Adobe JELA 3 Newsletter June 2023

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June 2023 Adobe JELA Newsletter

Hello Summer! 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 *

Use Case * Tech Corner * Resource Links

Program Updates

Current period of performance is September 30, 2022 - September 29, 2023.

Renewal Planning:

  • JELA Renewal license counts for FY24 to industry (30 Sep 2023 – 29 Sep 2024) were due to DISA April 10th, however Enterprise quantities were only fully received on May 30. USAF below the line renewal quantities continue to be outstanding. The Industry team is working to confirm timeline to confirm pricing and quote distribution based on requirements received to date, targeted for the next 1-2 weeks.

Procurement Questions:

Carahsoft, Adobe and Emergent are 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.

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Product Updates

SEWP Catalog Updates:

  • CLINS 0034 – 0039 are now live on the SEWP Catalog for purchase.
  • Email JELA@Emergent360.com to schedule a discovery call.

Captivate EoL and Project Charm

  • Captivate is being replaced by a new product. “Project Charm” is scheduled to be released Summer 2023
  • Adobe will offer access to both N & N-1 versions (Project Charm & Captivate 2019) from the same subscription license.
  • The Beta version is available and can be requested by filling the form: https://forms.office.com/r/z8EaJFkKff
  • Captivate 2019 will be supported through 2026!

End of Support Notifications:

  • AEM 6.4 Extended Support April 30, 2023
  • ColdFusion & ColdFusion Builder 2018 end of support July 13, 2023
  • Captivate 2019 end of core support August 23, 2023 and end of extended support August 23, 2026
  • Users are encouraged to begin migration to CC23, CC22 will end support in October/November 2023
  • RoboHelp 2019 end of core support August 22, 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. Learn more

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Upcoming Events & Webinars

Upcoming Events: (Marketing)

  • June 12-15: Adobe Webinar Series, Streamline Digital Document Processes with E-Signature Capabilities
  • Bookmark our new Adobe Lunch and Learn catalog page
  • June 13: Adobe JELA Lunch and Learn: Content Velocity and Workfront
  • June 21: Adobe Webinar, Content Creation Handoff Without Headaches
  • June 27-29: Modern Day Marine Expo 2023
  • June 27: Adobe Public Sector User Group - Join Adobe’s Public Sector User Group on Tuesday, June 27th to exchange challenges and ideas, learn from peers and product experts, and ready yourself to make better experiences. We welcome all digital experience professionals in the public sector. During this meeting, Adobe will share how content creators can optimize creation by leveraging Adobe Experience Manager Assets and Adobe Creative Cloud tools. We hope you can join us to learn how to better assist your creative teams and provide a more detailed and efficient content creation process for everyone.
  • June 29: Adobe Webinar, PDF Forms 101: Creating Fillable Forms
  • July 27: Adobe Webinar, PDF Forms 201: Advance Your Form Skills
  • August 22: Producing a Podcast
  • August 24: Adobe Webinar, Discover Built-In PDF Security
  • Substance 3D Booster Learning Series: Are you a Substance 3D user and looking for additional hands-on training? Please submit your expression of interest so we can reach out to you and coordinate, with other interested learners, dates for the series.

On-Demand Meetings and Webinars:

Previously shared webinar links

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Adobe Use Case

Creating the JELA Experience Video

The Adobe Joint Enterprise License Agreement (JELA) provides agencies in the Department of Defense with a single pathway to the latest Adobe Professional technologies. Over 2.6 million DoD personnel have access to consolidated software solutions, making the procurement process more efficient and expanding content delivery capabilities (web, print, digital, design, and distribution) for the end user.

The challenge for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Adobe is bringing more awareness to the JELA and ensuring that servicemembers and DoD civilians are equipped with innovative solutions to complete the mission.

When DISA pitched Adobe with the concept of producing a short video to market JELA and the collaborative tools offered through the agreement, the decision to support the endeavor was quickly made. Videos are proven communication tactics to showcase major initiatives, and the Public Sector team had just the creative group to produce the JELA video: Adobe’s Public Sector DME Solutions Consultants.

Having just left the FBI as a digital content strategist, Steve Lewis joined the Pub Sec SC cadre with a strong background in multimedia production. He jumped on the JELA project only a month into being an Adobe employee. The overall goal was to produce a two-minute video that showcased the challenges of managing and procuring software licenses before JELA while highlighting the capabilities and efficiencies provided through the agreement.

Steve took the project further by incorporating DoD-specific content downloaded from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) and promoting specific Adobe applications, including Creative Cloud, to strengthen the JELA message. Due to the short suspense of the request, Steve leveraged Adobe’s rapid video production framework, Premiere Pro and Motion Graphics Templates (MOGRTs) from Adobe Stock to quickly produce the final content. Steve also took advantage of Frame IO’s collaborative features to efficiently gain feedback and approvals from DISA and the Adobe teams.

As a result, the JELA Experience video was accomplished and provided to the client in just under a week, in time to be shared following a TechNet conference in Baltimore, Maryland. The content is still being distributed by DISA to hundreds of DoD personnel, especially contracting officers and procurement decision-makers.

"I was thrilled to immediately leverage my experience from the government and military and provide impact to such a critical partnership with DISA," said Steve. "Working with DISA and fellow Adobe JELA team members for this JELA video project was the perfect introduction to a career on Adobe’s Public Sector team."

David White the DISA JELA Program Manager, expressed his satisfaction with the partnership between DISA and Adobe, stating, "It was very satisfying to be able to partner with Adobe leveraging their tools and knowledge for a simple idea that propelled into a larger vision. Our initial problem was to solve for the low participation and increase engagement with our mission partners and all users under this agreement. Approaching Adobe with our ideas and goals and collaborating towards a finished product resulted in a JELA commercial to reach all of our users."

Watch the final JELA Experience video here. Interested in learning more directly from Steve on the production of this and other videos? Watch the webinar he provided during Emergent’s JELA week which goes into greater detail. You can also sign up for Steve’s upcoming Lunch and Learn on “Producing a Podcast” scheduled for August 22nd.

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Tech Corner

Enterprise Storage Model - Required Adobe Admin Console Migration

We are happy to announce some upgrades and improvements coming to the Adobe Admin Console. You are identified as an Administrator, so please plan on attending this meeting to understand the new way to manage your named users and see if any users are utilizing storage. For a teaser, as of today, you cannot see who is utilizing storage (even though your users should not be). After this migration, you will be able to see who is using it and have tailored conversations with these users to explain that they should not be using it, and why.

We are scheduling a general meeting with all Administrators on Monday June, 19th at 1:00-2:00 EST. Meeting invite coming soon!

Support Case Reviews

The Creative Cloud and Acrobat Named Support Engineers (Bruce Jividen and Everett Valdez) are available 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.

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Additional Resources

Enrollees are welcome to submit future content recommendations and feedback to jela@adobe.com.

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