Presentation given at the Dallas Magento Meetup on July 27th, 2017 about Magento 2.2 and beyond.

1. What’s New With Magento 2?
Presented by Joshua Warren
Dallas Magento Meetup
July 27, 2017

2. Magento solutions partner with an all-in-house team based in
Dallas and Europe
Led by Magento Master, Joshua Warren
Providing cutting-edge, complete commerce solutions

3. A Brief History of Magento 2
January 2015
Developer Beta
November 2015
Magento 2.0
June 2016
Magento 2.1
October 2016
B2B Beta
June 2017
Magento 2.2 RC
Jan Nov Jun Oct Jun

4. Magento 2.2
Currently in release candidate stage, release is scheduled for September
B2B Module
Magento Shipping
Magento Social

5. B2B Module

6. B2B Module
● Customer accounts can be linked to a company
● Company admin can create and edit a hierarchy of users
● Order and quote workflow based on this hierarchy

7. B2B Module
● Assign a sales rep to each account
● Robust quote workflow, including negotiation & quote-to-order
● Order by SKU via the web or uploading CSV files

8. B2B Module
● Requisition lists - frequently purchased items
● Payment on credit
● Manage credit limits and outstanding balances

9. Magento Shipping

10. Magento Shipping
● Pre-integrated end-to-end shipping solution
● Print labels from the Magento admin panel
● Automate carrier and service level selection

11. Magento Shipping
● Built-in rules engine for quoting and rating
● Uses microservices: new carriers/features without extension updates
● Display relevant shipping options based on location, warehouses, etc.

12. Magento Social

13. Magento Social
● Pre-integrated solution to push your products to Facebook
● Improved experience for customers to share products on Facebook
● Generate Facebook advertisements from your Magento admin panel

14. What’s Next?

15. Bluefoot Advanced CMS

16. Bluefoot Advanced CMS
● Complete overhaul of the CMS system in Magento
● Drag & drop interface to manage content without needing a developer
● Eliminates the need to integrate with systems like WordPress or Drupal

17. Native PWA / Frontend

18. Frontend Framework
● Client-rendered front-end framework (think Angular, React, etc.)
● Follows modern front-end best practices
● Reduces/eliminates page-loads and other UX friction

19. Progressive Web App (PWA)
● Term coined by Google in 2015
● Builds on the concept of progressive enhancement
● App-like: handles poor connections, feels faster, better UX

20. Progressive Web App (PWA)
● Mobilegeddon 2.0: By 2019, Responsive won’t be enough
● Current methods for PWAs in Magento require an extension or service
● Will become a native feature in Magento, in partnership with Google

21. Long-term Vision

22. Omnichannel Integrations
● Magento Enterprise + Order Manager + Business Intelligence
● Provide a consistent omnichannel experience for merchants and their
customers
● Break down silos

23. One Stop Commerce Shop
● Provide the best for everything a business might need to be successful
in commerce
● Build, buy or partner
● Deeper integrations with best of breed ERPs, PIMs, etc.

24. Questions?
Creatuity.com
@Creatuity
@JoshuaSWarren
214-810-5005
contact@creatuity.com