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Advanced React Hook Patterns: Building Production-Ready Components on Azure

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React Hooks have changed the way developers approach building components, making it easier to create scalable, maintainable applications. For businesses using Microsoft Azure to host and manage their apps, it’s important to understand how advanced hook patterns can work seamlessly with Azure App Service, Azure Static Web Apps, and Azure API Management. Whether you’re building a customer portal, tracking inventory, or managing online bookings, combining React with Azure’s tools helps you build applications that are secure, flexible, and ready to grow with your business.

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Implementing Secure, Scalable Authentication in .NET with Microsoft Entra ID

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Many enterprises operate in hybrid environments, maintaining both on-premises and cloud infrastructure. Microsoft Entra ID supports hybrid identity scenarios through Azure AD Connect, enabling synchronized identities and single sign-on across environments. This pattern is particularly valuable during cloud migration phases, where applications might need to authenticate against both on-premises Active Directory and Azure AD.

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Microsoft Ignite 2025 Recap: Key Insights from Emergent Software’s Executive Tech Briefing

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We hosted technology leaders from across the Twin Cities for our first annual Microsoft Ignite Recap Breakfast, held in our new downtown Minneapolis office. With our team attending Microsoft Ignite 2025 in San Francisco, our goal was to bring back the most impactful announcements across cloud, data, AI, security, and licensing, and translate them into meaningful takeaways for the year ahead.

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How Do I Speed Up My Umbraco Website?

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When a content management system (CMS) serves dynamic content, every millisecond of load time matters. Content-heavy websites may face performance challenges when managing media assets, multiple content nodes, and dynamic template rendering. According to Google's Core Web Vitals research, loading speed directly impacts user experience and site rankings. If your site is lagging, it could be impacting your visibility and bottom line.  

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Beyond Lift-and-Shift: How Enterprises Can Truly Modernize Legacy System

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Enterprises often confuse cloud migration with true modernization, but simply lifting and shifting legacy systems only moves old problems into new environments. In this expert guide, Emergent Software’s Senior Software Lead Mike Trent breaks down why modernization projects fail, the red flags to watch for, and how a strategic, business-driven approach can unlock real value. Learn how to assess technical debt, prioritize high-impact systems, leverage cloud-native services, and build a modernization roadmap that delivers long-term scalability, security, and ROI.

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Emergent Software Celebrates 10 Years of Empowering Growth Through Microsoft-Centric Technology Solutions

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Emergent Software, a software development, cloud consulting, and data engineering firm based in Minneapolis, is proud to mark its 10th anniversary. What began in 2015 as a local consultancy has grown into a nationally recognized Microsoft-certified partner trusted by organizations to solve complex business challenges through scalable, high-performing technology.

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Emergent Software Secures Spot on MSPBJ's Fast 50 for Sixth Consecutive Year

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Emergent Software, a software development, cloud consulting, and data engineering firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is honored to be named for the sixth year in a row on the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (MSPBJ) Fast 50 list of the region's fastest-growing private companies. As companies grow larger, maintaining rapid growth and staying on the list becomes increasingly difficult — this six-year streak underscores Emergent's consistent momentum and market relevance.

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How Technical Debt Hurts Your Team, and What You Can Do About It

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Technical debt is the cost of putting off the right solution in favor of the fast one. It’s what builds up when teams make short-term choices to hit a deadline, skip documentation, delay maintenance, or avoid reworking something that isn’t quite right. Over time, those decisions create friction: messy code, patchy integrations, unnecessary manual work, or tools that no longer fit the way your team operates.

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GitHub Pricing Simply Explained

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GitHub is the world’s largest and most popular platform for version control and collaborative coding. But when it comes to choosing a GitHub plan, things can get confusing. With different pricing tiers, storage limits, CI/CD allowances, and add-ons like GitHub Copilot, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. This guide breaks down GitHub’s pricing structure, explains the differences between each plan, and helps you figure out which option best suits your needs.

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Cursor vs. GitHub Copilot: Choosing the Right AI Coding Assistant

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AI coding assistants have rapidly evolved into tools that developers now use daily. Among the most talked-about options are GitHub Copilot and Cursor. Both promise to accelerate development, reduce repetitive work, and make coding more enjoyable, but they do so in different ways.

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