Things You Need To Know About Sitecore Deployment Services

Every type of organization whether small or big today is majorly focusing on enhancing its digital presence and is continuously automating its processes using Sitecore CMS. Biztechnosys is a certified and reliable provider of Sitecore CMS and provides all kinds of Sitecore deployment services to small-medium-large sized establishments and permits them to increase their online presence as well as uplift the overall efficiency and productivity of the organization. Our Sitecore deployment services are cost effective so that smallest of the organizations can enjoy Sitecore CMS benefits in this digital era. In addition to standard .NET framework, Sitecore CMS also provides content that needs to be deployed within the system. Sitecore deployment varies by two main factors – environment and Sitecore role.

 

Here environment refers to things like development, integration, quality assurance, pre-production and production. On the other hand Sitecore role is considered as a service that the target Sitecore instance is delivering such as management, delivery, publishing, aggregation, reporting etc.

A deployment in Sitecore can be composed of various assets such as –

.NET code in terms of compiled assemblies, razor views

Public or static assets such as CSS, JavaScript, images etc.

Sitecore build configuration files in the app_config/include directory

Environment centric settings such as service end points or user credentials that vary between dev, qa etc.

Sitecore content items such as templates, core or custom database, general content items etc.

Sitecore instance name

Sitecore configuration of databases and/or indexes

In a large Sitecore deployment, things may cause huge variations in what might add up to a Sitecore deployment. There are large numbers of tools available online to help manage these variations but none of these tools alone would be able to solve the complex problem of variable nature of what might be in Sitecore deployment package. In such situations we need to go back and pick broader set of tools available for visual studio and msbuild.

Popular Sitecore Deployment Tools

There are large numbers of tools available online to extensively manage the Sitecore content items. Some of the Sitecore deployment tools that help in overcoming most of the challenges which pop up during Sitecore CMS deployment include –

Unicorn is an open source sitecore deployment tool which solves almost all your sitcore deployment related problems with in your budget.

Sitecore ship allows you to download and install sitecore packages via http and is often used in concurrence with courier.

Team development for sitecore (tds) is an add-on for visual studio and permits sitecore developers team to source control almost anything in sitecore database.

Courier can help you to generating sitecore update packages.

Key Benefits Of Sitecore Deployment Services

Let’s now discuss some of the key benefits that Sitecore CMS users enjoy. It mainly includes –

Highly flexible and enhanced productivity

Clearly seen as well as measurable business changes and analytics

Multiple technologies to line up with internal and external facing portals.

Delivers unbelievable user experience as well as user acceptance

Helps in determining the roadmap to strongly line up with the organization’s objectives

increase efficiency accompanied by knowledge sharing

Sitecore Deployment Options – Choose Wisely Based On Your Organization’s Requirements

With Sitecore users get multiple Sitecore deployment options like managed cloud, self-managed cloud or on premises deployment. Choosing the right deployment option primarily depends on your organization’s key requirements as well as your organization’s future objectives. Let’s discuss the three main Sitecore deployment options one by one.

Managed Cloud Deployment

Managed Sitecore deployment is composed of a fully managed cloud environment from Sitecore . In this option, the user will get full-fledged services like Sitecore software, Microsoft azure hosted infrastructure and Sitecore managed services. You can purchase the following licensed software products for managed cloud Sitecore CMS deployment:

Experience platform (XP)

Experience database (XDB)

Experience commerce (XC)

Experience manager (XM)

Email experience manager (EXM)

Sitecore content hub

Self-Managed Cloud Deployment

When you want to manage your sitecore platform all by yourself but without providing your own data centers then the right alternative for you to choose is self-managed cloud deployment. In this deployment option, you will get the software license for your environment and you can manage it on your own in cloud. You can purchase the following licensed software products for self-managed cloud sitecore cms deployment:

Experience platform (XP)

Experience database (XDB)

Experience commerce (XC)

Experience manager (XM)

Email experience manager (EXM)

On Premises Deployment

When you are looking to manage the sitecore platform all by yourself and have the infrastructure to host it, then the right option for you to choose is on premises deployment. In this deployment option you will get the Sitecore software license for your environment and you can deploy it in your own data centers. You can purchase the following licensed software products for on-premises Sitecore CMS deployment:

Experience platform (XP)

Experience database (XDB)

Experience commerce (XC)

Experience manager (XM)

Email experience manager (EXM)

Sitecore print experience manager (PXM)

Ready To Get Started

Whether you are looking for Sitecore CMS Ecommerce platform solution product, product support for Sitecore or Sitecore deployment services you will get the complete Sitecore services from Biztechnosys. Team at Biztechnosys specializes in Umbraco, azure, database optimization, application optimization, etc. And has experience in delivering multiple value added successful projects for different industry segments.