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Next big thing is to assess the various Upgrade Approaches available and choose the right fit for your project. Depends on your current Sitecore version you have variety of Upgrade Approaches to choose from: Approach #1: Incremental Upgrades: In this approach Sitecore provides Upgrade Packages to install, Db scripts to execute, Configuration Files to merge/overwrite,... Continue Reading →
"Give me 6 hours to chop a tree, I'll spend first 4 sharpening the axe." - Abraham Lincoln In my previous blog post we assessed Where we are starting from? Now its time to brainstorm and decide Where we want to head towards? As a next step we need to research, analyze and decide a lot... Continue Reading →
Before diving in, access how deep the water is. Until and unless you belongs to that rare breed of an IT team which have everything well documented, it's always better to do a postmortem of your existing state of Project and document at least those critical things which may impact the Upgrade. Especially the list... Continue Reading →
Incessant improvements, keep on introducing something new and regularly fixing the existing bugs are the key qualities of a successful Product. Sitecore is undoubtedly not an exception in this stream. Releasing timely version upgrades, intermediate updates and various patches is the beauty of Sitecore which makes it more powerful, extendable and robust. As s result, these... Continue Reading →
On an upgraded instance to Sitecore 9, we are getting the following exception: Could not resolve type name: Sitecore.Data.SqlServer.SqlServerProxyDataProvider, Sitecore.Kernel (method: Sitecore.Configuration.DefaultFactory.CreateFromTypeName(XmlNode configNode, String[] parameters, Boolean assert)). If you decompile Sitecore.Kernel.Dll on your old Sitecore Version and compare it with one on Sitecore 9, you will notice that Sitecore.Data.Proxies namespace has been deprecated now. Additionally... Continue Reading →
During the process of upgrading Sitecore from an older version to Sitecore 9, you may face various errors/issues which are due to either: Old namespaces/syntax are obsolete/deprecated OR Approach to implement the logic is revamped/improved OR Additional settings/configuration are needed to make it work Currently we are upgrading Sitecore 7.2 to Sitecore 9. Since it... Continue Reading →
Ever wondered how Sitecore Update/Upgrade and Sitecore Patch Release are different? How to decide that you want a Sitecore Update or Patch? What is an Update? Sitecore releases Updates in timely fashion. These Updates normally have known bug fixes from previous versions and possibly any additional features/functionalities bundled. Every Update comes with Release Notes which... Continue Reading →
Same question again and without any doubt Sitecore is ready with bagful of features to answer the question that – Why should we upgrade to Sitecore 9? Referring the history every intermediate release of Sitecore from one update to another comes with critical bug fixes, patches and sometime new features. But whenever a new version... Continue Reading →
Four full days of excitement, knowledge sharing and meeting with brilliant minds. What else one can expect… But there is a lot more than you think which need to be planned per the schedule. Symposium 2017 Breakout Sessions have 5 different tracks with variety of session scheduled. Developer Track: This series of sessions is dedicated... Continue Reading →
