Welcome to my series on DevOps Best Practices related to Sitecore Headless implementations. In Part 1 we will do a review of Git DMZ Flow and see how to implement the principals in Azure DevOps. What is Sitecore Headless? Before we dive into the technical details, let’s align on what Sitecore Headless is. Sitecore […]
Sitecore Headless DevOps Best Practices Blog Series
Sitecore Headless (formerly JSS) has been around for several years now but with its recent promotion in the Sitecore 10 releases, it is generating more buzz than ever. So as customers begin to evaluate this “new” model and more choose to adopt it, we need to begin defining standards for implementation. This series will outline […]
The Azure Well-Architected Framework: Performance Efficiency Pillar
The Azure Well-Architected Framework was introduced in July of 2020 to help manage the growing complexity of the cloud. The framework consists of five pillars of architectural excellence: Reliability Security Cost Optimization Operational Excellence Performance Efficiency The pillars of the framework can rarely be implemented individually. As you continue to grow the functional capability of […]
The Importance of Application Modernization for Businesses in 2022
Application modernization is a growing area of focus for enterprises, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why? Because business leaders feel increasing pressure to drive innovation. Digital trends, remote work, and escalating customer expectations are among the reasons. No industry is immune to these dynamics. Businesses must evolve to succeed, which is why […]
Enabling OpenAPI Specifications for Azure Function
What is an OpenAPI Document ? According to Swagger – OpenAPI Document is a document (or set of documents) that defines or describes an API. An OpenAPI definition uses and conforms to the OpenAPI Specification. “The OpenAPI Specification (OAS) defines a standard, language-agnostic interface to RESTful APIs which allows both humans and computers to discover […]
Perficient Earns Modernization of Web Applications to Azure Advanced Specialization
Application modernization continues to be critical for digital transformation. Perficient is committed to meeting the demands of our customers’ cloud needs with highly skilled and specialized partnerships. We are proud to announce that Perficient has achieved Advanced Specialization in the Modernization of Web Applications to Azure. This formally recognizes Perficient as a leading partner in […]
Overview of Azure Modern Data Warehouse
Overview of Modern Data warehouse: Data warehouse nowadays will gather data from multiple data stores, including IOT, social networks, web APIs, files, and multiple corporate systems such as your CRM, HR application, and ERP systems. A lot of value and insights can be discovered by cross referencing this data instead of keeping those in silos. For […]
Log Pipeline Executions to File in Azure Data Factory
Why Azure Data Factory? Nowadays, the data our customer’s applications generate is increasingly exponential, especially if data is coming from several different products. Organizations have data of several types located in the cloud and on-premises, in structured, unstructured, and semi-structured formats all arriving at different time-frequency and speeds. It will be a critical task to […]
Transform Your Data with Azure Data Factory
This blog will help you to understand the basic functionality of Azure Data Factory (ADF) and how powerful a tool it is when working with big data. Explore the basic architecture on ADF and get to know the components and services involved. A Quick Intro to Azure Data Factory & Its Key Features ADF is […]
Optimizely DXP Deployment API – Downloading Assets
The Optimizely Deployment API (Episerver.PaaS.EpiCloud) has helped immensely as I’ve been working on new projects, but there has always been something that has plagued me; copying down content/assets into my local environment. When I say “Copying down Content,” I mean two pieces; Database and the Assets. For the Database Export, I have created my ExportDatabase […]
Setting Up the Release Pipeline for Optimizely B2B Commerce Cloud
Once we’ve completed the build pipeline setup and it’s running successfully, it’s time for the final step in your process: setting up the release pipeline. The release pipeline is used to deploy the artifact generated by the build pipeline to a server. Follow the steps below to set up the release pipeline: Set up the […]
Blazor, Are You Ready?
Introduction Building SPA’s I have been involved in several web application projects implemented as a single-page application (SPA) with a REST API interface to the backend in recent years. In all of these cases, the SPA was built with React and the Flux/Redux design pattern. Since my background is heavily .NET and Azure-centric, the API […]