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Generative AI

AI Overview for Sitecore Module

This Sitecore Module allows you to add a 'google' style AI Overview component to search pages. Returning a GenAI response…

dean.obrien DeanApril 30, 2025November 29, 2025
Language Assistant for Sitecore
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AI Language Assistant for Sitecore

This module allows you to ask an AI Assistant to review the content of your web pages and suggest changes,…

dean.obrien DeanOctober 16, 2024November 29, 2025
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Layout Service

Custom Layout Service for Sitecore

This is the first in a series of articles that will explore the idea of creating a headless application, without…

dean.obrien DeanJune 10, 2024November 27, 2024
Global
Analytics

Search Analytics for Sitecore XM/XP

This module allows you to track searches made within your Sitecore website. In addition, it registers the order in which…

dean.obrien DeanSeptember 14, 2023November 27, 2024
Application Insights for Sitcore Module
Analytics

Application Insights for Sitecore Module

I would like to introduce the Application Insights for Sitecore Module! Some of the key benefits of this module are…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 21, 2022October 15, 2025
page recommender
Cortex

Sitecore Page Recommender

This series of blogs will look at the steps I took to create a page recommendation engine for Sitecore. The…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 7, 2022November 27, 2024
Google Page Speed
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Sitecore Feature Optimisation Playbook

Purpose: Step-by-step process for optimising any Sitecore MVC feature component —from initial evidence capture through refactoring, multi-agent review, deployment,and TOBE…

dean.obrien DeanJune 22, 2026June 22, 2026
Google Page Speed
Generative AI

Using Claude to build a reusable Sitecore optimisation playbook - Part 2

This is the second article in a two part series on using Claude to build a reusable optimisation playbook for…

dean.obrien DeanMay 22, 2026June 22, 2026
Google Page Speed
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Using Claude to build a reusable Sitecore optimisation playbook - Part 1

This is the first of a two part series, where I want to share how Ive been using Claude to…

dean.obrien DeanMay 22, 2026June 22, 2026
Time machine
Generative AI

Building a point in time machine...

This article is going to look at something a little different to my usual sitecore posts - a side project…

dean.obrien DeanApril 24, 2026June 22, 2026
Crawler
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Building a crawler to load every page template in Sitecore

This article is going to look at a little crawler I built to load a minimum of 5 pages of…

dean.obrien DeanMarch 22, 2026June 22, 2026
sitecore
MVP

MVP Application 2026

These are the contributons that I would like to be considered as part of my application to become a Sitecore…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 29, 2025November 29, 2025
Ai in sitecore
Uncategorized

10 Real World examples of Using AI in Sitecore XP (Part two).

This is the second part of a blog post, where we demonstrate 10 real world examples. Showing how we have…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 27, 2025November 27, 2025
Ai in sitecore
Uncategorized

10 Real World examples of Using AI in Sitecore XP (Part one).

When people talk about AI, there is often alot of theory about how it might be used, but not as…

dean.obrien DeanNovember 27, 2025November 27, 2025
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Analytics

Application Insights Module: AI + DevOps Integration Added

The application Insights module just got an upgrade! It can now integrate seamlessly with your Azure DevOps repository. Ask AI…

dean.obrien DeanOctober 15, 2025October 15, 2025
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DEF

Overview: Sitecore Forms to Dynamics

If you wish to send data from Sitecore Forms directly to Dynamics, then you might consider using the Sitecore Connectâ„¢…

dean.obrien DeanMay 20, 2025October 30, 2025
Dynamics 2
DEF

Sync Data From Sitecore To Dynamics

In order to send data to Microsoft Dynamics, you can use the Sitecore Connect for Dynamics Connector (which sits on…

dean.obrien DeanMay 17, 2025October 30, 2025
Dynamics 2
DEF

Issues syncing contacts from Dynamics To XConnect

When working on a project that aimed to sync contacts back and forth between Sitecore and Dynamics, we came across…

dean.obrien DeanMay 10, 2025October 30, 2025
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Dynamics

Submit Data to xDB (before sending to Dynamics)

If you are looking to send Form Data from Sitecore to Dynamics, one option you might consider is to first…

dean.obrien DeanMay 8, 2025October 30, 2025
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DEF

Build a Custom Dropdown List to display data from Dynamics

Add a new Field Type (in System Settings) The first step in creating a custom dropdown is registering a new…

dean.obrien DeanMay 7, 2025October 30, 2025
Dynamics 2
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Retrieve Dynamics Optionset and Entity Reference data for use in Sitecore Forms

This article is going to look at how to create a custom dropdown lists, that have been populated with data…

dean.obrien DeanMay 7, 2025October 30, 2025
Chatbot
Generative AI

How to call a genAI model using your own data.

In this blog post, we will look at how to setup the resources required to programatically call a GenAI model…

dean.obrien DeanApril 9, 2025April 9, 2025
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A conversation with AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for quite some time, everyone is familiar with the likes of ChatGPT and its…

dean.obrien DeanFebruary 6, 2025October 6, 2025

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