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DotStark
Kentico Migration Services

Zero-Downtime Kentico Migrations

Move content, templates, forms and integrations to a modern Kentico stack with a battle-tested, zero-downtime migration path — delivered by a certified Kentico Silver Partner.

Kentico Silver Partner
Microsoft Partner
Xperience by Kentico
XbyK Certified Developer
The stakes

The real cost of a migration done wrong

Most migration disasters are predictable — and preventable. Here is what's actually at risk.

$5,600 / min
Unplanned downtime

The average cost of enterprise downtime during a botched cutover. A weekend of outage can erase a quarter of SEO gains.

−42% traffic
Lost search rankings

Broken redirects and missing metadata after migration routinely drop organic traffic for months before recovery.

1 in 3 projects
Data integrity loss

Migrations without integrity checks silently corrupt taxonomies, media references and relationship fields.

+2.4x time
Schedule blowout

Migrations attempted without a phased plan overrun their timeline by an average of 240% once edge cases surface.

Migration paths

From where you are to where you need to be

Kentico 12 / 13 MVC
Xperience by Kentico

Most common path ahead of the December 31, 2026 EOL. Full content + integration rebuild on the modern .NET stack.

10–16 weeks
Kentico Portal Engine
Xperience by Kentico

Re-architecture from Portal Engine to Page Builder with template mapping and editorial retraining.

12–20 weeks
Kentico Xperience 13
Latest Xperience release

Version-to-version upgrade with hotfix alignment, custom module review and regression testing.

6–10 weeks
Our process

A repeatable, six-phase migration

Every phase has clear exit criteria — no go-live until the previous gate passes.

01

Discovery & Audit

Full inventory of content types, templates, custom modules, integrations and traffic-driving URLs.

02

Architecture & Mapping

Map the source schema to the target platform, define the content model and the redirect strategy.

03

Automated Migration

Scripted, repeatable content migration with integrity checks and rollback safety on every run.

04

Rebuild & Reconnect

Rebuild forms, workflows and Page Builder components; reconnect CRMs, payments and third-party services.

05

QA & UAT

Side-by-side validation, automated regression and stakeholder UAT before any go-live decision.

06

Zero-Downtime Cutover

Staged DNS + caching cutover with a tested rollback plan, then post-launch monitoring and tuning.

Instant estimate

Migration complexity estimator

Answer five quick questions for an instant complexity tier and timeline range.

How many pages / items?
Current Kentico version?
Custom modules?
Third-party integrations?
Languages / cultures?
Estimated scope
Answer all 5

Select an option for each question to get an instant complexity tier and timeline range.

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Scope

Everything we move

A complete migration covers far more than content. We account for every layer that drives your traffic, conversions and editorial workflow.

Pages, content tree & versions
Media library & asset references
Taxonomies, tags & categories
SEO metadata & canonical URLs
301 redirect maps
Forms & form submissions
Editorial & approval workflows
Custom modules & page types
Multilingual content variants
User accounts & permissions
CRM & marketing integrations
Payment & commerce data
Go-live

Our zero-downtime cutover

1

Freeze & final sync

Content freeze window with a final delta migration so nothing is lost.

2

Parallel run

New platform runs alongside the old behind the scenes for final validation.

3

DNS + cache switch

Staged DNS change with cache warming so visitors never see an outage.

4

Monitor & tune

Real-time monitoring, performance tuning and rollback on standby for 72h.

100+
Migrations delivered
0
Hours of go-live downtime
12+
Years of Kentico work
Silver
Certified Kentico Partner
"DotStark migrated our entire multi-language Kentico platform without a single minute of downtime. Rankings held, editors barely noticed the switch."
— Digital Director, Enterprise Manufacturing
Risk management

Common risks — and how we prevent them

Broken links & lost SEO equity
Full URL inventory + automated 301 redirect map validated pre-launch.
Corrupted media references
Asset integrity checks with checksum verification on every migration run.
Missing content after go-live
Side-by-side content diff reports signed off before cutover.
Extended downtime at launch
Staged DNS + caching cutover with an instant, tested rollback path.
Integrations failing silently
Contract tests for every CRM, payment and third-party connection.
FAQ

Kentico Migration FAQs

Most enterprise Kentico migrations take 8–16 weeks depending on content volume, custom modules and integrations. Use the estimator above for an instant range, or get a fixed timeline after the free audit.

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