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10/05/2026

New week, new chance to win back time! ☕

Here's a quick Monday exercise: pick one process your team repeats every day and imagine it running in half the time. Small improvements like that add up fast, saving hours, cutting costs, and freeing your team to focus on the work that grows your business.

What's the first workflow you'd streamline? Tell us in the comments! 👇

09/29/2026

What if every invoice that landed in your inbox became a FileMaker record on its own?

With Azure Document Intelligence, it can.

The service extracts invoice data and sends it straight to FileMaker, so your team spends less time keying in numbers and more time acting on them. It's fast, you pay only for the pages you process, and the free tier lets you test it in your real workflow first.

Our latest article walks through the full setup, from creating your Azure resource to the scripts that bring the data home.
https://dbservices.com/blog/integrating-azure-document-intelligence-with-claris-filemaker

09/25/2026

Dolly made 9 to 5 famous. Your FileMaker app can cover 5 to 9. ✨

Custom FileMaker development gives you a system built around how your team actually works, handling routine tasks so your people can focus on the work that makes the business shine.

Dolly built an empire by knowing exactly who she is. Your software should know exactly how you work.

Ready for an app that steals the show? See how we build them.

Link in our bio to get started!

09/24/2026

Securing your FileMaker Server just got easier, and it's free! 🔒

With Let's Encrypt built into the FileMaker Server Admin Console, you can set up SSL encryption in a few steps and let automatic renewal keep your certificate current. Your data stays protected in transit, and your budget stays right where it is.

We put together a step-by-step guide to get you up and running:

We walk through how to request your certificate, configure automatic renewal, and what to keep in mind before getting started with FileMaker Let's Encrypt.

09/22/2026

Snap a photo. Get the text. 📸➡️📝

Did you know Claris FileMaker can read text right from an image? GetLiveText uses the OCR built into your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to convert photos of receipts, invoices, and labels into searchable, usable data. No extra tools required!

Our free demo file and video show you how to set it up 👇

Extract text from images easily with FileMaker’s GetLiveText. Use built-in OCR on iOS and macOS—no costly integrations needed. Includes video and demo file.

09/18/2026

Bookmark-worthy: our on-demand webinars are ready whenever you are. No live attendance required, no calendar reshuffling, just the full library available on your schedule.

Save this link for later, watch it this weekend, and reach out if you have questions:

FileMaker and web development tips, techniques, and news from DB Services. FileMaker Platinum Partner.

09/16/2026

Your team's call recordings, voicemails, and field notes are full of useful information; now you can actually search them.

We connected FileMaker directly to Google Speech-to-Text, so recordings are automatically transcribed into searchable text. No manual transcription, no third-party service, no copy-pasting between systems.

The blog walks through the full setup step by step, and includes a free demo file so you can get it running in your own solution fast.

👉 Read it here:

Turn recorded calls, meetings, and voice notes into searchable text inside FileMaker using Google's Speech-to-Text API. Step-by-step setup guide included.

09/15/2026

Raise your hand if any of this sounds familiar:

📧 Someone has to remember to send the follow-up email
📄 Reports get pulled together by hand every single time
⏰ Overdue tasks slip through until someone notices

FileMaker can automate all three, and FM Quickstart gets you started free 👇

FM Quickstart is a free CRM template, custom built by a team of certified FileMaker developers. Customize the template yourself or contact us to add features.

09/10/2026

Here's a time-saver for anyone managing FileMaker permissions: connect your organization's Google Groups directly to Claris FileMaker.🔑

Instead of adding and removing individual users manually, your existing Google Workspace groups handle it. New hire joins the right group, they're in. Someone leaves the company, their access goes too. Role change? Same idea.

It's a small setup that saves a lot of admin time down the road.

Connect your Google Groups to Claris FileMaker for simplified access control, speeding up onboarding, offboarding, and role changes for admins.