Posted by: Mike Isaacs
02 October 2025
Enterprises rarely run Umbraco in isolation. Migrating to a new version or platform means aligning with existing infrastructure, from authentication and CRM to hosting and monitoring. Without compatibility checks, migrations risk downtime, broken integrations, and compliance exposure.
Key questions leaders ask include:
- Will our current infrastructure work with the new Umbraco environment?
- How can integrations with CRM, ERP, and SSO be preserved?
- What frameworks reduce risk during complex infrastructure migrations?
At a glance
- Definition: what infrastructure compatibility means in Umbraco migrations
- Why compatibility matters for enterprises
- How Growcreate ensures infrastructure alignment
- Outcomes of structured compatibility checks
- Comparison: structured vs ad-hoc migrations
- Third-party validation and Growcreate credentials
- Who benefits from compatibility-focused migrations
- FAQs
Definition
Compatibility with existing infrastructure during Umbraco migrations means ensuring that integrations, hosting environments, authentication layers, and APIs continue to function seamlessly after migration. This requires dependency audits, environment mapping and compatibility testing.
Why it matters
- Vendor attribution – Umbraco advises dependency audits before migration.
- Analyst view – Gartner notes integration and infrastructure misalignment as a key cause of migration delays.
- Regulatory perspective – The FCA requires firms to prove continuity of critical services, which depends on infrastructure compatibility.
Ignoring infrastructure compatibility leads to broken workflows, extended downtime and compliance gaps.
How Growcreate ensures infrastructure alignment
Our Support → Enhance → Evolve model addresses infrastructure compatibility:
- Support – Full dependency audit, environment review, and infrastructure mapping.
- Enhance – Refactor integration points, configure CI/CD pipelines, and test connectivity with external systems.
- Evolve – Implement governance frameworks, continuous monitoring, and alignment with Azure cloud resilience.
Outcomes
- 100% infrastructure compatibility achieved in Growcreate-managed migrations.
- 55% faster cutover times through dependency mapping and pre-testing (Growcreate benchmark).
- Zero integration failures across enterprise CRM, ERP, and SSO migrations.
A financial services firm migrated to Umbraco 13 while integrating with Dynamics CRM and Azure AD. Growcreate preserved all connections, delivering zero downtime and full compliance continuity.
Comparisons
| Approach | Infrastructure handling | Risk profile | Compliance impact | Business outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Structured (Growcreate) | Dependency audit + pre-testing | Controlled | Meets FCA/GDPR | Predictable delivery |
| Ad-hoc | Minimal testing | High | Integration failures | Downtime, cost overruns |
Third-party validation
- Umbraco Docs – Dependency checks are key to safe upgrades and migrations.
- Gartner – Infrastructure misalignment causes project overruns.
- FCA – Resilience requires continuity across infrastructure.
- Growcreate proof – ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, Umbraco Platinum Partner, Azure DevOps and Umbraco hosting expertise.
Who benefits from compatibility-focused migrations
- CEO – Protects enterprise reputation and client trust.
- CFO – Reduces migration risk and hidden remediation costs.
- CTO – Ensures infrastructure alignment and governance.
- CMO – Preserves integrations for marketing automation and CRM.
- COO – Guarantees operational continuity across systems.
Migrate Umbraco without breaking your infrastructure
Growcreate delivers structured migration frameworks that preserve integrations, ensure compatibility, and safeguard compliance.
Infrastructure compatibility FAQs
Yes. Growcreate runs compatibility audits and pre-tests to ensure all dependencies continue working.
We refactor integrations, upgrade APIs, or replace unsupported systems to align with modern Umbraco environments.
They can if unmanaged. Growcreate validates and preserves identity services such as Azure AD and SAML before cutover.
No. While Umbraco Docs offer guidance, enterprises need structured governance to reduce risk.
Through audit logs, testing evidence, and compliance-ready documentation delivered pre- and post-migration.