webinar series to hear what's new!
End of Support Notifications:
- With the announcement of Acrobat Pro Classic now being available on FRL, customers are encouraged to migrate from Serial Number to FRL. Acrobat Pro Serial Numbers will no longer be available post September 2024 renewal and Acrobat Pro Classic 2020 will be End of Support June 01, 2025
- CC23 will no longer be supported following Adobe MAX in October with the release of CC25 at Adobe MAX. See Long Term Support Versions table below for the latest N-1 support version for Creative Cloud until October 2024.
- Adobe Products and Technical Support Periods outside of Creative Cloud available here
- Adobe Stock: All Creative Cloud users on JELA have access to unlimited Standard Adobe Stock Assets. Check out the following page to learn how to provision FRL Creative Cloud Users with an Adobe Stock license. Learn more
Upcoming Events & Webinars
Upcoming Events:
- Oct 8-9: Carahsoft + Adobe JELA Technical Training Series
- Octo 14-16: Adobe MAX
September- October: Adobe Experience Cloud Roadmap Webinar Series
- Sept. 24: AJO
- Sept. 25: Commerce
- Sept. 26: Marketo Engage
- Oct. 1: Real-Time CDP
- Oct. 3: AEP + Apps
- Oct. 8: AEM
- Oct. 9: Workfront
- Oct. 10: Target
- Oct. 22: Campaign
- Oct. 23: Mix Modeler
- Oct. 24: Analytics & CJA
On-Demand Meetings and Webinars:
- Lunch and Learn: Adobe Stock (July 16, 2024)
- Lunch and Learn: Adobe Frame.IO & AEM Assets (August 14, 2024)
- Lunch and Learn: Adobe AEM Forms Portal (September 10, 2024)
- 2024 TechNet Cyber Webinar - View the on-demand recording of our informative AI-based webinar
- Adobe Government Forum 2024: Our annual government forum was held May 1. View sessions on-demand.
- Webinar library: Catch up on the latest product training, best practice sharing and thought leadership across Creative Cloud and Document Cloud. The Digital Media library includes access to upcoming live events and on-demand recordings.
- Adobe Creative Cloud Masterclass: Access +90 videos and project files focused on Creative Cloud apps and services
- Adobe XD: Create Experiences through UX/UI Design
- Adobe Acrobat Sign Resource Hub: Get started with Acrobat Sign with tutorials and more on the Acrobat Sign Resource Hub
- Adobe Acrobat Sign IT Implementation Hub: Providing Acrobat Sign IT Admins the resources needed to get your organization up and running with Acrobat Sign
- Adobe Acrobat Resource Hub: Access 60-Second tutorials and more on the Acrobat Resource Hub
Tech Corner
What's new with Creative Cloud & Acrobat
Adobe frequently updates our creative applications. Here is a list of links for typical applications to help you become more familiar with and quickly find the latest and greatest.
- Acrobat
- Premiere Pro
- Adobe Express
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Lightroom
- InDesign
- Fresco
- Animate
- After Effects
PLEASE NOTE: Each agency/MACOM has its own approval processes for utilizing and/or updating these applications. If needed, please be sure to contact your applicable admins for approval.
If you are interested in learning more about these features, product roadmap reviews, or updates for any other products that may not be listed above, please get in touch with us at Jelatech@Adobe.com.
Adobe is launching Version 4 of Frame.io!
What is Frame.io?
Please see the following link, Frame.io Version 4, or please feel free to contact us via our email at Jelatech@Adobe.com.
Introducing the new Acrobat experience
Adobe Acrobat now has a simplified interface to help you quickly discover tools and complete your PDF tasks efficiently. Compared to your current interface, the new version is more intuitive and fluid and provides consistent experiences across all devices -- desktop, mobile, and tablet.
Technical Account Managers
We would like to introduce Chad Palmer as the new JELA/Adobe Technical Account Manager (TAM), who will work alongside Rafa Pontes-Castro, providing support to the JELA contract in partnership with CSM and Sales. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at jelatech@adobe.com.
Support Case Reviews
The Creative Cloud and Acrobat Named Support Engineers (Blake Prowse and Michael Chavez) are eager to conduct Case Reviews with each of the JELA Agencies. This is an opportunity for you to understand and discuss existing Creative Cloud and Acrobat cases and identify trends. To schedule your agencies case reviews, please reach out to jelatech@adobe.com.
Useful Links
Adobe Blog
Bringing generative AI to video with Adobe Firefly Video Model
The latest in Firefly Video Model advancements.
Additional Resources
- Emergent Adobe JELA website jela@emergent360.com; (800) 292-1000
- Carahsoft Adobe JELA website adobe-jela@carahsoft.com; (877) 99-ADOBE
- Digital Media Elite Support Team
- Adobe Experience League
- Adobe Products and Technical Support Periods
- Adobe Help Center
- Adobe eLearning website
Enrollees are welcome to submit future content recommendations and feedback to jela@adobe.com.