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Get an overview of release notes for each month in 2023.
Umbraco 13 On Cloud - As the default setting for new projects, Umbraco 13 brings enhanced features and compatibility for a modern digital experience.
Umbraco Deploy Enhanced Content Management - Improving content and schema import and export, simplifying large-scale content management and project transitions.
TLS 1.3 For All Plans - Now available for all plans, Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 enhances security across Umbraco Cloud, offering advanced protection for every user.
Umbraco CI/CD Flow out of beta - Fully launched post-beta, the Umbraco CI/CD Flow offers robust, reliable tools for improved continuous integration and delivery.
Umbraco CI/CD Flow - Elevate your deployment process with seamless integration between your existing CI/CD pipeline and Umbraco Cloud. Experience automated, efficient, and error-free deployments like never before.
Automatic Upgrades for Minor Versions - Experience enhanced efficiency with our expanded Automatic Minor Upgrades for Umbraco CMS, Umbraco Forms, and Umbraco Deploy.
Shared Secrets - Streamline your build process, enhance security, and say goodbye to repetitive environment configurations with "Shared Secrets" on Umbraco Cloud.
Upgraded "Usage" Page for Custom Plans - If you've added extra bandwidth or media storage to your cloud project, our updated "Usage" page on Umbraco Cloud now accurately reflects those additions.
Australia region hosting - Umbraco Cloud expands its regional hosting offerings with the addition of Australia East, catering to a wider range of hosting preferences.
Visualization of Events on “Availability & Performance” - Elevate project insights with Umbraco Cloud's Event Visualization. Track critical events and their impact on your project's journey.
Improved trial flow for Umbraco Cloud - The trial flow has undergone a significant visual upgrade, now offering a more engaging and intuitive experience.
Customize Environment Ordering - You are now able to change the order of environments in the Projects Dashboard according to your preference.
All Project Sub-Pages Upgraded - With the migration of the Certificates page to the new front-end tech stack, all project sub-pages have now been migrated. Next focus: a new navigation structure.
Umbraco 12 Support - Umbraco Cloud always allows you to create new cloud projects with the latest versions. That now includes Umbraco 12 which was released on June 29th, 2023.
Availability & Performance - With Umbraco Cloud's user-friendly interface, you will receive a new set of tools to monitor and optimize your cloud projects effectively.
Specific views for dedicated and shared project plans - The Availability & Performance feature will show different views for CPU Usage and Memory usage, highlighting a comparison to the plan quota for shared plans.
What the future will bring to the feature - More exciting features and enhancements will be added to Availability & Performance in the future.
Reset Authenticator App settings - It is now an easy task for your cloud organization administrator to reset your authenticator app settings if you start using a new mobile or want to switch to another authenticator app.
Other Umbraco Cloud updates - Umbraco Cloud has been updated with a few other features and updates worth mentioning.
Umbraco Baseline Support For All Cloud Regions - Umbraco Cloud now offers baseline support for all three regions - West Europe, East US, and South UK.
Simplified Access to Project Team Page - As an administrator for a Cloud organization you will be able to access the project team for all the cloud projects of the organization.
Monthly Bandwidth Usage - You find an update to the “Usage” page where you now can see the total bandwidth used for the past seven months.
Upgrade Project Flow - The previous Upgrade plan feature has been migrated into a new, improved Upgrade Project flow, where you can change the project plan and change to a dedicated resource in one go!
Enforced Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) for Organizations - As an administrator of a cloud organization, you will be able to enforce a specific MFA method for each member of your organization.
New Project Creation Flow - Introducing the new project creation flow in Umbraco Cloud with a more modern look and feel and an improved workflow.
Improved Deployment and Error Handling - You will now see a lot more information for each of your organization’s projects on the project page under your organization.
Restore Content Optimization - You will find some important improvements to deploy restore and transfer operations in the latest updates for Umbraco Deploy.
UK Region Hosting - Umbraco Cloud expands with UK regional hosting.
Display of Multi-factor authentication setting for organization members - As an administrator at a cloud organization, you can see the multi-factor authentication setting for all the organization's members.
Prefixes for naming secrets - When naming secrets, you can reference the security-related settings for Umbraco:CMS:Global:Smtp, Umbraco Forms API-key, and field reCAPTCHAS.
Shared Secrets - Streamline your build process, enhance security, and say goodbye to repetitive environment configurations with "Shared Secrets" on Umbraco Cloud.
Upgraded "Usage" Page for Custom Plans - If you've added extra bandwidth or media storage to your cloud project, our updated "Usage" page on Umbraco Cloud now accurately reflects those additions.
We are thrilled to announce an important update to Umbraco Cloud’s Secrets Management Page. You now have the ability to manage Shared Secrets, in addition to the existing capability of handling environment-specific secrets. This feature is specifically designed to increase flexibility, streamline deployments, and enhance security within your Umbraco projects.
The new "Shared Secrets" panel lets you define secrets that are critical during the build process of your Umbraco solution. These secrets are available across all environments, making it easier to manage configurations that are common to each environment.
The key benefits of shared secrets are:
Universal Access: Shared secrets offer you the convenience of a one-time setup. Once a shared secret is set, it will be seamlessly integrated into existing environments and any new environment you create.
Enhanced Security: Just like environment-specific secrets, shared secrets are securely stored in Azure Key Vault, with end-to-end encryption, ensuring that they are only exposed during runtime.
Ideal for Private NuGet Feeds: If your project uses a private NuGet feed, shared secrets provide an easy way to securely manage feed credentials. This way, you don't have to manually configure each environment, making your DevOps process much smoother.
Besides the new shared secrets, we still have the Environment Secrets: For secrets that are specific to individual environments, continue to use the existing "Environment Secrets" panel. These secrets remain locked to the selected environment and won't be accessible by others.
For more detailed information on how to leverage secrets, please visit our documentation.
We've specifically updated the "Usage" page for those who have added extra bandwidth or media storage to their project plan. Now, you'll see those custom additions accurately displayed. For example, if on a Professional plan, you purchase an additional 3000GB of bandwidth, your "Usage" page will show 3000GB instead of the default 1000GB.
If you are considering expanding your resources, you can contact our support team to add even more bandwidth or storage to your existing plan. You can also switch to a plan with dedicated resources for greater flexibility.
Feel free to reach out for any further assistance or clarification.
Umbraco 13 On Cloud - As the default setting for new projects, Umbraco 13 brings enhanced features and compatibility for a modern digital experience.
Umbraco Deploy Enhanced Content Management - Improving content and schema import and export, simplifying large-scale content management and project transitions.
TLS 1.3 For All Plans - Now available for all plans, Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 enhances security across Umbraco Cloud, offering advanced protection for every user.
Umbraco CI/CD Flow out of beta - Fully launched post-beta, the Umbraco CI/CD Flow offers robust, reliable tools for improved continuous integration and delivery.
As part of our continuous evolution, Umbraco 13, is now the default setting for all new cloud projects created in Umbraco Cloud.
We maintain a versatile approach in our offerings to support the unique needs and preferences of our diverse user community. While we position version 13 as the new benchmark for excellence and innovation in new projects, we also acknowledge the importance of choice and flexibility. To this end, we continue to offer access to other actively supported CMS versions, including 8, 10, and 12.
For an in-depth understanding of how Umbraco 13 improves your developer and editor experience, we encourage you to visit our detailed blog post.
The standout feature in the recent minor Deploy release introduces valuable options for handling large content transfer, restores, and migrations to Umbraco Cloud and between Umbraco versions. This feature is particularly beneficial in two key scenarios where exporting and importing Umbraco content, files and schema are crucial.
A key aspect of the upgraded Umbraco Deploy is its focus on streamlining content operations, particularly beneficial for editors and website managers. This feature robustly supports substantial content transfers to upstream environments and ensures the efficient restoration of content to downstream environments. The enhanced functionality addresses the challenges of operational failures and timeouts, which are particularly prevalent in cloud-based environments like Azure web apps.
For developers, the latest iteration of Umbraco Deploy improves the process of project migration. Whether transitioning projects into Umbraco Cloud or navigating between different Umbraco versions, the new Deploy feature simplifies these tasks. It offers an intuitive interface for selecting and exporting specific content items, content trees, or entire workspaces into a zip file format.
This capability eases the migration process, allowing for the efficient handling and transfer of large data volumes. Upon importing this zip file into a new environment, the content is thoroughly read, validated, and seamlessly integrated, updating the information in Umbraco.
When exporting, you can choose to include associated media files and, if your account has access to the Settings section, the schema information and files as well.
That exported zip file can be used to import the content, files, and/or schema into a new environment. You can import the exported file in the content section from the backoffice of your Umbraco project.
For more in-depth information on the import/export feature and other additions in the latest Deploy minor release, see the deploy release candidate blog post. You can also visit the documentation page for the export/import of schema and content for more details.
In our commitment to providing top-tier security, we have expanded the availability of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 to all Umbraco Cloud plans. This enhancement means users can now activate TLS 1.3 for their custom hostnames, bringing advanced security settings to all project plans.
The initiative also includes optimizing default settings for new projects where TLS 1.3 will be the standard protocol, alongside other security standards like HTTP/2 and the upcoming HTTP/3. This not only boosts security and performance but also contributes to sustainable digital operations by optimizing resource use.
After a successful beta phase, the Umbraco CI/CD Flow is now fully operational. This feature, designed to refine and streamline the development process in Umbraco, is now out of beta and available for all users. This full-scale launch of the CI/CD Flow promises to enhance the development experience in Umbraco, offering robust and reliable tools for continuous integration and delivery.
Our CI/CD documentation serves as a roadmap, detailing various routes tailored to your needs. Learn how to invoke the Umbraco Cloud API from within your CI/CD pipeline, explore the specific endpoint details, or discover how to call this endpoint from an already established pipeline. Each path culminates in a seamless, automated deployment experience, empowering you to deploy with confidence.
Umbraco CI/CD Flow - Elevate your deployment process with seamless integration between your existing CI/CD pipeline and Umbraco Cloud. Experience automated, efficient, and error-free deployments like never before.
Automatic Upgrades for Minor Versions - Experience enhanced efficiency with our expanded Automatic Minor Upgrades for Umbraco CMS, Umbraco Forms, and Umbraco Deploy.
Umbraco CI/CD Flow represents a significant enhancement in how developers can integrate, test, and deploy their projects on Umbraco Cloud. The feature is engineered to function as an extension to your existing CI/CD pipeline, allowing automated deployments directly to Umbraco Cloud. This creates a synergy between your existing robust CI/CD setup and Umbraco Cloud's specialized hosting capabilities that are optimized for Umbraco CMS.
If you already have a CI/CD pipeline, you're halfway there. Umbraco CI/CD Flow brings an added layer of sophistication by allowing seamless integration with Umbraco Cloud through the "Umbraco Public API."
The basic flow is depicted in the sequence diagram below.
Whether you're a CI/CD novice or a seasoned developer, we offer tailored guidance for a frictionless deployment experience. If you're starting from scratch, our thorough documentation outlines how to establish a CI/CD pipeline with popular platforms like Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions. For those with an existing setup, integrate effortlessly with Umbraco Cloud's specialized hosting features.
Our documentation serves as a roadmap, detailing various routes tailored to your needs. Learn how to invoke the Umbraco Cloud API from within your CI/CD pipeline, explore the specific endpoint details, or discover how to call this endpoint from an already established pipeline. Each path culminates in a seamless, automated deployment experience, empowering you to deploy with confidence.
We are pleased to announce an extension to our Automatic Upgrade feature. Previously limited to Patch versions, Automatic Upgrades for Umbraco CMS, Umbraco Forms, and Umbraco Deploy now include Minor versions. This update aims to further simplify your project management by automating more comprehensive updates.
For those running existing Cloud projects, you can opt-in to enable Automatic Minor Upgrades directly from Umbraco Cloud on the new Automatic upgrade page.
If you're starting a new Cloud project, the feature will be enabled by default, ensuring you're always running on the latest and most secure version across Umbraco CMS, Umbraco Forms, and Umbraco Deploy.
With Automatic Minor Upgrades, you can enjoy several benefits. First, you'll save a significant amount of time, allowing you to focus on more important aspects of your project. Second, you'll have access to the latest features and enhancements across all key components. Lastly, the most recent security patches are applied automatically, giving you peace of mind.
For further details, please consult our Upgrading Documentation where you'll find details regarding the upgrade process. Our support team is also on standby to assist with any queries you may have.
Customize Environment Ordering - You are now able to change the order of environments in the Projects Dashboard according to your preference.
All Project Sub-Pages Upgraded - With the migration of the Certificates page to the new front-end tech stack, all project sub-pages have now been migrated. Next focus: a new navigation structure.
Umbraco 12 Support - Umbraco Cloud always allows you to create new cloud projects with the latest versions. That now includes Umbraco 12 which was released on June 29th, 2023.
We've listened to your feedback and are delighted to provide more flexibility and control over how the environments on the Projects Dashboard are listed.
By default, the Live environment is positioned as the first environment, followed by Staging and Development environment. However, we understand that different users may have different workflows and preferences. Therefore, we have introduced the ability to customize the ordering to align with the “left-to-right” deployment model.
Whether you prefer the default order or wish to switch to the "left-to-right" model, the choice is now in your hands.
Great news! With the recent migration of the Certificates page to our new front-end tech stack, all project sub-pages have now been successfully converted. This transition marks an important milestone in our ongoing efforts to improve the overall user experience in the Umbraco Cloud Portal.
With the completion of this migration, our team is now shifting its focus to further enhancing the user experience and navigation within Umbraco Cloud. We understand the importance of intuitive navigation and streamlined workflows in providing a seamless and enjoyable experience while working on your Umbraco Cloud projects.
Our goal is to create a better navigation experience that enables you to effortlessly find and access the features and functionalities you need. We are committed to refining the user interface, optimizing the menu structure, and implementing intuitive navigation controls to simplify your interactions with Umbraco Cloud.
Stay tuned for significant improvements to the navigation structure of Umbraco Cloud in Q3.
Umbraco Cloud offers the creation of cloud projects based on the latest and greatest Umbraco CMS versions. Starting from the release date on June 29, 2023, you can now select Umbraco 12 when creating a new cloud project.
Umbraco Cloud also offers you a hassle-free migration process for users who wish to upgrade their projects from Umbraco 11 to Umbraco 12. To assist you in this process, we highly recommend utilizing the Major Upgrade Guide available at Umbraco Documentation.
The Major Upgrade Guide outlines the necessary steps and best practices to successfully upgrade your projects from Umbraco 11 to Umbraco 12. The guide is designed to simplify the migration process, providing clear instructions and insights into any potential challenges you may encounter.
For more information about the new great version 12 of Umbraco CMS, please read this great blog post.
It highlights the latest and greatest new improvements in Umbraco CMS such as:
Headless capabilities out-of-the-box
Built-in support for Entity Framework Core,
Updates of different dependencies and frameworks.
We look forward to seeing the incredible projects you will create with Umbraco 12.
Australia region hosting - Umbraco Cloud expands its regional hosting offerings with the addition of Australia East, catering to a wider range of hosting preferences.
Visualization of Events on “Availability & Performance” - Elevate project insights with Umbraco Cloud's Event Visualization. Track critical events and their impact on your project's journey.
Improved trial flow for Umbraco Cloud - The trial flow has undergone a significant visual upgrade, now offering a more engaging and intuitive experience.
There is an interest increase in expanding the regional hosting choices for Umbraco Cloud as the preferred development and hosting platform for Umbraco projects. This demand is particularly pronounced given factors like privacy regulations and data governance standards, as the physical location of data holds increasing significance.
The availability of regional hosting options empowers you to pinpoint the exact location for hosting and storing your Umbraco Cloud project. It also encompasses all its environments and data with a significant improvement in performance for users close to the selected hosting center.
Another significant stride for Umbraco Cloud is the introduction of the East Australia regional hosting option, marking the fourth supported region. This addition is met with great enthusiasm by professionals within this region and those collaborating with clients here
Read the entire blog post for more information.
Umbraco Cloud introduces a pragmatic enhancement – Event Visualization on the "Availability & Performance" dashboard. This feature seamlessly incorporates event monitoring into the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) visualization for each metrics panel.
Gain insight into critical project events, such as restarts, automatic and manual upgrades, updates involving environment deployments, and changes in plans. This concise display allows for a comprehensive understanding of the events affecting your project.
Stay informed about pivotal alterations, ranging from routine restarts to intricate deployments and upgrades. Whether it's a system restart, an environment deployment, or an upgrade, you'll have gained more of the information you need. This information will assist you in potential troubleshooting, make informed decisions, and ensure smooth project management.
Next, we will be improving the deployment events to be aligned in a time range instead of two individual events. And to offer support for other environments than the live environment on the “Availability & Performance” page.
We're pleased to introduce that the trial flow has undergone a significant visual upgrade, now offering a more engaging and intuitive experience. We've enhanced it by incorporating key links and resources that provide new users with the most valuable starting points for effectively working with Umbraco
New users to Umbraco get the option to explore the new trial flow for Umbraco Cloud and Heartcore projects to better understand their capabilities.
And maybe it is also something for you! Whether you're an experienced developer or new to web development, this enhanced trial flow caters to your needs. Embrace Umbraco Cloud or Umbraco Heartcore with confidence, benefitting from a robust and user-friendly environment.
Experience the upgraded trial flow today at try.umbraco.com for Umbraco Cloud projects and try.umbraco.com/heartcore for Heartcore projects.
Availability & Performance - With Umbraco Cloud's user-friendly interface, you will receive a new set of tools to monitor and optimize your cloud projects effectively.
Specific views for dedicated and shared project plans - The Availability & Performance feature will show different views for CPU Usage and Memory usage, highlighting a comparison to the plan quota for shared plans.
What the future will bring to the feature - More exciting features and enhancements will be added to Availability & Performance in the future.
Removal of minify feature in Umbraco Cloud - The option to activate minification of static ressources for cloud projects in Umbraco Cloud has been removed.
Umbraco Cloud's "Availability and Performance" feature offers you a new option to monitor the health and performance of your cloud projects. Leveraging HTTPS status codes, response times, CPU time, and memory usage, you can proactively identify and address issues. This will in turn support you in delivering a seamless experience for the users of your cloud project.
The page is initially shown for all project plans. More detailed visualization and tools intended for troubleshooting to be added in the future will be restricted to “Standard” and “Professional” project plans.
Entering the page you will find a panel with four tiles where you have the option to see the following:
Failed Requests
App Performance
CPU Usage
Memory Usage
You might also find an error or warning indicator for each tile if there is something you should consider.
When selecting a specific topic the chart will be updated with specific data points in the selected time range and granularity. Cloud projects with dedicated options enabled, you'll for the CPU usage and memory usage find the average value for the CPU time and private bytes highlighted.
Projects on shared plans and a selected granularity of 5 minutes, will find a comparison of the maximum CPU time compared to the shared plan quota. In case the live environment project has exceeded the plan quota that will be highlighted with an error indicator on CPU usage tile. The same is the case for memory usage, where the memory consumption of the environment is held up against the project’s plan quota.
The first version of the “Availability and Performance” feature released on May 26th, 2023 includes a basic visualization and a set of highlighted numbers for:
Failed requests
Application performance
CPU time -Memory usage.
We expect to add even more information about each of these domains in the future. This will enable you to get more details about potential errors, what might have caused them, and what likely fix to address it could be.
While the visualization and basic numbers are accessible for any project plan, some future extensions and improvements will only be available for Standard or Professional plans.
Due to a recent change in Cloudflare services, the minification of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript had to be discontinued in Umbraco Cloud. Accordingly, it is no longer possible to enable the minification of static resources on the page "CDN Caching and Optimization" settings page. It is still possible to manage CDN cache settings for your Cloud project. Both as a default setting and as a specific setting for each of your customer hostnames in each of your environments.
We're excited to introduce our latest security feature in Umbraco Cloud - organization-enforced multi-factor authentication.
With this new feature, you can enforce MFA for all members in your organization, ensuring that everyone follows the same security protocols. You can customize the authentication method required for each member, depending on your organization's security policies and preferences.
The organization-enforced method will override any MFA setting that the member has registred. And ensure that the user will have to use the specified MFA method when during his login session involving UmbracoID.
This organization-enforced MFA feature is easy to set up and manage and can help you protect your organization's data and resources in Umbraco Cloud. Enforcing MFA on all the members of your organization is a vital step in assuring your cloud projects and backoffices are secured from unauthorized access.
We are continuously migrating the pages of Umbraco Cloud Portal to a new front end stack. Lately, we have updated the hostnames page and the project creation flow. In particular, for the latter, you will notice some significant improvements compared to the previous version.
The new flow has a more modern and visually appealing design, which makes it more engaging and user-friendly. It features a step-by-step guide that leads users through the process of creating a new project, ensuring that they don't miss any important details.
You will start by selecting the preferred project type, then you choose your project plan, CMS version (for Umbraco Cloud), and region. Next, you only need to register a project name, and the cloud project will be ready for you within a few minutes.
Whether you're a seasoned Umbraco Cloud developer or new to Umbraco development, you'll appreciate the ease and efficiency of our new project creation flow.
So why wait? Try out our new project creation flow today and start building your next cloud project based on the Friendly CMS on Umbraco Cloud.
We have made significant improvements to the deployment process and error handling in Umbraco Cloud. We understand that seamless deployment between environments is crucial for your developer experience working in Umbraco Cloud. We have therefore been hard at work to make it even better.
Our updated deployment process facilitates that your website is deployed quickly and accurately every time you make changes to your project. We have also improved our error handling system to provide you with clear and concise guidance when unexpected errors occur during deployment.
Some of the deployment issues reported by users are related to the configuration of the Umbraco Cloud project or schema mismatches between environments. In these scenarios, we strive to provide a helpful text that will guide you in the right direction to solve the issue at hand.
If you are experiencing a deployment error, a question, or a remark about the deployment feature, please consult our experienced support team. Both the Umbraco Support and Cloud Team are dedicated to removing any friction caused by deployments on Umbraco cloud. Our vision is to make the deployment process in Umbraco Cloud as perfect as it can be.
The latest patch releases for Umbraco Deploy have introduced some important improvements to deploy restore and transfer operations. The update contains significant performance improvements. It should ensure, restoring and transferring content in a setup with a four-digit number of content nodes are not in danger of timing out.
The new configuration settings and options will work instantly on the cloud projects that previously have experienced long process times during restore and transfer operations. However, you might find more insight on the pages for troubleshooting and configuration for the deployment and restoring feature of Umbraco Cloud.
The latest addition to the multi-factor-authentication feature is the option for administrators of an organization to reset the authenticator app settings. This can be done for every member of the organization that is using an authenticator app during the login process to Umbraco Cloud.
This can be handy in situations where the member is switching to another authenticator app and then starts using a new phone. Or it could be due to another reason to reset the authenticator app.
When the setting has been reset, the member will during his next login have to re-register an entry in his authenticator app of choice.
During March and April, we made multiple minor fixes and improvements to the Umbraco Cloud Portal. Here are some of the highlights.
The auto-upgrade feature and its handling of particular Umbraco 7 and Umbraco 8 projects have been improved. We consider the upgrade feature to be more solid than ever.
When a user starts a new project creation flow based on a baseline project, the potential baselines will load a lot faster than earlier.
New versions of the project subpages “Security” and “CDN Caching and Optimization” have been released and the documentation updated accordingly.
When a user decides to send a project invite to an email that represents a user that already is part of the project, an informative error message will be shown.
The UmbracoID login dialog has received some minor tweaks in the front end.
And a whole lot of other minor tweaks and improvements.
We've expanded the baseline feature to include the East US and South UK regions. This provides users with a standardized set of features across all regions.
If you have had experience working with Umbraco Cloud baselines, you will know that the basic idea about baselines. You have a project that contains your standard Umbraco packages/components, configured with default Document Types, which can be used as baseline for future projects. When you've made changes to your Baseline project, you can push these changes out to the child projects with a click of a button.
If you primarily have been working with Umbraco Cloud in the US or UK regions and accordingly are not that familiar with the Umbraco Cloud baseline feature you can read more about it at Umbraco Docs, or see an introduction at the Umbraco Learning Base on how to work with baseline in Umbraco Cloud.
As an administrator of your organization in Umbraco Cloud, you now have access to the Edit Team page of Umbraco cloud projects in your organization.
The project team page can easily be accessed from the overview showing all the organization's projects. The administrator can by clicking the icon listed to the right of the individual project. He will be able to invite users to the project team with a set of permissions and backoffice user group memberships. He can also revoke access to the project of an existing project team member.
This change provides a centralized and convenient way for the organization administrator to manage the team members' access to the cloud projects. Hereby Ensuring that trusted individuals of your organization are able to grant and restrict access to cloud projects in Umbraco Cloud.
The new addition overall improves security, enhances collaboration, and streamlines the workflow for the organization's cloud projects.
We've launched a minor update on the usage page. The update lets you see the total bandwidth used every month for the past seven months.
With this new feature, you can track your website's bandwidth usage over time and identify any patterns or trends. We believe this new addition is valuable for customers running high-traffic websites and weekly need to monitor the bandwidth usage to ensure the project stays within the plan tier limit.
The newest feature to launch in the new front end stack is “Upgrade project” flow. It replaces the current upgrade plan feature while adding a more modern and visually appealing design.
While you can still change the project plan you’ll also get the opportunity to change to a new dedicated option or go back to a shared resource during the flow. And like the new project creation flow launched in the February update, you will see a summary at the very end before accepting the upgrade.
With this new flow, you can easily upgrade your existing projects to a new upgrade plan and even a new dedicated plan within only a few minutes.
With an increasing interest in using Umbraco Cloud as the development and hosting platform for Umbraco projects. We’ve also seen an increased demand for additional regional hosting options. Especially when it comes to privacy and data policy requirements, the physical location of the data matters.
Regional Hosting Options make it possible to choose where your Umbraco Cloud project, including all environments and data, is served and stored.
Umbraco Cloud has reached a new milestone with the addition of a UK regional hosting option. This is fantastic news for everyone based in and working with clients in the UK.
This means can now choose to create new Umbraco Cloud projects in "West Europe", "US East", and "UK South".
Since October last year, users has the opportunity to enable Multi-Factor Authentication and authenticate with either phone, email, or an authenticator app.
Now we deliver the second part of the planned three steps of the Multi-Factor Authentication feature. We ensure that administrators in a cloud organization can see the multi-factor authentication settings for all organization members.
The third and final step will be the enforcement of Multi-Factor-Authentication per user level based on an organization setting. This means that an administrator can set the desired Multi-Factor-Authentication type (email, phone, or authenticator app) for each individual user. This will then be imposed on the user at the next login to Umbraco Cloud. The enforcement of multi-factor authentication for organization members is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2023.
In December the Secrets Management feature was released in Umbraco Cloud. This enables Cloud projects on the Standard and Pro plans to securely store secrets in Azure key vaults and manage them in the Portal. These can then be referenced and accessed during the runtime of the application on a per-environment basis.
Naming secrets is subject to some restrictions to ensure that reserved words and application settings cannot be accidentally overwritten.
However, it is now possible to change parameters for namespaces related to adding a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to the Umbraco CMS, saving the Umbraco Forms API key, or using ReChaptcha for Umbraco Forms.
These namesspaces are:
Umbraco:CMS:Global:Smtp
Umbraco:Forms:Security:FormsApiKey
Umbraco:Forms:FieldTypes:Recaptcha
