Ongoing Umbraco Support & Retainers
Keep your Umbraco platform secure, supported and moving forward with reserved technical capacity for incidents, maintenance, upgrades and planned improvements.
- Agreed priorities, response targets and escalation routes
- Security, dependency and version-lifecycle planning
- Support for inherited and third-party-built Umbraco websites
- PAYG, monthly retainer and continuous-improvement models
Tell us what capacity you need
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Clear ownership for every request
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Maintenance planned before it becomes urgent
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Reserved capacity for continuous improvement
Ongoing Umbraco support keeps the platform reliable while the business continues to change.
A live Umbraco website is never completely finished. Content teams need improvements, dependencies move, integrations change, security advisories appear and the platform’s supported lifecycle advances. A good support arrangement creates a controlled route for all of that work.
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Your website is live, but nobody clearly owns it
Establish who receives requests, who approves work, how releases happen and where responsibility changes between your team, iConnect and other suppliers.
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Your backlog keeps losing to urgent delivery work
Reserve recurring Umbraco capacity so maintenance, accessibility, editor improvements and technical debt progress alongside day-to-day priorities.
03
Your current supplier is no longer the right fit
Use a structured takeover to understand the inherited platform before support commitments are finalised.
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Your Umbraco version needs a forward plan
Track CMS, .NET and package support dates, assess impact and plan work before end of life turns a decision into an emergency.
Umbraco maintenance should reduce emergencies, not merely respond to them.
Reactive fixes matter when production is affected. The larger value of retained support is a repeatable rhythm: review signals, maintain dependencies, plan lifecycle work, deliver the backlog and keep ownership visible.
From reactive to managed
ISSUE
Triage & restore
CAUSE
Investigate & learn
PLAN
Prevent & improve
Supported Umbraco versions need active decisions, not passive monitoring.
Umbraco major versions move through Active, Support, Security and End-of-Life phases. CMS planning also needs to account for .NET and package compatibility.
Current planning context: Umbraco 17 is the current LTS release on .NET 10. Umbraco 13 enters end of life on 14 December 2026. Always confirm dates against current Umbraco guidance.
Ongoing Umbraco support can cover incidents, maintenance and continuous improvement.
Every activity is prioritised through one visible backlog and delivered within the boundaries of the agreed support model.
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Incident diagnosis & fixes
Triage production issues, reproduce faults, find root causes and deliver controlled fixes.
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Backlog delivery
Use capacity for components, editor improvements, integrations and accessibility fixes.
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Version & upgrade planning
Track CMS, runtime and package support so upgrades are budgeted before end of life.
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Performance improvement
Investigate templates, APIs, queries, caching, media, assets and infrastructure signals.
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Security patches & dependencies
Review Umbraco, .NET and package advisories, assess impact and schedule tested patching.
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Deployment & release support
Coordinate environments, releases, checks and recovery responsibilities.
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Monitoring & operational review
Turn uptime, error and application signals into actions, not background noise.
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Editorial & technical guidance
Give content and technical teams a practical route for Umbraco questions.
Ongoing Umbraco support moves from technical discovery to a repeatable delivery rhythm.
Inherited platforms need a responsible starting point. The first cycle establishes access, risk, ownership and release confidence.
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Step 01
Discover
Confirm journeys, users, stakeholders, hosting, repositories, environments and known concerns.
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Step 02
Audit
Review the codebase, CMS, runtime, packages, integrations, deployment and backlog.
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Step 03
Stabilise
Address urgent risks and establish a safe release route before normal service begins.
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Step 04
Prioritise
Separate incidents, maintenance, technical debt and planned improvements in one backlog.
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Step 05
Deliver
Work through priorities within reserved capacity, with estimates, approvals and testing.
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Step 06
Review
Report completed work, capacity, risks and recommendations for the next cycle.
An Umbraco support SLA should distinguish business-critical incidents from planned work.
Response targets are agreed in the proposal, not implied by a marketing page. A useful matrix defines impact, who can declare the priority, support window, response target, escalation and updates.
| Priority | Typical Impact | Support Approach |
|---|---|---|
| P1 Critical | Production unavailable or a critical journey cannot be completed | Immediate escalation route and incident communications under the agreed SLA |
| P2 High | Major functionality degraded with significant impact | Prioritised diagnosis, workaround assessment and corrective release |
| P3 Standard | Limited defect with a workaround or contained impact | Estimate and delivery through the prioritised backlog |
| P4 Planned | Enhancement, advice or non-urgent maintenance | Roadmapped into retained capacity against business priorities |
This framework does not represent a universal 24/7 commitment. Final terms are tailored to the agreed service.
Choose an Umbraco support model that matches the frequency and risk of the work.
The proposal should make capacity, priorities, response expectations, approvals, exclusions and unused time visible.
For occasional needs
PAYG Umbraco support
Ad-hoc capacity for a defined investigation, fix or small piece of work where the need is irregular.
- Work estimated before delivery
- Scheduling subject to availability
- Suitable for bounded tasks
For recurring priorities
Monthly support retainer
Reserved capacity for incidents, maintenance, advice and prioritised backlog delivery.
- Reserved monthly capacity
- Agreed priorities and response targets
- Regular reporting and review
For strategic evolution
Continuous improvement
Combine support with a roadmap of UX, accessibility, performance, integration and conversion work.
- Roadmap and measurable priorities
- Cross-functional capacity
- Monthly execution rhythm
Final terms are confirmed in the proposal
Minimum booking
Onboarding time
Retainer rollover
Urgent-work rules
A controlled takeover protects both the platform and the new support relationship.
iConnect does not need to have built the original website. Before normal support begins, we review the access and information needed to operate it safely.
Common questions about Umbraco support and retainers.
Scope, availability and commercial commitments are confirmed in your proposal and support agreement.
What does an ongoing Umbraco support retainer include?
Recurring specialist capacity for an agreed mix of incident support, maintenance, patching, version planning and improvements. The agreement defines capacity, support window, priorities, response targets, exclusions and unused time.
Can iConnect support an Umbraco website built by another agency?
Yes. A controlled takeover reviews the codebase, CMS and .NET versions, packages, integrations, hosting, deployment, access, defects and documentation before normal service.
Do you offer ad-hoc support as well as retainers?
A defined investigation or smaller task may suit PAYG support. A retainer is better for business-critical platforms, recurring backlogs and predictable access to specialists.
Does a retainer include upgrades?
Routine patches may fit within retained capacity. Major upgrades usually need discovery and a separate plan because custom code, packages, integrations and hosting affect effort.
How are urgent requests handled?
Requests are classified against the support agreement. Production outages follow a different route from cosmetic issues or planned enhancements.
Can support cover Umbraco Cloud or Azure?
Yes, where access and responsibilities are clear. Infrastructure, backups, monitoring, deployment and recovery ownership must be assigned explicitly.
How quickly can iConnect take over a website?
It depends on condition, access, documentation and urgency. Complex or unstable platforms may need stabilisation before normal response commitments begin.
Give your Umbraco platform a clear owner and a workable plan.
Tell us your current version, hosting setup, immediate concerns and typical backlog. We will help you choose PAYG support, a monthly retainer or a focused takeover.
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- No obligation
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