Have you ever needed to publish an internal web application for use outside of your corporate firewall? If you have, you’re probably aware of many of the complications that come up while exploring that option including what ports need to be exposed, to DMZ or not to DMZ, various authentication challenges, etc. Well, now you can with […]
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Azure SQL – Preview Using Azure AD Authentication
Azure SQL Database now supports Azure Active Directory authentication in public preview. Azure Active Directory authentication is a mechanism of connecting to Microsoft Azure SQL Database by using identities in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). With Azure Active Directory authentication you can centrally manage the identities of database users and other Microsoft services in one […]
Modular JavaScript in Sitecore Renderings with RequireJS
You may have found yourself in one of more of the following situations in using JavaScript in your Sitecore renderings: A huge block of <script> tags in your <head> tag or at the end of your <body> tag that may or may not be used by your renderings but loaded regardless. Loading dependencies with a […]
Azure VM – Announcing the GS Series
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the GS Series for Azure VM. A variant of G-series, the GS-series, which combines the compute power of G-series with the performance of Premium Storage to create powerful VMs for your most storage and compute intensive applications. Powered by the Intel Xeon E5 v3 family processors, the GS-series can have up […]
Azure Backup – Announcing Backup for Azure IaaS VM’s
Last week Microsoft announced general availability of Azure IaaS virtual machine backup, previewed earlier this year. Why use Azure Backup? Azure IaaS VM backup provides application consistent backup for Windows operating systems and file system consistency for Linux operating systems without the need to shut down virtual machines, making it enterprise ready solution. Azure Backup […]
Why Azure Should Be Part of Your Business Optimization Strategy
Business optimization is all about making investments that will reduce costs while driving efficiency and productivity, and the cloud is a big part of that, because it enables organizations to move quickly and achieve more, while spending less. 42% of IT decision makers planned to increase spending on cloud computing this year, according to Computerworld. […]
Azure: Did You Know? Azure Data Factory
One of Azure’s ever-increasing number of new data platform services, Azure Data Factory provides the ability to execute and orchestrate Big Data workflows. Azure Data Factory allows you to manage and produce information by offering an easy way to create, orchestrate, and monitor data pipelines. Activities are combined into Pipelines, and these pipelines are used […]
Browser Extensions for Emailing
There has been an influx of advertised browser extensions that enhance your email. With names such as ”Boomerang”, “WhoReadMe”, “RightInbox”, and others; these extensions are offering handy features. You are enabled capabilities such as knowing when your email has been read, delaying when emails are sent, or setting reminders. Forbes Tech recently said a bit […]
Office 365 – Why You Should Be Using The “Service Admin” Role
When it comes to security “best practices” there are some that are debatable and others that are fairly well accepted. One that is difficult to argue against is that administrators should maintain an account with elevated access that is separate from their day-to-day user account (see note at the bottom for a possible argument against […]
Office 365 – Can OWA Be A Replacement For Outlook?
I’ve had a few clients recently that have asked about using OWA instead of Outlook as their primary mail client. It’s a valid question given that users are very familiar with web-based email and likely use a similar interface with their personal email. If OWA meets all of your users’ needs, using OWA can help […]
Matter Center for Office 365
The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Conference is off to an exciting start! The Perficient team is in Las Vegas this week to present our solutions for the Legal industry including our partnership with Microsoft on the new Matter Center for Office 365. Matter Center was built for Microsoft’s own Legal and Corporate Affairs group […]
AzureCon – 1 Day Free Virtual Event with Top Azure Experts
AzureCon is a Free virtual conference for Developers and IT Pros on September 29, 2015 focusing on all things azure. This conference builds on AzureConf 2014 and offers an exceptional opportunity to learn all about what existing, new and coming soon to the Microsoft Azure platform. This event is lead by top Azure experts from Scott […]