Modernising the digital front door with Sitecore & Azure at global leader in digital infrastructure

Our client is a global leader in digital infrastructure, specialising in designing, building, and operating enterprise-grade data centre solutions across North America and Europe 

Challenge

Operating on an end-of-life CMS presented both operational and reputational risks. Without vendor support, our client faced mounting security vulnerabilities, no access to patches, and increasing exposure to potential breaches – a serious issue for a company promising enterprise-grade security to clients.

Beyond the security concerns, the legacy platform had become difficult to maintain and evolve. Marketing teams struggled with slow, manual workflows, while the hosting environment was costly and unreliable. The combination of technical debt, outdated infrastructure, and limited agility meant they needed more than an upgrade, they needed a full-scale modernisation delivered with speed, precision, and zero downtime.

Solution

Engage Squared was engaged on this project to deliver an accelerated, end-to-end migration and modernisation program. The goal was to rebuild their digital platform on a secure, scalable foundation using modern Sitecore, Azure, and DevOps best practices.

Our approach included three key workstreams:

1. Sitecore Upgrade – Migrated from a legacy instance to the latest supported version of Sitecore, ensuring ongoing vendor support, regular security patches, and a future-proof platform.
2. Cloud Hosting on Azure App Services – Replaced legacy infrastructure with Azure App Services to provide high availability, auto-scaling, and reduced maintenance overhead, improving reliability and performance while lowering cost.
3. Modern DevOps Enablement – Introduced Azure DevOps pipelines with automated testing, CI/CD, and deployment workflows, enabling rapid, reliable releases and new operational efficiencies.

To handle the large volume of content and complex layouts, the team leveraged RAZL, a specialised Sitecore migration tool. This allowed for accurate, large-scale content and layout synchronisation while maintaining metadata and referential integrity. The migration was tested extensively through multiple staging environments to ensure a seamless transition with no business disruption.

Security was a key focus throughout the engagement. The new Sitecore and Azure environments were hardened to meet their stringent requirements, incorporating secure configurations, SSL, access controls, and continuous monitoring.

Results 

The project delivered a secure, sustainable digital platform that restored confidence across the business:

• Security & Stability: Our client eliminated the critical risks of their legacy CMS and re-established compliance with modern security standards.
• Operational Efficiency: The move to Azure App Services reduced infrastructure overhead and improved reliability with auto-scaling and high availability.
• Agility & Speed: New DevOps pipelines transformed release cycles from days to minutes, empowering teams to respond faster to business needs.
• Empowered Marketing Teams: A modern, intuitive Sitecore environment gave content authors the freedom to manage and publish content efficiently.
• Future-Ready Platform: With a clean, supported foundation, our client is now positioned to adopt new Sitecore capabilities and continue innovating confidently.

For a company built on trust and technical excellence, this transformation was about more than just technology; it reaffirmed our client’s credibility as a secure, forward-thinking infrastructure provider.