Overview

This article provides you with the information about the Sitecore Managed Cloud Standard compatibility with various Sitecore versions, data centers, features, and dependent components.

For additional information about Sitecore Managed Cloud compatibility, see the following articles:

• Sitecore XP on Microsoft Azure – Module Compatibility Table provides shared compatibility information about Sitecore modules for any Sitecore deployment in Azure Web Apps including Managed Cloud.
• Sitecore Managed Cloud Standard – supported Azure data centers provides general platform availability in different Azure data centers.

 

Sitecore XP Compatibility

The following table shows the currently supported Sitecore XP releases that are compatible with Sitecore Managed Cloud:

Sitecore XP	Supported versions	Unsupported versions	Supported Topologies
8.2	8.2 Update-1 — 8.2 Update-7 [1]	8.2 Initial Release	Link to article
9.0	9.0 Initial Release — 9.0 Update-2	N/A	Link to article
9.1	9.1 Initial Release — 9.1 Update-1	N/A	Link to article
9.2	9.2 Initial Release	N/A	Link to article
9.3	9.3 Initial Release	N/A	Link to article
10.0	10.0 Initial Release — 10.0 Update-3	N/A	Link to article
10.1	10.1 Initial Release — 10.1 Update-3	N/A	Link to article
10.2	10.2 Initial Release — 10.2 Update-1	N/A	Link to article
10.3	10.3 Initial Release — 10.3 Update-1	N/A	Link to article*

* - This article applies to Sitecore Managed Cloud Standard – PaaS 2.0 only.

Compatible Solr Versions

The Solr version depends on the version of Sitecore being used. Check the Solr compatibility table.
There are two important distinctions to note when working with Sitecore Managed Cloud deployments:

1. Solr as a search provider is supported starting with Sitecore XP 9.1. Azure Search provider is the only option for Sitecore Managed Cloud environments based on older versions of Sitecore XP/CMS. Azure Search is not supported with Managed Cloud Standard PaaS 2.0.
2. Solr is run in SolrCloud mode for Sitecore Managed Cloud production deployments. Solr as a standalone (single node) server is not supported for Production workloads.
3. SolrCloud and Standalone (single node) service is supported with for XM/XP non-production deployments.

Compatibility Of Additional Services

The following tables show the availability of the Disaster Recovery (DR) feature in various regions. Sitecore recommends choosing paired regions in accordance with the Microsoft recommendations here.

Region support with Azure Search [7] as a search provider:

Region 1	Region 2	DR Basic Cold Standby	DR Managed Hot Standby
East US [3]	West US	✓	✓
East US 2	Central US	✓	✓
North Central US	South Central US	✓	✓
West US 2	West Central US	✓	✓
Brazil South	South Central US	✓	✓
Canada Central	Canada East	✓	✓
North Europe (Ireland)	West Europe (Netherlands)	✓	✓
UAE North	Central India [2]	✓	✓
Central India	East Asia [2]	✓	✓
East Asia	Southeast Asia	✓	✓
Japan East	Japan West	✓	✓
Korea Central	Korea South	✓	✓
Australia East	Australia Southeast	✓	✓

 

Region support with Solr (SearchStax) as a search provider:

Region 1	Region 2	DR Basic Cold Standby	DR Managed Hot Standby
East US [3]	West US	✓	✓
East US 2	Central US	✓	✓
North Central US	South Central US	✓	✓
West US 2	West Central US	✓	✓
Brazil South	South Central US	✓	✓
Canada Central	Canada East	✓	✓
UK West	UK South	✓	✓
North Europe (Ireland)	West Europe (Netherlands)	✓	✓
UAE North	Central India [2]	✓	✓
Central India	East Asia [2]	✓	✓
East Asia	Southeast Asia	✓	✓
Japan East	Japan West	✓	✓
Korea Central	Korea South	✓	✓
Australia East	Australia Southeast	✓	✓

 

Currently, Control Resource Groups are only available in the following regions:

• Australia East
• Brazil South
• Canada Central
• Central India
• Central US
• East Asia
• East US
• East US 2
• France Central
• Germany West Central
• Japan East
• Korea Central
• North Europe
• Norway East
• South Africa North
• South Central US
• Southeast Asia
• Sweden Central
• Switzerland North
• UAE North
• UK South
• West Europe
• West US 2
• West US 3

 

Notes

• [1] Sitecore XP 8.2 Update-4 has a known performance issue when using Azure Search provider. Refer to the Slow search operations when using Azure Search provider article for more details and steps to mitigate the issue after the environment has been provisioned.
• [2] Sitecore platform is not supported in the recommended paired region, so an alternative region should be considered for Disaster Recovery.
• [3] Azure database Geo-backups are not readily available in the East US region after it has been set up initially due to Azure limitations. It takes between a few hours and a day to get the geo-backups available in this region for the first time.
• [4] When using the ASE feature, Advanced Monitoring and Disaster Recovery are not yet available.
• [5] In the Disaster Recovery feature, Azure Service Bus (for Sitecore XP 9.2.0 only) is not supported. HADR does not support Azure Service Bus Synchronization, Backup/Restore, or Replication.
• [6] WAF & CDN is not available on HADR Setup (Failover Resource Group).
• [7] Azure Search is not supported with Sitecore XP 10.2.