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Tech Tales

Adventures in Technology & Engineering

Designing Fun

A behind-the-scenes look at our Office Olympics event planning—and the surprising connections to the software development lifecycle.

Database Query Performance Case Studies: Repeated Queries

Learn how we leveraged caching in our application layer to reduce query numbers by 99.9956% and query processing time by 99.975%!

Designing for All: How WebCE Is Supporting Better Accessibility

An overview of recent accessibility improvements made to WebCE courses and website.

Engineering Review Q2 2023

WebCE's engineering team reviews all the ways they improved WebCE's performance in Q2 of 2023.

Database Query Performance Case Studies: Large Volumes of Data

In an earlier blog, we discussed how WebCE uses SQL Server's Query Store feature to identify and troubleshoot query performance. Now let's dig a little deeper into one of the queries we improved.

Best Practices for Securing PII: Why is PII Important if it's Publicly Available?

As we work with individual customers, corporate clients, and regulatory agencies, there’s one data privacy question that comes up more than any other: “Why bother protecting PII that is already available to the public?”

Engineering Review Q1 2023

Whether we're adding entirely new systems, enhancing and adding features to existing products, or streamlining our core services, WebCE is constantly working to improve the experience for our users. Here are a few of the features that we developed in Q1 2023!

Setting up Corporate Single Sign-On with WebCE

Setting up SSO for WebCE just got easier with our inclusion in the Azure and OKTA app marketplaces. Here's your quick-start guide!

How to use SQL Server Query Store to Find Database Performance Issues

Application performance is important for us at WebCE. Read on to find out how we use SQL Server’s Query Store feature to help us provide great experiences for our users!

Good news sources for .NET developers

We learn a lot from others, and in this Good News series, we highlight feeds, blogs, newsletters, and other sources that have helped us stay aware of important needs and trends. Here are some helpful sources for news about Microsoft technology!

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