Last week Microsoft released Azure DocumentDB out of beta and made it generally available. As stated by Microsoft: We are pleased to announce that Azure DocumentDB is now generally available. DocumentDB is a fully managed NoSQL document database service that allows applications to query and process JSON data at scale. With general availability, DocumentDB is […]
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Creating Microsoft FIM Management Agent: lessons learned
Microsoft FIM (Frontend Identity Manager) is a popular enterprise product which is allowing to automate user creation, provisioning and de-provisioning in Microsoft Active Directory. FIM has many out-of-the-box extension connectors which allows for connecting FIM to external systems (like external user catalogs), including a set of web services. When out-of-the-box connectors are not sufficient, it’s […]
Enterprise Social Success: Smart Governance to Encourage Adoption
Here at Perficient, we have some real Yammer all-stars, and I have no doubt they’re a big part of the reason we have such a vibrant and active enterprise social network. For example, one Yammer group I am a part of for partner marketers, has brought our team much closer together and allowed us to […]
Office 365 – Allowing Users to Edit Exchange Groups They Manage
Exchange Hybrid and Directory Synchronization provide for the most full-featured integration experience with your on-premises messaging environment. Users, for the most part, are unaware of whether their mailbox is in the cloud or on-premises. There are, however, a few limitations with Exchange Hybrid and Directory Synchronization. One of these limitations is around distribution groups that […]
Become a Microsoft Certified Specialist with HTML5, JS & CSS3
Whether you’ve been programming in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS for a long time, or you’re just looking for a way to both validate your skills and differentiate your resume; then the Microsoft Specialist: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (exam 70-480) certification may be worth pursuing. Personally, I’m in the process of renewing my older […]
Top Tips for SharePoint Success
This guest post is brought to you by our friends and partner, K2. For more than a decade, K2 has been helping customers rapidly transform their companies with applications that connect the right people to the right information and work. With offices and distributors all over the globe and a powerful partner network, more than […]
Office 365 – Why You Need to Understand ImmutableID
As part of planning for your identity with Office 365, it’s important to understand the concept of the “ImmutableID”. By definition, “immutable” means “unable to be changed” which should be sufficient warning that this is something you need to take time to plan properly. In spite of your planning, your organization could become involved in […]
Advanced Content Targeting in SharePoint – Part 3
This is the third post in this series. In the last two posts (here and here), we implemented a custom token for the logged in user which filters incoming content in the search index based on the user’s profile attributes, and then creating display templates to render custom result URLs. Today we will dive into […]
Big Changes to Azure: Introducing Azure App Service
Microsoft recently unveiled Azure App Service, a new cloud service which combines three existing Azure products: Azure Websites, Azure Mobile Services, and Azure BizTalk Services. Uniting web, mobile, and enterprise apps on a single cloud platform will allow developers to create an app once and deliver it across multiple devices. This is a big announcement as […]
Webinar: Big Data & Microsoft, Key to Your Digital Transformation
Companies undergoing digital transformation are creating organizational change through technologies and systems that enable them to work in ways that are in sync with the evolution of consumer demands and the state of today’s marketplace. In addition, more companies are relying on more and more data to help make business decisions. And when it comes […]