Tag: XM Cloud

  • Initial Thoughts on Sitecore XM Cloud A/B/n Testing

    Initial Thoughts on Sitecore XM Cloud A/B/n Testing

    Originally appeared on 2025-02-26 at getfishtank.com: https://www.getfishtank.com/insights/what-is-sitecore-xm-cloud-a-b-n-testing Introduced in November of 2024, the A/B/n Testing feature in XM Cloud is still fairly new compared to other features in the platform. I wanted to know how the user experience was for configuring these in XM Cloud and what options would be…

  • SUG Chennai: Paths Forward on Sitecore

    SUG Chennai: Paths Forward on Sitecore

    XM headless or XM Cloud? Sites running on Sitecore XP were once ahead of the game, but now there’s a better option. With newer headless implementations and XM Cloud, marketers can create smarter campaigns, developers can deploy faster with integrated DevOps, and businesses can reap the benefits of unlimited flexibility.A…

  • Choose your Next.js host (Part 7): XM Cloud Feature Support

    Choose your Next.js host (Part 7): XM Cloud Feature Support

    Wondering which hosting provider to use for your Sitecore XM Cloud project? Sitecore XM Cloud features require you to use a Next.js hosting provider that provides certain features like Middleware and API routes. Which Next.js hosts actually have the features you need for XM Cloud? Join Jason St-Cyr from Fishtank…

  • Choose your Next.js host (Part 6): Next.js Feature Support

    Choose your Next.js host (Part 6): Next.js Feature Support

    Wondering which hosting provider to use for your Sitecore XM Cloud project? Which Next.js hosts actually have the features you need working? Join Jason St-Cyr from Fishtank as he does a quick review of the Next.js feature support highs and lows for Vercel, Netlify, AWS Amplify, Azure App Services, Azure…

  • SUG Jaipur: Paths Forward on Sitecore

    SUG Jaipur: Paths Forward on Sitecore

    XM headless or XM Cloud? Sites running on Sitecore XP were once ahead of the game, but now there’s a better option. With newer headless implementations and XM Cloud, marketers can create smarter campaigns, developers can deploy faster with integrated DevOps, and businesses can reap the benefits of unlimited flexibility.A…

  • Choose your Next.js host (Part 5): Convenience Layers

    Choose your Next.js host (Part 5): Convenience Layers

    Wondering which hosting provider to use for your Sitecore XM Cloud project? How easy do you want it to be for your team to manage their dev flow and Next.js hosting environments? When you are first looking at Sitecore XM Cloud, you may want to think about how convenient it…

  • Choose your Next.js host (Part 4): Region Availability

    Choose your Next.js host (Part 4): Region Availability

    Wondering which hosting provider to use for your Sitecore XM Cloud project? Join Jason St-Cyr from Fishtank as he takes a quick look at how multiple vendors stack up on regional availability. Do you want convenience? Or maximum control? Or maybe you just want to have the most data centers…

  • Choose your Next.js host (Part 3): Support & SLAs

    Choose your Next.js host (Part 3): Support & SLAs

    Wondering which hosting provider to use for your Sitecore XM Cloud project? Join Jason St-Cyr from Fishtank as he takes a quick look at how multiple vendors stack up on Support & SLAs. Who has ISO, SOC2, or PCI compliance? Who has the best support response times? Does everybody have…

  • Choose your Next.js host (Part 2): Security and Compliance

    Choose your Next.js host (Part 2): Security and Compliance

    Wondering which hosting provider to use for your Sitecore XM Cloud project? Join Jason St-Cyr from Fishtank as he takes a quick look at how multiple vendors stack up on Security and Compliance. Who has ISO, SOC2, or PCI compliance? Who doesn’t have HIPAA compliance? Follow along as each video…

  • Choose your Next.js host (Part 1): Which one for XM Cloud?

    Choose your Next.js host (Part 1): Which one for XM Cloud?

    Wondering which hosting provider to use for your Sitecore XM Cloud project? Join Jason St-Cyr from Fishtank as he kicks off a series tackling the Next.js hosting dilemma that’s probably giving your team headaches right now. Sure, Sitecore has partnerships with Netlify and Vercel, but what if you’re already committed…

  • Webinar: Why a migration from Sitecore XP to XM Cloud makes sense for 2025

    Webinar: Why a migration from Sitecore XP to XM Cloud makes sense for 2025

    Looking to make the move from Sitecore XP to XM Cloud? Discover the advantages of a cloud-based infrastructure and gain strategies for simplifying the migration process to XM Cloud and Netlify in 2025. Join Jason St-Cyr from Fishtank Consulting and Varun Nehra from Netlify to In this webinar, you’ll learn:

  • How to Choose a Next.js Hosting Provider for Sitecore XM Cloud

    How to Choose a Next.js Hosting Provider for Sitecore XM Cloud

    This article originally appeared on Fishtank’s blog on 2024-09-20 What Do You Need to Consider? You’ve just decided on moving to Sitecore’s new XM Cloud product and now you have to figure out how to host your Next.js application that is going to be connecting to your XM Cloud instance.…

  • Converting a Unicorn project to Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS)

    Converting a Unicorn project to Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS)

    Today I want to cover an important piece when migrating to XM Cloud: transitioning Unicorn serialization formats to the new Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS) format. In this article, I’ll walk you through some of the reasons for the switch, but mostly focus on the tools and process for migrating your…

  • Converting a TDS project to Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS) 

    Converting a TDS project to Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS) 

    Today I want to dive into an important piece when migrating to XM Cloud: transitioning from a traditional TDS (Team Development for Sitecore) project to the new Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS) format. In this article, I’ll walk you through some of the reasons for the switch, but mostly focus on…

  • Deploy Unicorn serialization to XM Cloud using IAR – A proof of concept

    Deploy Unicorn serialization to XM Cloud using IAR – A proof of concept

    Sitecore has been pretty clear that the only supported option for deploying items to XM Cloud was using Sitecore Content Serialization (SCS) format. But people love using Unicorn and there were enough clues lying around that Unicorn might work? But I couldn’t be sure. To make my life as a…

  • Sitecore XM Cloud and Vercel Deployment Protection

    Sitecore XM Cloud and Vercel Deployment Protection

    Recently, Vercel made Deployment Protection the default for all new projects in Vercel. This is great news! This means that all your deployments will automatically be able to be secured with authentication, passwords, or trusted IPs. However, your Sitecore XM Cloud build might not be set up yet to work…