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I become Sitecore 9 certified at Sitecore MVP Summit 2018

Hi there, Well, I was a bit stressed about this certification. I have not worked that much in Sitecore lately and I did not really prepared for this exam. I participated at Sitecore MVP Summit 2018 and up until the evening before the day the exam was scheduled I was not 100% that I really […]

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Do not change global.asax in Sitecore 9!

This is a rule of thumb in Sitecore 9: Do not change global.asax. There are other ways to run a piece of code at the start of the Sitecore 9. Until now I have used 2 ways in Sitecore 9 to run a piece of code at the start of the solution. In a similar […]

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How to Sitecore 9 uninstall – my take

I have installed Sitecore 9 on a machine, but I needed also to clean up at one point. There are already a couple of articles/references for this subject: http://insitecore.blogspot.com/2017/11/easy-uninstall-sitecore-9.html https://himadritechblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/a-powershell-script-for-removing-sitecore-9-instance-from-local-machine/ https://www.sitecorgi.net/uninstall-sitecore-9/ https://github.com/Sitecorgi/UninstallSitecore9 https://sitecore.stackexchange.com/questions/8107/how-to-uninstall-an-instance-created-using-the-sitecore-install-framework But I’ve decided to use Rob’s uninstall scripts referenced here in his introductory article about SIF-less, but in case you want to do […]

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Sitecore 9 update 1 installation with SQL Server on a different server

Sitecore 9 update 1 was just released. So it’s quite fresh from the oven. I’ve just tried the installation on a web machine that uses SQL Server installed on a different server and made some discoveries related with prerequisites  needed for the installation. So beside the standard prerequisites mentioned in the installation documentation (must log […]

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How to install Sitecore 9 on Windows 8.1

There are a couple of articles about Sitecore 9 on a Windows 8.1 development machine, and since it’s bit out of hand for me to upgrade to Windows 10 I’ve decided to take the bull by the horns and finally do it. Even that I’ve lost a bet with @SitecoreClimber that will manage to install […]