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RBA’s experts. A generous helping of topics on Strategy, Design, and Technology. What’s not to like? Check out our latest posts below.
Sitecore Commerce Data, A Practical Approach: Part 1 (Good)
In this “Good” approach, use Postman to initialize your Sitecore commerce data. Postman, an API testing tool, can assist in creating the data you need for Sitecore Commerce.
Windows Virtual Desktop Generally Available
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD). This is significant news for any organization using or planning to use remote desktop services. In...
User Interface (UI) Design: Tips and Tricks
Welcome to my virtual lunch and learn. In this post, I share several UI design tricks and tips I’ve implemented over the years.
Azure Bastion in Public Preview
Azure offers an affordable and secure option for hosting servers in the cloud. Accessing Azure servers over a private connection such as Express Route or VPN avoids exposing common management...
Power BI as a Data Validation Tool
We’ve found that releasing a visualization tool, like Power BI, to the right subset of users can greatly expedite and facilitate the validation process. It can also be a great way to train your users on visualization techniques.
The lesser-known apps of Office 365
Delve Most organizations, large and small, dip their toes into the Office 365 (O365) pool by starting with a mail migration. Or maybe they want to move their mail and get files off their shared...
Azure Bot Service – How Bots Can Drive Employee Engagement
In today’s Twitter, mobile texting and sound bite-driven culture, any friction encountered in finding solutions to one’s problems or connecting with others, just isn’t tolerated. Typically, if it’s...
The DevOps Philosophy: An interview with the RBA DevOps team
Let’s talk about our newest search for a DevOps engineer for our technology team. We’ve seen an increase in the adoption of a DevOps mindset in our clients and their teams. So, what is it exactly...
Drive Higher User Adoption with Learning Paths in Dynamics 365
When deploying or upgrading a relationship management system, success of the project often hinges on people actually using the system. In fact, according to the February 2016 Forrester report,...
Website Accessibility is a Good Design Choice and soon a Legal Requirement
ADA Compliance is a hot topic, especially if you have a public website and a business that caters to the masses. Website owners in the financial industry (e.g., FDIC insured companies) are raising...
The Evolution of a Requirement
Effective requirements are a critical component of any software project. The successful gathering and documentation of these requirements depends on the collaboration between the business owners of...
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...