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Sitecore 9 Forms, SXA and AJAX
One of the most anticipated new features of Sitecore 9 is the new Experience Forms module. It has almost heralded the long-awaited death of Web Forms for Marketers, but feature-parity isn't quite...
Why O365 Customers Need to Upgrade DirSync/Azure AD Sync by End of 2017
In April of 2016, Microsoft announced that support for Azure Active Directory Sync (“Azure AD Sync”) and Windows Azure Active Directory Sync (“DirSync”) would end on April 13, 2017, giving users a...
What Is An Office 365 Group and Why Should I Care?
Chances are you’ve heard about Office 365 Groups. They’ve been around for approximately 3 years and have been talked about quite a bit at events like SharePoint Saturday, SharePoint Fest and...
PnP Remote Provisioning Engine in the Real World
Introduction and Business Case I’m wrapping up a 6-month project as a Solution Architect and Business Analyst on a project for a global company that runs capital build (new production wing to an...
The Single Biggest Truth About Successful Project Management
Recently I had the opportunity to attend the Digital Project Management Summit (#DPM2017) for the second time in three years. When I attended for the first time back in 2015 I remember feeling this...
My Top Takeaways from MIMA Summit 2017
The MIMA Summit is an annual event that includes many thought provoking sessions by today’s digital experts on a variety of topics designed to inform and inspire. Attendees...
Top 5 Highlights of MIMA Summit 2017
I recently had the pleasure of attending this year’s MIMA Summit in Downtown Minneapolis. The MIMA Summit is the largest gathering of digital creatives, technologists, storytellers, advertisers,...
Don’t miss D365UG (CRMUG) Summit 17 in Nashville
We are in the heart of conference season! With Envision coming to a close and Ignite in session, the folks in the Dynamics 365 community will soon have all eyes on the CRMUG Summit in Nashville....
Why You Need a Bimodal IT Strategy
As business is increasingly conducted online, companies face a critical strategy decision: do they support valuable systems already in place, or make an investment in innovation? Sometimes those two...
Customer Engagement Strategy – Dynamics 365 + Content Management Systems
Let me start by saying I have high expectations around what “good” looks like when I’m buying something. When I buy a product or subscribe to a service, I expect a good customer experience. When I...
Open RDP Access to Azure Virtual Machines From Your Specific Location with PowerShell
I recently had the opportunity to see an Azure OMS demo by Ryan Zoeller from the Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Black Belt team. Ryan mentioned in passing the challenges of setting up remote access...
Microsoft Flow Connected my GoToWebinar Event to Dynamics 365 (without custom dev or 3rd party tools)
Microsoft has been fast and furious with many recent updates in capabilities to Microsoft Flow. Shared mailboxes, Azure AD connector, parallel branching, and support for a slew of new services....
Modernize Internal Communications with the Right Tools – Tips from the Experts
Over the past few years, workplaces have slowly transitioned from physical office spaces to much more flexible ‘digital workplaces,’ where employees are connected by modern collaboration tools...
Three Unexpected Ways You Can Outperform Your Competition with CRM
Companies cannot exist without their customers. It’s a business reality. Gone are the days of customers vying for your attention; customers have more intelligent buying power than ever. Rapid...
The Power of CRM for Business Marketers
The following is a summary of an article I wrote for the Business Marketing Association of Minnesota’s blog titled, "How to Boost Customer-Centric Marketing Through CRM" As a business in a...