INFRASTRUCTURE • DEVOPS • AUTOMATION

Hybrid Cloud Sitefinity with Automated Deployments

End-to-end CI/CD pipeline for Sitefinity backend and .NET Core frontend with production database backup protection

Azure DevOps Sitefinity Backend .NET Core Renderer Database Automation

Two-Stage Deployment Pipeline

Stage and Production environments with automated database protection

THE CHALLENGE

Managing Development Infrastructure at Scale

The team needed a fresh, reliable Sitefinity installation for training, demos, and feature evaluation. Developers required consistent environments to review new Sitefinity capabilities without maintaining multiple local installations.

Development Environment Overhead

Frontend teams wasted time managing full Sitefinity installations locally, slowing development cycles and creating inconsistency across the team.

Training and Demo Complexity

Without a centralized, maintained instance, running Sitefinity training sessions and feature demonstrations required manual setup and coordination.

Deployment Risk

Moving changes from staging to production carried risk without automated backup and rollback capabilities built into the release process.

THE SOLUTION

Automated Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipeline

We designed a hybrid infrastructure combining cloud-hosted DevOps with internal website hosting. The solution includes automated builds for both the Sitefinity backend and .NET Core frontend renderer, staged deployments, and production safeguards.

Automated Build and Release Pipeline

Azure DevOps automatically builds the Sitefinity backend and .NET Core renderer apps, deploying to staging and production stages with controlled release gates.

Production Database Backups

Every production release automatically creates a database backup before deployment, enabling rapid rollback if issues arise.

Decoupled Frontend Development

Frontend developers can work independently without hosting the entire Sitefinity solution locally, dramatically accelerating development cycles.

Training and Demo Environment

A maintained, up-to-date Sitefinity instance enables consistent training on Sitefinity content management, configurations, and development capabilities.

Hybrid Deployment Model

Cloud-based DevOps, internally-hosted websites with automated safety checks