Bentley Map CONNECT Edition Technology Preview?

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I haven't seen any mention of this on the forum, so I'll ask... 
 Will there be a Bentley Map Technology Preview (or Beta) for the CONNECT Edition similar to what we had for MicroStation CONNECT and Bentley Map SS4? 
 If so, when is that expected to happen? 
 In working with MicroStation CONNECT workspaces and the changes to the user configuration level I would imagine that this will require a substantial change in how Bentley Map workspaces are set up. I would also like to start planning for any XFM feature migration required from Map SS4 to Map CONNECT. 
 Thanks.

Keith Raymond · Accepted Answer

Bentley Map CONNECT is essentially the existing Bentley Map functionality upgraded to the CONNECT edition capabilities. 
 It does adopt the various MicroStation enhancements such as reality model classifiers, ribbon interface and so on. 
 The GSA remains unchanged but it does adapt to the new workset capability. It reads the existing schema and exports a new workspace that uses the new MicroStation setup. There should be no changes required beyond any variable changes that may have been made. 
 XFM features remain the same and are not being deprecated. No data migration tools are required as all remains the same. 
 Perhaps the biggest effort in adopting Bentley Map CONNECT will be in upgrading custom applications. At a minimum they will need to be recompiled. We expect to provide documentation on any changes made to the Map API (which are very minimal) but there may be changes required for MicroStation level APIs and those are well documented by the MicroStation team. 
 I hope this helps.

Gijsbert · Answer

Thank you for your post. 
 
The Bentley Map team is currently working on an update of the Bentley Map V8i (SELECTseries 4) release to include a number of the CONNECT services found in MicroStation CONNECT Edition. This is a Bentley Map V8i release and will not include changes in workspaces or XFM schema changes you refer to in your post. 
 
Your desire to start preparing early when moving to a next major release of Bentley Map is much appreciated. However, the time schedule for any post-V8i releases is not ready to be shared publically at this point.

Bentley Map CONNECT Edition Technology Preview?

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