If you're still running an older version of Umbraco such as version 7, 8, 10 or 13, now is the time to migrate to a modern, secure, and more powerful CMS platform. At Nevitech IT Solutions Ltd, we offer professional Umbraco migration services to help businesses and agencies transition to Umbraco 17 safely and efficiently.
With over a decade of hands-on experience and certified Umbraco developers on our team, we handle all the technical complexities so you can focus on your business. Whether you're on Umbraco Cloud or managing a self-hosted environment, we'll guide you through every step from initial planning and testing through to going live.
Why Upgrade to Umbraco 17?
Umbraco 17 is built on modern .NET 10 architecture, offering significantly improved performance, enhanced security features, long-term support, and future scalability. Continuing to run older versions such as Umbraco 7, 8 or 10, which are now end-of-life, increases your risk of security vulnerabilities, lack of support or patches, plugin and package incompatibility, and performance and scalability limitations.
Older versions also present difficulties in finding support and developer expertise as the community and commercial support moves towards current versions. Migrating to Umbraco 17 ensures your website stays maintainable, secure, and aligned with current industry best practices.
Our Umbraco Migration Expertise
We have extensive experience migrating both small brochure sites and complex enterprise websites, including platforms with custom integrations, e-commerce systems, and sophisticated membership portals. Our expert team includes two Umbraco Certified Masters.
We're intimately familiar with the common pitfalls and technical challenges involved in upgrading across major version gaps, particularly when moving from Umbraco 7, 8, 10 to 13 or 17. This experience allows us to anticipate potential issues and plan effective solutions before they become problems.
What We Migrate
Our comprehensive Umbraco migration service covers every aspect of your website's transition to ensure nothing is lost in the process.
Content and Data
We safely transfer all your content, media files, document types, and user data from legacy versions to the new CMS structure. Wherever possible, we preserve existing URLs and SEO settings to maintain your search engine rankings and user bookmarks.
Layout and Components
We carefully re-architect your content structure using modern Umbraco editors. This includes transforming Grid Layout to the powerful Block Grid Editor, converting Nested Content to Block List Editor functionality, updating Macros to RTE Blocks, and replacing legacy data types with core-supported alternatives.
Custom Code and Integrations
We thoroughly review, modernise, and migrate your custom controllers, templates, API calls, and integrations. This includes payment gateways, CRM connections, and third-party API integrations to ensure they continue working seamlessly in the new environment.
Templates and Frontend
If needed, we'll rebuild your frontend using modern Razor views and reusable components, optimised for speed and long-term maintainability. This ensures your site not only works but performs better than before.
Hosting and Infrastructure
We migrate sites on Umbraco Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, or traditional hosting setups. We'll also help you configure environments, databases, and deployment pipelines to support your upgraded website.
Our Proven Migration Process
Audit
We begin by conducting a thorough audit of your current site, analysing templates, data structures, packages, and integrations to understand exactly what needs to be rebuilt or migrated. This helps us identify potential challenges early in the process.
Planning
We develop a detailed migration plan including realistic timescales, potential risks, and accurate cost estimates. This plan also outlines any limitations or areas that require redevelopment rather than direct migration.
Build and Migrate
We create a fresh Umbraco 17 installation and begin systematically migrating your content, templates, and custom features. Where legacy items are incompatible with the new version, we provide suitable modern alternatives that maintain or improve functionality.
Testing
We conduct thorough quality assurance testing on staging servers to ensure all content has migrated successfully, layouts and components render correctly, forms and integrations function as expected, and page speed and accessibility standards are met or exceeded.
Launch
Once you've approved everything, we help deploy the new site to your live environment. We handle DNS updates, caching configuration, and analytics tracking with minimal disruption to your users and business operations.
Support
Post-launch, we offer comprehensive support to fix any arising issues, train your editors on new features, and implement ongoing enhancements as your needs evolve.
Tailored for Agencies and Businesses
We support direct clients as well as creative and digital agencies looking for a reliable technical partner. We can white-label our services or work collaboratively under your brand, providing transparent updates and detailed documentation throughout the migration process.
Why Trust Nevitech with Your Migration?
We bring over 25 years of software development experience combined with certified Umbraco expertise spanning versions 7 to 17. Our deep understanding of legacy migrations and .NET best practices ensures your project is handled with the expertise it deserves.
We're trusted by agencies across the UK for both white-label and direct delivery services, and we pride ourselves on honest, friendly, and professional communication throughout every project. We understand the importance of getting migrations right the first time, and our structured process and attention to detail mean you can be confident that your new Umbraco website will be faster, more flexible, and ready for the future.
Let's Get Your Migration Started
Ready to move your site to Umbraco 17? We'll handle all the technical complexity, ensure a smooth transition, and help you unlock the full potential of the latest Umbraco features and capabilities.
Contact us at info@nevitech.co.uk or call 01795 905 292 for a friendly consultation. We offer free initial consultations and site audits, so let's discuss how we can modernise your Umbraco site together.