Verbund website relaunch

Verbund - Website relaunch

The challenge in this project was to replace the outdated .NET CMS and create a new, modern website that reflects the current state of the art.

The previous infrastructure was complex: VERBUND relied on several servers per environment to operate the platform, meaning that a total of ten servers had to be continuously operated and maintained. This resulted in considerable effort and high costs for maintenance and updates. In addition, most of the extensive system functions were not used in everyday editorial work, which meant that the high license fees were disproportionate to the actual benefits.

By switching to Umbraco Cloud, the effort and costs for maintenance and operation were significantly reduced and the license costs were completely eliminated.

Project advantages at a glance

significant savings in annual license costs
Less downtime during maintenance windows
Faster content maintenance thanks to editor-friendly structure

Details

Kunde: Verbund AG
Projekt: CMS Relaunch
Technologie: Umbraco, Azure

Design

All pages of the VERBUND website follow a uniform corporate design that complies with the WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility guidelines and is regularly audited. Prior to publication, usability was tested with a selection of users from various demographic groups and the resulting feedback was incorporated.

The VERBUND AG website currently consists of 25 pages and is growing steadily. The flagship of the project is the corporate website verbund.com. It forms the hub from which visitors can access all other pages of the VERBUND world, as well as external portals.

Test automation, security, and availability

During each deployment, several hundred unit tests are run to ensure that changes do not cause any undesirable side effects. UI tests are run daily on a mirror of the production instance using the Playwright test framework, which simulates users with different devices, operating systems, and browsers.

Both the externally accessible pages and the back office have undergone intensive penetration and load testing. Azure Frontdoor serves as an upstream CDN and provides additional protection against DDoS attacks. Health checks check the availability of the pages every few seconds. If an instance fails, a backup instance hosted outside of Umbraco Cloud is activated within seconds.

Test automation, security, and availability

By switching to Umbraco Cloud, we have significantly reduced our ongoing hosting and licensing costs—while also gaining a platform that we can continue to develop in a flexible and future-proof manner.

Mag. Jasmin Kuric

/ VERBUND Digital Power GmbH

Migration & Workflow

Although the new site was redesigned in terms of content, selected content such as press releases and financial reports was programmatically migrated from the old system to Umbraco. The content was translated into several languages and also contained complex elements such as tables and rich text. The data was exported to JSON format via PowerShell and then imported into Umbraco using C#.

By using Umbraco Workflow, all content can be reviewed by authorized persons before publication and then approved or rejected. Content is currently available in six different languages. The content, which is initially created in German in most cases, is translated into the target languages by translation agencies using the Translation Manager.

Numbers that make an impact!

Scope, team size, and project duration at a glance—compact, comprehensible, measurable.

2100000

pageviews per Month

17

editors

545

days project duration

Fabio König
Head of Business Development

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