Sitecore XM Cloud migration services

Move from Legacy CMS to AI-Ready Headless Experiences

Enterprises running Sitecore XP, XM, on-premises or PaaS environments often face infrastructure responsibility, complex upgrades, tightly coupled frontend code and slower release cycles. Sitecore XM Cloud migration services help organizations move toward a fully managed, cloud-hosted headless CMS built around API-first content delivery and independent frontend deployment.

Sitecore describes XM Cloud as a fully managed headless web CMS that includes Pages, Headless SXA, Headless Services, the Next.js SDK and Experience Edge. With Sitecore’s broader evolution toward SitecoreAI, migration can also prepare content, architecture and workflows for AI-powered content and personalization capabilities.

Murmu Software Infotech provides Sitecore CMS and XM Cloud development services for enterprises and digital agencies modernizing legacy Sitecore platforms. Our team supports assessment, content migration, frontend redevelopment, integrations, deployment and support.

What Is Included in XM Cloud Migration?

1. Readiness Assessment

A successful migration begins with a review of the existing Sitecore environment. We assess the Sitecore version, content trees, templates, renderings, custom modules, integrations, workflows, search, forms, infrastructure and deployment processes.

This assessment identifies what can move, what must be refactored and what should be retired. It also helps determine whether a phased migration or complete transition is more appropriate. Explore our Sitecore XP/XM to XM Cloud migration strategy for a deeper planning framework.

2. Content and Media Migration

Sitecore’s official XM-to-XM-Cloud Migration Tool can move content, media and user data from supported on-premises XM environments into XM Cloud. It is available through both a graphical interface and command-line interface, enabling guided migrations or integration into automation workflows.

We use the appropriate combination of the official tool, Sitecore serialization, scripts and manual transformation. Content cleanup, template restructuring and media optimization are completed before validation to avoid carrying unnecessary technical debt forward.

3. Headless Code Refactoring

XM Cloud uses a decoupled architecture. Legacy MVC renderings and server-side customizations do not automatically become a modern headless experience.

Our developers map components to Headless SXA, rebuild presentation logic with Next.js and React, configure JSS or Sitecore Content SDK, and connect applications through GraphQL and Experience Edge. Watch our Sitecore Headless CMS and XM Cloud demo to see templates, renderings, data sources and GraphQL working together.

4. Decoupling Experience Features

Sitecore XP personalization, analytics, xDB-dependent functions and tightly coupled integrations require careful evaluation. We redesign these capabilities using suitable composable services, APIs and cloud-native integrations rather than treating migration as a simple lift-and-shift.

Organizations evaluating the platform can read our guide to XM Cloud benefits, costs and migration strategy and our analysis of choosing a Sitecore XM Cloud development company.

5. Search and Forms Modernization

Legacy search indexes and forms may not map directly to the new architecture. We assess search requirements, content sources, relevance, submissions and CRM connections before selecting the right implementation.

Our healthcare migration case study demonstrates how Sitecore Search and XM Cloud supported provider, pharmacy and healthcare-content discovery. The related healthcare XM Cloud and AI Search video provides a practical project overview.

Migration Tools and Delivery Approach

Our toolkit can include the official migration tool, GUI and CLI options, Sitecore CLI, serialization, PowerShell, custom APIs, validation and controlled manual migration.

XM Cloud projects can connect to GitHub or Azure DevOps, with separate development, QA, staging and production environments and automated deployment pipelines through Sitecore Cloud Portal.

Typical Migration Timeline

A focused XM Cloud migration generally requires about 2 to 5 months, while complex multilingual or multi-site programs may take longer. Timing depends on content volume, legacy code, integrations, components, search, testing and approvals. This is an MSI planning range, not a universal Sitecore estimate.

Proven Sitecore Modernization Experience

Review our healthcare XM Cloud migration, Sitecore SXA healthcare event platform and legacy healthcare modernization case studies. You can also explore our CMS website platform portfolio, 2026 Sitecore cost guide and guide to selecting a Sitecore development company.

Watch our Sitecore AI and MCP Server demonstration to see how governed CMS content can support AI-assisted content operations.

Murmu Software Infotech helps enterprises transition from legacy Sitecore to XM Cloud and prepare for AI-native digital delivery. From India, including our delivery base in Ranchi, Jharkhand, we support global organizations with migration, headless development and long-term Sitecore operations.