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05May, 2020

Complete Guide to Deployment Automation of Your Scaled Sitecore Environment Using Azure Devops and Hedgehog TDS

Our typical scaled Sitecore environments will consist of anywhere between 4-6 instances, depending on pre or post version 9, so being able to automate updates to them certainly saves a lot of time. The time required to perform a conventional package installation and to extract the updated files and drop them into delivery instances becomes costly over many months for larger engagements, so using the tools we have available to us is a necessity. Today I'm going to provide a complete guide for setting this up using HedgeHog TDS and Azure Devops.

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16Mar, 2020

Using the Sitecore Publish Viewer Module to Monitor New Content Managers

With any project there comes a time when we grant access to the client's authors. I guess that's the whole point of a CMS, right? But during this transition period I always keep an eye on the Content Management instance's performance to ensure everything is running as it should be, and excessive publishing is a common issue we have to address.

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03Feb, 2020

Creating a Custom Report with Advanced System Reporter

You may have read my post about using the Advanced System Reporter module which is available in the Sitecore Marketplace, so if you're a fan of what it can do then you're going to eventually create your own custom reports. Well you're in the right place so let's get started!

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15Jan, 2020

Who Did What? Auditing the Actions of Sitecore Authors Is Easy with These Simple Tools.

Do you need to find out what just happened with some Sitecore items? Authenticated Users such as Authors have their activities logged, so what you want is an easy way to get to this information. There's a couple of tools that are easy to use so let's have a look at them.

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05Nov, 2019

The Sitecore Advanced System Reporter Module Is My Life Saver!

One of the most popular Modules for Sitecore is the Advanced System Reporter, which will provide you with a great deal of insight into the day to day operations of your site. With no need for post installation steps or other configuration changes, getting this running is fast and easy.

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