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Modernization for Legacy Platforms

Modernizing a legacy platform means moving to a supported stack without breaking the business that runs on the old one. The hard part is never the new system. It is keeping the legacy system safe and available while the migration takes longer than planned.

Jestr keeps a live, isolated replica of the legacy platform: a clean reference for the rebuild, a fallback if the cutover fails, and a way to keep an end-of-life system running without exposing it. Pick your platform below.

Looking for disaster recovery instead? Disaster Recovery for legacy platforms.

Legacy ecommerce platforms

Storefronts whose vendor roadmap has moved on, slowed down or ended. Every one of them still has to take orders tomorrow morning.

PHPMagento CommerceAdobe's roadmap moved to Commerce as a Cloud Service. Modernize Magento with a live parallel replica: clean reference, cutover fallback, life past support.PHP 5 and 7Magento 1Magento 1 has been end of life since June 2020. Migrate with a live replica as reference and fallback, so the store keeps selling through the rebuild. End of life: Jun 30, 2020JavaSAP HybrisSAP Commerce 2205 on-premise is past mainstream maintenance. Migrate to Commerce Cloud or elsewhere with a live Hybris replica as reference and fallback. End of mainstream maintenance: Jul 31, 2026PHPWooCommerceOutgrown WooCommerce? Move to a new platform with a live replica of your store as clean reference and fallback, so checkout never stops during migration.PHPShopware 5Shopware 5 is past end of life (July 31, 2024). Migrate with a live replica of the legacy store as reference and fallback, so nothing stops working. End of life: Jul 31, 2024PHPPrestaShop 1.6Modernize PrestaShop 1.6 with a live, isolated replica of the legacy store as reference and fallback. No downtime. End of maintenance: Jun 30, 2019JavaOracle ATG Web CommerceModernization for Oracle ATG: migrate with a live, isolated replica of the legacy store as reference and fallback. No downtime, no exposed legacy system. Effective end of vendor support: May 31, 2022JavaIBM WebSphere CommerceModernize WebSphere Commerce with a live, isolated replica of the legacy store as reference and fallback. No downtime. IBM end of support for V7 and V8: Apr 30, 2019.NET Framework and .NET CoreSitecore Experience CommerceModernization for Sitecore XC: migrate with a live, isolated replica of the legacy store as reference and fallback. No downtime, no exposed legacy system.PHPOpenCartModernization for OpenCart: migrate with a live, isolated replica of the legacy store as reference and fallback. No downtime, no exposed legacy system..NET FrameworknopCommerce (legacy versions)Modernization for nopCommerce: migrate with a live, isolated replica of the legacy store as reference and fallback. No downtime, no exposed legacy system.

Legacy PHP platforms

Content management systems and custom applications on PHP versions and framework majors that no longer receive security fixes.

Legacy .NET platforms

Applications and content platforms built on .NET Framework, IIS and SQL Server, where the runtime is maintenance-only and the vendor has moved to modern .NET.

.NET FrameworkASP.NET Web FormsWeb Forms has no path to modern .NET. Rebuild in Blazor or Razor Pages with a live replica of the legacy app as reference and fallback, with no downtime..NET FrameworkSharePoint Server 2016 and 2019SharePoint 2016 and 2019 lost support on July 14, 2026. Move to SharePoint Online or Subscription Edition with a live replica as reference and fallback. End of extended support: Jul 14, 2026.NET FrameworkOptimizely CMS 11 (Episerver)Modernize Optimizely CMS 11 with a live, isolated replica of the legacy site as reference and fallback. No downtime. Out of support: Apr 10, 2026.NET FrameworkUmbraco 7 and 8Modernize Umbraco 7 and 8 with a live, isolated replica of the legacy site as reference and fallback. No downtime. End of life for Umbraco 8: Feb 24, 2025.NET FrameworkKentico 12 and Xperience 13Modernization for Kentico: migrate with a live, isolated replica of the legacy site as reference and fallback. No downtime, no exposed legacy system. End of support for Xperience 13: Dec 31, 2026.NET FrameworkSitecore XP 9 and olderModernization for Sitecore XP: migrate with a live, isolated replica of the legacy site as reference and fallback. No downtime, no exposed legacy system..NET FrameworkDNN (DotNetNuke)Modernization for DNN: migrate with a live, isolated replica of the legacy site as reference and fallback. No downtime, no exposed legacy system..NET FrameworkSitefinity (legacy versions)Modernization for Sitefinity: migrate with a live, isolated replica of the legacy site as reference and fallback. No downtime, no exposed legacy system.Classic ASP on IISClassic ASPModernize Classic ASP with a live, isolated replica of the legacy application as reference and fallback. No downtime.