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Azure SQL’s default backup retention lasts just seven days—fine for development, but risky for production and compliance. This article explores why long-term retention is essential and shows you how to configure a tailored backup strategy using Azure’s built-in tools to ensure your critical data is protected for weeks, months, or even years.

Many teams assume Azure SQL’s default backups are enough—but the default retention period is only seven days. This blog reveals how to locate and configure longer backup retention settings to protect critical data. Learn how a proactive approach prevents costly recovery challenges.

A sudden failure in a client’s messaging system revealed the risks of relying on deprecated platforms. This blog explains how Visus, LLC resolved the issue by migrating from Sendbird v3 to v4, which required a shift from .NET Framework to .NET Core due to new compatibility requirements. Learn how this upgrade restored functionality and strengthened long-term platform stability.

Over time, oversized images in Sitefinity libraries can slow down page performance and impact user experience. This blog explores a custom bulk download and upload solution that streamlines image optimization by preserving file paths and automating updates. Learn how proactive media management keeps your site fast, efficient, and user-friendly.

Discover how Visus, LLC enhanced a client's search experience by customizing HawkSearch through an API-first approach. By developing a custom Sitefinity widget, we enabled advanced filtering, sorting, and accessibility, providing a more adaptable and scalable search solution. Read on to learn how this solution can future-proof your search functionality.

Broken links can undermine user experience and damage site credibility—especially after a CMS migration. This blog explores how Visus, LLC implemented an automated link-checking solution using Sitefinity's Background Tasks to proactively catch errors and ensure content integrity across environments. Discover how automation and training can streamline post-migration success.

Struggling with SEO on dynamic content pages? Visus, LLC shows how dynamic SEO meta tags can boost search rankings, engagement, and scalability by customizing tags based on page content and URL parameters. Learn how tailored SEO strategies drive better visibility and higher click-through rates.

Is your content approval workflow inefficient? Visus LLC shows how we customized Sitefinity’s workflow for a publishing client, streamlining notifications, reminders, and approvals to boost productivity. Learn how tailored workflows can transform your content management process..

Upgrade to Sitefinity 15 for enhanced security, streamlined content management, and improved performance. With new features like AI-assisted authoring, .NET Core rendering, and multichannel delivery, Sitefinity 15 empowers your business to stay ahead in a digital world. Let Visus LLC help you leverage these upgrades for success.

Migrating to ASP.NET Core Renderer boosts website performance, scalability, and security. This post explores key benefits like improved speed, cross-platform compatibility, and future-proofing your infrastructure, helping you decide if migration is the right move for your business.

Streamlining the creation of detailed test cases is crucial for efficient software testing and future automation. In this blog post, we explore how integrating Katalon’s manual test case generator with Jira helped a client save time, enhance collaboration, and set the stage for future test automation. Learn how automating test case generation can improve testing efficiency, reduce human error, and ensure higher quality software.

Automate code quality checks by integrating SonarQube with Azure DevOps to streamline your development pipeline and improve code quality. This solution detects issues early, saving time, reducing costs, and ensuring consistency across your team for more secure and efficient software development.

Visus helps clients boost social media engagement by adding OpenGraph tags to their Sitefinity blog posts. This proactive approach lets content creators control preview images, titles, and descriptions—transforming generic shares into eye-catching, brand-aligned posts that attract more clicks and traffic. Learn how you can apply this simple technique to elevate your content's performance.

Tracking the right MSBuild version on Azure App Services can be tricky with frequent updates. Learn how to use Azure’s Console tool to locate available MSBuild versions quickly and accurately. Follow this guide to avoid build issues and keep your development process running smoothly.

In Azure App Services, managing MSBuild versions can be tricky, especially when newer versions like MSBuild 17 lack pre-defined variables. This blog explores the challenge and offers manual workarounds for updating MSBuild paths to ensure builds run smoothly. Learn how to stay proactive and avoid build errors with Azure.

In this blog post, Visus, LLC tackles a common challenge faced when deploying the ASP.NET Core rendering engine in Azure App Services. The team shares how they resolved a redirect issue caused by the X-Original-Host header and provides a step-by-step guide to properly configure the Application Gateway Host Rewrite Module. If you're dealing with similar header-related errors, this post offers a practical solution to ensure a smooth integration between your CMS and rendering engine, improving both performance and scalability.

In this blog post, Visus demonstrates how to streamline API testing using Visual Studio and GitHub Copilot. The solution makes it easy to quickly generate and validate test cases for all APIs in a project, saving time and reducing manual effort. Learn how automating your API testing process can improve efficiency and ensure reliable functionality.

Supercharge your website’s search experience by integrating Elastic Search on Azure with Sitefinity. This guide walks you through a step-by-step setup, revealing how powerful features like configurable facets and advanced filtering can deliver lightning-fast, ultra-relevant results. If you're aiming to boost user satisfaction and search efficiency, this post is your roadmap.

Deliver content faster and smarter with Sitefinity’s hybrid CMS. This guide shows how to streamline multi-channel delivery, empower content teams, and give developers the flexibility to build modern frontends—all while keeping your brand experience consistent.

Discover how Sitefinity empowers modern enterprises with the flexibility to deliver content across any channel, the scalability to grow with demand, and the elasticity to optimize performance in real time. This blog explores how Sitefinity’s hybrid, cloud-powered architecture helps businesses stay agile, responsive, and ready for anything—making it the go-to CMS for organizations in a dynamic digital world.

Discover how Visus LLC developed an AI-enabled chatbot widget for Sitefinity websites, transforming user engagement with intelligent, context-aware interactions. In this blog post, we share the challenges, solutions, and lessons learned from integrating Azure AI and Kendo UI’s Chat widget, empowering websites to offer personalized, data-driven user experiences. If you're looking to elevate your website with cutting-edge AI technology, this post provides valuable insights into the future of conversational interfaces.

Discover how we optimized Sitefinity development on the go using Microsoft DevBox. Learn how hibernation keeps costs low, enables seamless project switching, and eliminates IP whitelisting headaches—all while staying within our Azure budget for maximum efficiency and flexibility.

Efficiently tracking where specific fields are used across complex database objects like views, stored procedures, and functions can be a daunting task, especially when working in dynamic environments. In this blog post, we explore how creating a custom SQL stored procedure, like FindText, can help streamline this process. By automating the search for field references in SQL code, developers can save time, reduce errors, and improve collaboration within teams. Discover how this simple but powerful tool enhances productivity and ensures teams can respond to changes and questions in real-time. If you're looking to optimize your database development workflow, this is a must-read!

We enhanced form security by integrating a honeypot technique alongside reCAPTCHA, effectively blocking spammers while ensuring seamless user experience. Discover how we overcame challenges with auto-fill tools and fine-tuned security without disrupting legitimate users in this innovative approach.

Struggling with firewall restrictions blocking cloud testing? Discover how we used Sauce Connect Proxy to securely run tests on Sauce Labs, ensuring security, flexibility, and efficiency while bypassing allowlisting challenges for a seamless testing experience.

Struggling with website crashes during high traffic? Discover how we solved this challenge by migrating to Azure App Services with autoscaling, ensuring seamless performance, cost efficiency, and reliability—no matter the demand.

Unexpected UI inconsistencies can disrupt user experience and brand identity. Discover how visual testing helps catch styling variations before deployment, ensuring a seamless and professional interface while saving time and resources in the development process.

Discover how we helped a client scale their Sitefinity website to handle massive traffic surges without downtime. Learn how the ASP.NET Core Rendering Engine improved performance, reduced costs, and simplified development—without requiring a full site rebuild.

Automating code deployment with Azure Pipelines eliminates errors, streamlines configuration changes, and introduces approval processes, ensuring a safer, more efficient, and reliable build/release workflow for development teams.

Adapting to Sitefinity 15.1's dashboard limitations by leveraging the version 14 interface shows the importance of creativity and flexibility in overcoming unexpected challenges during CMS upgrades.

Sitefinity 15 was recently released and it brings with it a multitude of enhancements and security updates. Here are 15 to consider to upgrade your Sitefinity instance to version 15.

Here are 15 new features to take advantage of in Sitefinity 15, the CMS known for ease of use by marketing teams.

Azure Managed Identity eliminates the need for stored credentials in SQL database connections, offering enhanced security and simplified developer access through Azure Entra ID for streamlined, secure database management.

Discover how a simple Excel feature saved hours of manual data entry and eliminated errors. A quick workaround turned into a game-changing solution—learn how a few minutes of research can lead to smarter, more efficient workflows.

Discover how Visus LLC automated manual data entry by integrating Sitefinity forms with SurveyMonkey, boosting efficiency and reducing errors. Learn how our user-friendly admin widget empowers non-technical users and see how this solution can streamline your business operations!

Sonos’s app fiasco is a perfect example of what happens when speed is prioritized over quality. In this article, we share the costly lessons from their rushed release and how you can ensure your next project doesn't suffer the same fate.

Visus celebrated the new forged partnership between Progress SItefinity and Amla's Znode at the Sitefinity roundtable in New Orleans on October 5th 2023.

Using Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment for a Web Application using Approval System and Gates in Azure DevOps

June 22nd 2023 video recording of the webinar hosted by Progress and Visus LLC on the subject of AI and the future of CMS. Main speaker was Lino Tadros, Visus CTO - Sergei Sokolov, Sr. Director of the Sitefinity Product line at Progress and Jonathan Read, Solution Engineer at Progress.

Have you ever received that message from a friend or colleague that says "Hey, your site's SSL certificate has expired?" Well there is a way to monitor that in Azure even if your Web application is not hosted in Azure.

Does your ASP.NET Application in need for a 2FA (Two Factor Authentication) or MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) to secure access to your app frontend and backend? These 8 steps are your roadmap to implementing a successful 2FA based Authentication.

When the words "PCI Compliance" usually come up, a lot of developers tell me "Don't save Credit Card information and you will be ok". Well PCI is a lot more than that :) Let's discuss the items that Developers need to be aware of when they need to consider PCI Compliance for their applications

Using the [SitefinityWidget] attribute for Sitefinity ViewComponents to change the Thumbnail image representing the Widget in the backend.

I had a great time representing Visus at Microsoft Build Conference in Seattle. I was honored to represent Microsoft during the launch of the new Microsoft Fabric product and see so many friends that I have not seen for a long time.

In this video, you will be introduced to the Visual Studio Copilot Chat extension to help explain code, generate new code or fix errors and exceptions in C#, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript and others...

This video will demonstrate the use of Apache Spark inside of Microsoft Fabric and how to load and transform data in Parquet format using the Delta Lake open source format.

This video will start a series of videos on the Microsoft Fabric product that was released into public preview on May 23rd 2023. This specific video is about OneLake and the Lakehouse fundamentals in Microsoft Fabric.

A Paradigm shift is happening and it is crucial that enterprise companies do not miss the boat on this one. In your industry, be an early adopter, be courageous, dive into the new era of Artificial Intelligence with a trusted partner.

Exciting times ahead! Come visit with me during my sessions at Microsoft Build on May 24th to learn more about Microsoft Fabric and this great unified Data Analytics system that just went into preview. I am happy to answer your questions and demo the product to you.

There are plenty of Content Management Systems out there and each one of them has the Pros and Cons that differentiate them from each other. In this article, I will present you with the main differences between these 2 great CMS systems, AEM and Sitefinity in order to have a clear idea of when to use each one and the power of each framework

To ensure a successful digital strategy and project execution you need a well-defined process. Visus uses its own 4D Process to ensure all projects produce the desired results. Read more to learn how the 4D process works.

Marketing and IT departments often are challenged by resource limitations or expertise in ensuring their Sitefinity website is up-to-date and fully optimized. Managed Website Services can provide an alternative solution for addressing those challenges. Here are some key insights about Managed Website Services best practices and options for incorporating them into your website support.

Sitefinity by Progress is an all-in-one content management solution for websites. With multi-site, multi-channel content management it empowers your entire digital presence from one place. Visus LLC is a Sitefinity Partner, MVP, and Delivery Partner specializing in providing clients Sitefinity solutions. In working with Sitefinity, we uncovered some Tips & Tricks that will help make your use of Sitefinity easier, quicker, and even a little more fun. Enjoy!