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  • Continuous Improvement for Sitecore DevOps

    Continuous Improvement for Sitecore DevOps

    Did you miss out on my Montreal SUG presentation a few weeks back? Not to worry, I got your back! I recorded a run-through of my presentation and uploaded it so you can hear my thoughts on how we can continuously improve and invest in DevOps practices for our Sitecore projects. It’s not exactly what Read more

  • Microsoft Planner – The task tracker we deserve

    Microsoft Planner – The task tracker we deserve

    For years, I have been a dedicated user of Trello as you may have seen in some blog posts. Recently, however, my team has been using O365 and Microsoft Teams in an effort to push Teams to its limit and get the most out of the integrations Microsoft has put together between all their tools. Read more

  • Sitecore + SOLR + SSL

    Sitecore + SOLR + SSL

    When you are doing local Sitecore development, you might need to setup a local SOLR instance to host your indexes. This is especially important if your project isn’t using Lucene indexes in production and you need to replicate the environment. When replicating production for troubleshooting, it is also useful to replicate the security setup as Read more

  • Continuous Improvement for Customer Engagement

    Continuous Improvement for Customer Engagement

    Sitecore’s Customer Experience Maturity Model has been around for a while and it is still as relevant today as it was when it was first released. The model helps a team to understand where they are right now and where they could possibly be with customer engagement. However, it isn’t easy to keep improving. I’ve Read more

  • Managing feature flags with LaunchDarkly

    Managing feature flags with LaunchDarkly

    I had the chance to work the Sitecore booth at MSBuild in Seattle last week and took the opportunity to walk around and meet some of the other partners in the Hub. A lot of folks are doing cool things, but one that caught my eye was the work being done by the LaunchDarkly team. Feature Read more

  • Meet Sitecore at MSBuild 2017 conference!

    Meet Sitecore at MSBuild 2017 conference!

    This year, Sitecore will be exhibiting at the Microsoft Build conference in Seattle. This will be my first time attending the conference and I look forward to getting the chance to meet so many of the developers in our industry! I have been working with the team to put together some cool stuff for visitors Read more