2026-11-04
📺 Built to Scale: The Evolution of Load Balancing in Umbraco | UIF26
Tony Meyn (Umbraco India User Group) traces Umbraco’s 21‑year evolution from single‑server XML storage to modern, scalable load‑balanced architectures (v15–v17+). He explains hybrid caching (L1/L2, Redis), output caching, SignalR challenges, centralized logs/search/media, and developer responsibilities for writing stateless, distributable code and using Umbraco Cloud.
📺 Agentic Umbraco: When Automate Meets MCP | UIF26
Nikhil Prajapati (presented to Umbraco India User Group) demonstrated using Umbraco Automate, MCP, and AI agents to automate content workflows—quality checks, SEO, accessibility, indexing, translations—while enforcing approvals, audit logs, and governance. He showed a demo integrating Anthropic/Algolia, recommended best practices, and highlighted open-source extensibility.
📺 The Future of Search: SEO, AEO & GEO in Umbraco | UIF26
Mateen Shaikh (Umbraco India User Group) demonstrates Tixart’s Umbraco package and Inmotion platform for AEO/GEO: auditing, structuring, schema/MD exports, crawler exposure, freshness, authority, entity clarity, retrievability, and localization to make Umbraco sites discoverable, answerable, and citable by LLMs and AI search.
📺 I, AI, and Umbraco: A Developer Perspective | UIF26
Emmanuel Tissera summarizes AI’s role in Umbraco: AI shifts costs across the iron triangle (time, quality, cost), requiring leaders who orchestrate AI agents. He demos a six-stage AI-driven build using Umbraco MCPs, agent skills, and Umbraco.ai, stressing human review, governance, and extensibility within the Umbraco ecosystem.
📺 Enterprise Replatforming: Consolidating Three CMSs into a Unified Umbraco Cloud Platform | UIF26
Umbraco India User Group: At Umbraco India Festival 2026, Farshadudheen K and Ansar M describe unifying multiple CMSs (Kentico, WordPress, Webflow) into Umbraco, highlighting community origins, migration challenges (data/media/export issues), custom import tools, block previews, custom indexes, integrations, editor training, and lessons on validation, consolidation, and editor confidence.
📺 Umbraco India Fest 2026
Umbraco India User Group attendees praised the inaugural Umbraco India Festival 2026 for its learning, community connections, high energy, strong participation, and excellent organization by speakers, sponsors, and the Umbraco team, calling the event a memorable and successful first-of-its-kind festival.
📺 From Audience to MVP: An Umbraco Story from Nepal | Bishal Tim | UIF26
Bishal Tim recounts his journey from attending a first Umbraco meetup in Kathmandu to becoming Nepal’s first Umbraco MVP, describing community contributions—forum help, migrating the Tag Manager package, local meetups led by Pasang Tamang—and urging newcomers to show up, answer questions, write about fixes, and say yes to opportunities.
📺 Mindfulness: The Present is Perfect | UIF26
Seema Sunil (Umbraco India User Group) explores mindfulness—being present, not dwelling on past or future, and managing distractions like mobile phones. Through stories and techniques (5-4-3-2-1, deep diaphragmatic breathing), she urges focus on actions (karma), balance attachment, and practicing simple mindful habits to improve attention and well-being.
2026-08-12
📺 Unlocking the Power of Umbraco's Commercial Products
At the Umbraco India User Group meetup, Corné Hoskam, Technical Team Lead for Commercial Products at Umbraco, discussed the flexibility and extensibility of Umbraco's commercial products. The session featured a hands-on workshop format and concluded with an announcement for the upcoming Umbraco India festival in 2026.
2026-05-27
📺 Umbraco Search Explained | Kenn Jacobsen | Umbraco India Meetup
The Umbraco India User Group hosted a session featuring Kenn Jacobsen, a four-time Umbraco MVP, discussing the upcoming Umbraco Search. This new framework allows for a provider-agnostic approach, enabling users to integrate various search technologies like Algolia and ElasticSearch. The goal is to simplify search implementation and enhance user experience.
2026-04-29
📺 All About Migrations: Umbraco Explained
The Umbraco India User Group session, led by Nathaniel Lunis, features Danesh Kumar discussing migration strategies for Umbraco. Key topics include managing database tables, data insertion from JSON, and the importance of async migration bases. The session highlights effective patterns for version upgrades and addresses common migration challenges.
2026-03-18
📺 The Umbraco Playground — Experiment, build, and share 1
The Ubraco playground experiment, hosted by Debbas Gracious and co-hosted by Girish, featured developers presenting their work with Umbraco. Nitesh Babu showcased Better Icons for SVG management, while Natan Ununes discussed MCP server automation. Silano shared migration challenges, and Afrid presented a low-code workflow engine prototype. Author: Umbraco India User Group
2026-01-07
📺 Umbraco Community 2025 Highlights | Building, Learning, Growing
The Umbraco India User Group presents a highlights recap of the 2025 Umbraco community meetups, showcasing key moments from online and hybrid events.
2025-12-03
📺 Unlocking the Umbraco Management API
Owain Williams, a Senior Developer and 8× Umbraco MVP, presents a detailed exploration of the Umbraco Management API, demonstrating its capabilities beyond the back office. The session includes practical demos, integration patterns, and insights on common pitfalls, aiming to enhance user understanding and implementation of the API effectively.
2024-08-07
📆 Unveiling Umbraco 14: The Next Evolution
2024-08-14 from 16:00 to 17:00 - Online on googleHangout