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I've written in the past about Azure backups failing due to size limits being exceeded. The _backup.filter file is a straightforward thing to use, but what do you do when you can't see what the cause of your file usage? The Azure Web Aps Disk Usage tool is an easy way to find the offending directory.

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Banner image for Applying a Hotfix to Correct xConnect Bugs Doesn't Always Mean You're Finished article

While supporting a Sitecore Managed Cloud environment, I had to apply a patch to resolve DeviceProfile conflict exceptions. The errors cleared up nicely, but what wasn't obvious was a new batch of errors, to the tune of 600,000+ in only a few short days. In this article I'll walk you through the steps needed to resolve the numerous “Failed to load N interactions from XConnect” errors that can come up.

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Banner image for Dude, Where's My Upgrade Folder? article

The upgrade folder is a great place to have handy during the installation of a package. It will hold information and items related to what you just installed, like logs, backup of files, what was deleted, etc. While browsing about a new Sitecore Managed Cloud installation I couldn't find it, but there's a patch to resolve the issue.

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Banner image for How to Fix, “The Target “Clean” Does Not Exist in the Project.” With Your TDS Project When Using Azure Pipelines. article

We recently migrated our DevOps instances which involved creating new pipelines, build agents, etc. On first run I started getting errors with the TDS projects that weren't happening on local, which weren't too descriptive. The solution was easy, but understanding what's wrong wasn't.

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Banner image for Your Sitecore Managed Cloud Disaster Recovery Backups Will Fail When Enabled, but That's Ok, Backup Filters Are a Thing article

Part of managing your hosted Sitecore instance is going to be configuring Disaster Recovery. When provisioned, the out-of-the-box filters provided by Sitecore will likely not be enough to avoid errors, so it should be updated to exclude some big areas. In this post, I share what had to be added to that default filter.

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