Can you identify the Sitecore version from the Sitecore.Kernel.dll version?

Question

Prior to Sitecore 8.2 the Sitecore.Kernel.dll version was the same as the version of the product I was using, however, from 8.2 the dll version seems to be ambiguous, like 10.0.3.309.

Is there a way to identify the Sitecore version by dlls in the bin folder starting from 8.2?

Answer 1

With Sitecore 8.2 Initial release, you could open the properties of a Sitecore.Kernel.dll, go to the Details tab, and the "Product Version" field contained the revision number (rev. 160729) that you could look up on this page. Unfortunately, this is no longer an option with 8.2 Update 1 and 8.2 Update 2.

So here's the mapping of the Sitecore.Kernel.dll versions since 8.2 that exist to date:

• 17.0.50.0 - 10.2.1 rev 01366.16252 (Update 1)
• 17.0.0.0 - 10.2 rev. 006766 (Initial Release)
• ?
• 15.0.1.0 - 10.0 rev. 004842 (Update 1)
• 15.0.0.0 - 10.0 rev. 004346 (Initial Release)
• 14.0.0.0 - 9.3 rev. 003498 (Initial Release)
• 13.0.0.0 - 9.2 rev. 002893 (Initial Release)
• 12.0.1.0 - 9.1 rev. 002459 (Update 1)
• 12.0.0.0 - 9.1 rev. 001564 (Initial Release)
• 11.1.2.461 - 9.0 rev. 180604 (Update 2)
• 11.1.1.395 - 9.0 rev. 171219 (Update 1)
• 11.1.0.369 - 9.0 rev. 171002 (Initial Release)
• 10.0.9.605 — 8.2 rev. 180406 (Update 7)
• 10.0.8.560 — 8.2 rev. 171121 (Update 6)
• 10.0.7.479 — 8.2 rev. 170728 (Update 5)
• 10.0.6.427 — 8.2 rev. 170614 (Update 4)
• 10.0.5.377 — 8.2 rev. 170407 (Update 3)
• 10.0.4.315 — 8.2 rev. 161221 (Update 2)
• 10.0.3.309 — 8.2 rev. 161115 (Update 1)
• 10.0.0.5597 — 8.2 rev. 160729 (Initial Release)

Note: Newer versions of Sitecore should be added to the top as they are officially released.

Answer 2

Just an update for Sitecore 9, here are the Sitecore kernel dll's file versions for different releases -

• 11.1.0.369 = 9.0 rev. 171002 (9.0 Initial Release)
• 11.1.1.395 = 9.0 rev. 171219 (9.0 Update-1)
• 11.1.2.461 = 9.0 rev. 180604 (9.0 Update-2)