The new version of the Stream for PDXP has two exciting new features:
- Brand Kits – user can generate content in context of a selected Brand.
- Multiple Content Variants – users can select the number of variants to be generated in one request.
Sitecore Stream for Platform DXP March Update 2025
Last month Sitecore released the Sitecore Stream for PDXP, and today the new update is available and it’s highly recommended for update because it simplifies installation and brings various bug fixes and UX improvements. Follow the official documentation to learn more.
The release including:
- Bug Fixes: addressed minor issues to enhance overall stability and performance.
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Sitecore Stream for Platform DXP
During the Winter Launch 2025, Sitecore has released the Sitecore Stream for Platform DXP. Now you can use the new functionality to enhance your Sitecore experience with AI capabilities.
Agenda
- Download the package.
- Package content.
- Content Generation.
- Scenarios.
- Launchpad.
Sitecore XM Migration Tool v2.1 (October 2024)
Last year, I wrote the Sitecore XM to XM Cloud Content Migration article about the brand-new tool from Sitecore that helps to migrate content, media and users to XM Cloud. Now, I would like to share what is new in the just-released XM to XM Cloud Tool v2.1.
Agenda
- Where to get?
- What’s new?
- XMM V1 or V2?
- Updates in GUI.
- What should I know about new configuration?
- Support.
Steps in Architecting Solution Delivery and Maintenance Lifecycle
- Define the customer requirements for the solution.
- Design a great solution to meet those requirements.
- Implement the designed solution.
- Test the solution implementation.
- Validate the solution with the customer.
- Deliver the solution in the working environment.
- Maintain the solution afterward.
Fundamental constraints
- The solution needs to meet user requirements.
- The solution needs to be delivered on time.
- The solution needs to adhere to the project budget.
- The solution needs to deliver good quality.
- The solution needs to guarantee safe and effective future evolution.
Sitecore XM to XM Cloud Content Migration
Agenda:
- Introduction
- What does this tool do?
- What does the tool look like?
- What ZIP file contain?
- Prerequisites
- Sitecore XM Migration GUI
- Sitecore XM Migration Console
Sitecore has lots of customers who developed their solution based on classic Sitecore OnPrem which exists in the market for 2 decades. Also, Sitecore released the XM Cloud, a fully SaaS solution in July 2022.
Lots of customers continue to use the OnPrem solutions, new customers prefer to use the SaaS version and of course, some would like to switch to it, but it requires lots of effort. Sitecore just released to the public a brand-new XM to XM Cloud Content Migration tool that assists in minimizing the account’s barriers to migrating to Composable DXP.
What does this tool do?
It helps migrate customers’ data from the source of the XM OnPrem instance to the XM Cloud account. It migrates the content, media, and internal users (but not custom site data at this moment).
Continue reading “Sitecore XM to XM Cloud Content Migration”Soft Skills – Building Trust
“Trust is like the air breathe – when it’s present, nobody really notices; when it’s absent, everybody notices.” – Warren Buffett
Trust is a risk. Big ambitions in life require collaboration and can’t do it alone. So to minimize the risk, people try really hard to gauge the trustworthiness of others.
Trustworthiness is evaluated on three primary criteria:
- Competency – when an absolute expert in a field.
- Empathy – when people see you as warm, caring, and understanding.
- Authenticity – when people perceive you as honest, transparent, genuine, and consistent.
Event Driven Architecture – Full Guide
Agenda:
- Microservices Architecture
- Command and Query
- Event
- Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)
- Producer
- Channel
- Consumer
- Advantages of Event-Driven Architecture
- Orchestration and Choreography
- Event Sourcing Pattern
- CQRS Pattern
- When to use Event Sourcing and CQRS
- Stateless EDA
- Stateful EDA
- Event Streaming
- Correlation Id
- Mixing EDA with Request/Response
- Events as Source of Truth
- The Saga Pattern
1. Microservices Architecture
- Based on loosely coupled services.
- Each service is in its own process.
- Lightweight communication protocols.
- Polyglot – no platform dependency between services.
Replaces 2 legacy architectures as Monolith and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).
The most important part in the EDA is the microservices communication. Which is dictated performance, and scalability. So the Event Driven Architecture handles the communication part.
Security in Sitecore Order Cloud and Access Token
The Sitecore Order Cloud is a rich and mature e-commerce engine.
It has a few must-know security related definitions:
- Security Profiles– a custom scope of the roles which can be assigned to the different levels: user, user group, buyer, seller, or supplier level.
- Roles – this is data access, which can be granularly assigned, for example, BuyerReader, BuyerAdmin, OrderAdmin, etc.:
Process Control
The most basic form of process control is called a feedback loop. For example, let’s imagine a heating vent and a thermostat where the goal is to provide a comfortable room temperature. A feedback loop has four basic components:
- Sensor: monitors some important information (e.g. thermostat).
- Controller: logic (e.g. software).
- Actuator: the physical method of manipulationg the process (e.g. heating vent).
- Process: what you are trying to control (e.g. room).
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