Upgrading from Kentico Xperience 13 (KX13) to Xperience by Kentico (XbyK) doesn't have to be overwhelming. We've just added a new set of upgrade materials for both developers and solution architects, to help your team navigate complex migration scenarios with confidence and efficiency.
Get Answers to Your Upgrade Questions
Before diving into complex migration scenarios, check out our comprehensive upgrade FAQ that addresses the most common questions solution architects and tech leaders encounter during KX13 to XbyK upgrades. With topics like the differences between GitHub documentation and our Learn portal resources, iterative migration strategies, and deployment considerations for SaaS environments, this FAQ provides the knowledge you need to avoid common pitfalls.
Speed Up Remodeling with AI
Transform tedious content type restructuring into a streamlined process with our AI-powered approach. This guide demonstrates how GitHub Copilot and other AI coding assistants can dramatically reduce the time spent creating custom class mappings, saving your team from hours of repetitive work. Learn to leverage structured data formats and provide effective prompts that generate working migration code.
Optimize Images During Your Upgrade
Don't let image optimization become an afterthought; handle it seamlessly during migration! Follow along with our guide on how to apply XbyK's powerful image optimization features to all your existing media library files and page attachments from KX13. Configure automatic format conversion, compression settings, and maximum dimensions to ensure all your images are optimized from day one in your new XbyK environment.
Transfer Page Hierarchy to the Content Hub
Preserve your content tree relationships while taking advantage of XbyK's content hub architecture. This technical deep-dive walks you through configuring the Kentico migration tool to automatically maintain parent-child page relationships when moving content to the centralized content hub.

Matthew Sandstrom
Technical Training Specialist from the Customer Education team at Kentico.