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July 20, 2021 / Sitecore

Reporting Role Now Part of CMS in Sitecore 10.1

If you are wondering why when deploying your Sitecore environment there is no Reporting role, it is because as of Sitecore 10.1, it is now combined with the CMS. Specifically:

In Sitecore 10.1 and later, the xDB Reporting role has been combined with the Content Management role.
https://doc.sitecore.com/en/developers/101/platform-administration-and-architecture/experience-platform-roles.html

Please review the “Architecture and Roles” documentation for Experience Platform to review the available roles supporting XP via the following documentation: Experience Platform roles (sitecore.com)

Note that there are separate roles by type if you are confused which roles belong to which part of Sitecore (ex. XM, XP, and XC) per the Sitecore 10 Application Roles, Storage Roles, and Indexes article).

November 8, 2021 / Sitecore

4 Quick Redis Tips to Optimize Your Sitecore Environment

Redis is a critical component for Session State (both Private and Shared) in a Sitecore environment, and its easy to take a “set it and forget mindset” when it comes to using Redis with Sitecore. However, there is a lot of tuning and practices to optimize Redis for Sitecore. Here are 4 Quick Redis Tips …

May 28, 2021 / Sitecore

Sitecore Commerce 10.1: Searching Contacts and Commerce Interactions

An oft overlooked feature of Sitecore XP and XC is the xConnect layer. Specifically the xConnect Search API can be leveraged for detailing key Commerce information such as returning a list of clients of who purchased a product. The xConnect Client API Before we dive into searching and listing out Commerce interactions, its critical to …

April 30, 2021 / Sitecore

Sitecore Quicktip: Creating a Blog/Blog Posts in Sitecore

Successful businesses with an online presence tend to have a strong blog component to their site. This is a great place to share thought leadership, press releases, and engage potential or existing clients. However, when it comes to running a blog in Sitecore, there are a myriad of options… from third party integrations and modules… …

April 30, 2021 / Sitecore

Sitecore Commerce 10.1.0 “Invalid or missing value for property Domain”

When standing up Sitecore Commerce 10.1.0, you may run across the following two errors while attempting to register as a user: “Invalid or missing value for property Domain”.”User created but external Id was not provided” The reason this is occurring is that you need to ensure your storefront domain is properly entered in two distinct …

April 2, 2021 / Sitecore

Sitecore Release Governance for Better Production Stability

Production issues can range from slightly annoying to downright devastating…. but what if you could prevent the majority of them? Well, you can! It requires some release governance and support from the business, but it can be achieved. The following provides a very basic/simple runbook you can review/modify/incorporate to reduce risk. Remember, when it comes …

March 5, 2021 / Sitecore

11 Tips for a More Stable Sitecore PaaS Environment

For those running Sitecore PaaS with Application Services, there are some layers of abstraction that are critical for the stability of your environment. While PaaS seems to be getting replaced by Containers, it is still here and it may be years before you migrate to a new infrastructure platform. Here are 11 tips from the …

February 5, 2021 / Sitecore

Sitecore Commerce 10.0.0 Bootstrap 404 Error and Other Changes

If you are experiencing a 404 error when attempting to bootstrap or Ensure\Sync, it may be because the methods have changed from a PUT to a POST in Sitecore Commerce 10.0.0. Per Sitecore’s release notes for Sitecore Commerce 10.0.0, they note the following: “Bootstrap() is now an action(post)EnsureSyncDefaultContentPaths() is now an action(post)” Additionally, they have …

January 29, 2021 / Sitecore

How to Run Cost Effective Sitecore Environments in Azure

Azure is an incredible “platform of choice” for the Sitecore application. You can scale, use PaaS resources like Redis, Azure SQL, and more. With this power though, comes cost, and running a cost effective Sitecore environment in Azure takes some work. This article dives into varying items to consider in order to maximize your power …

December 23, 2020 / Sitecore

Autofail: A Big Azure Autoscale Limitation and What To Do

Azure Autoscale is a great feature of Azure and a reason many choose to use this platform… however, there is a key limitation that affects many Sitecore PaaS environments. The issue is that Azure puts new Application Service instances into rotation without knowing if your Sitecore application is actually ready to receive traffic/is warmed up! …