# Managed Cloud > XP documentation for developers, in English, version 10.4. - Product: XP - Audience: Developers - Language: English - Version: 10.4 - Status: Current - Canonical URL: https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud ## Overview - [Introduction to Managed Cloud](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/introduction-to-managed-cloud.md): Learn about Sitecore's cloud-based hosting service for XP and XM. ## Managed Cloud PaaS - [Managed Cloud PaaS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-paas.md): Describes the differences between Managed Cloud PaaS 1.0 and PaaS 2.0. ### Managed Cloud PaaS overview - [Managed Cloud PaaS overview](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-paas-overview.md): Manage your Sitecore deployment through the Microsoft Azure portal. - [Managed Cloud Standard and Premium PaaS 1.0 architecture](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-standard-and-premium-paas-1-0-architecture.md): Learn more about the different components in a Managed Cloud PaaS 1.0 environment to help you administrate and tweak the configuration of the environment. - [Managed Cloud Standard and Premium PaaS 2.0 architecture](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-standard-and-premium-paas-2-0-architecture.md): Learn more about the different components in a Managed Cloud PaaS 2.0 environment to help you administrate and tweak the configuration of the environment. - [Topology and tiers for Managed Cloud PaaS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/topology-and-tiers-for-managed-cloud-paas.md): Find the right configuration for your Sitecore topology and Managed Cloud service. - [The SLA for Managed Cloud PaaS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/the-sla-for-managed-cloud-paas.md): Refer to the SLA for the Managed Cloud support services. - [Managed Cloud PaaS policies](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-paas-policies.md): Refer to the Managed Cloud polices to configure the right solution for your needs. - [The Managed Cloud PaaS onboarding process](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/the-managed-cloud-paas-onboarding-process.md): An overview of the various stages in the onboarding process for Managed Cloud PaaS. - [Request a Managed Cloud PaaS environment](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/request-a-managed-cloud-paas-environment.md): Request an environment and get started with the Managed Cloud service. - [Access the Managed Cloud PaaS portals](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/access-the-managed-cloud-paas-portals.md): Use the Azure portal to request a Managed Cloud environment. - [Managed Cloud PaaS 1.0 roles and responsibilities](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-paas-1-0-roles-and-responsibilities.md): Describes the roles and responsibilities for the security and infrastructure in Sitecore Managed Cloud PaaS 1.0. - [Managed Cloud PaaS 2.0 roles and responsibilities](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-paas-2-0-roles-and-responsibilities.md): Describes the roles and responsibilities for the security and infrastructure in Sitecore Managed Cloud PaaS 2.0. ### Deploying with Managed Cloud PaaS - [Deploying with Managed Cloud PaaS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/deploying-with-managed-cloud-paas.md): Deploying with Sitecore Managed Cloud PaaS. - [Deploying your Sitecore solution with Sitecore Azure Toolkit and Managed Cloud](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/deploying-your-sitecore-solution-with-sitecore-azure-toolkit-and-managed-cloud.md): The features of Sitecore Azure Toolkit make it easy to deploy your Sitecore solution. - [Deploying customizations and Visual Studio with Sitecore on Azure](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/deploying-customizations-and-visual-studio-with-sitecore-on-azure.md): Deploy all of your Sitecore customizations to your Microsoft Azure® deployment. ### Configuring Managed Cloud PaaS - [Configuring Managed Cloud PaaS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/configuring-managed-cloud-paas.md): Scaling and sizing your solution with Managed Cloud PaaS. - [Scaling options for Managed Cloud PaaS](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/scaling-options-for-managed-cloud-paas.md): Learn about the options for scaling App services, SQL Elastic Pool, and Solr search, and the default settings for each tier. - [Recommendations: Sitecore tuning in Azure](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/recommendations--sitecore-tuning-in-azure.md): Enabling Azure features for better Sitecore performance in Azure. - [Sizing reference for a Sitecore Azure environment](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/sizing-reference-for-a-sitecore-azure-environment.md): Choose the right infrastructure to support your Sitecore site and satisfy performance requirements. - [Azure Bastion for PaaS 2.0](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/azure-bastion-for-paas-2-0.md): An overview of the Azure Bastion PaaS 2.0 architecture and the security enhancements of Azure virtual machine. - [Azure Update Manager](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/azure-update-manager.md): An overview of the Azure Update Manager service. - [Windows Defender Exploit Guard](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/windows-defender-exploit-guard.md): Windows Defender Exploit Guard has four components to block malware behaviors and balance security and productivity: ASR, Network protection, Controlled folder access, and Exploit protection. - [File Integrity Monitoring](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/file-integrity-monitoring.md): FIM detects system file changes to identify attacks. With Azure Monitor Agent and Log Analytics Agent deprecated, use Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. FIM using Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is in preview and might be unstable. ### Disaster Recovery for PaaS 1.0 - [Disaster Recovery for PaaS 1.0](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/disaster-recovery-for-paas-1-0.md): The different disaster recovery services for Managed Cloud PaaS 1.0. - [DR Basic Cold Standby for PaaS 1.0](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/dr-basic-cold-standby-for-paas-1-0.md): The processes involved in recovering your environment with the Basic DR service for PaaS 1.0. - [DR Managed Hot Standby for PaaS 1.0](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/dr-managed-hot-standby-for-paas-1-0.md): Learn about the processes involved in recovering your data with the DR service for Managed Cloud PaaS 1.0. ### Disaster Recovery for PaaS 2.0 - [Disaster Recovery for PaaS 2.0](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/disaster-recovery-for-paas-2-0.md): Learn about the different disaster recovery services for Managed Cloud PaaS 2.0, also known as DR 2.0. - [Disaster Recovery 2.0 procedure](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/disaster-recovery-2-0-procedure.md): The different steps involved in the disaster recovery process for PaaS 2.0. - [Disaster Recovery 2.0 roles and responsibilities](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/disaster-recovery-2-0-roles-and-responsibilities.md): Learn about the roles and responsibilities for different components of the disaster recovery process. - [Disaster recovery for supporting services](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/disaster-recovery-for-supporting-services.md): Learn about disaster recovery for Managed Cloud PaaS 2.0 supporting services. - [Disaster Recovery 2.0 considerations](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/disaster-recovery-2-0-considerations.md): Learn how design decisions can affect disaster recovery, and what to be aware of during the failover process. - [Recovery Point Objectives and Recovery Time Objectives for DR 2.0](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/recovery-point-objectives-and-recovery-time-objectives-for-dr-2-0.md): Learn about the Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) for Managed Cloud PaaS 2.0, also known as DR 2.0. ## Managed Cloud Containers - [Managed Cloud Containers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-containers.md): Gives an overview of Managed Cloud Containers services and deployment. - [Managed Cloud Containers architecture](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/managed-cloud-containers-architecture.md): Learn about the different components in a Managed Cloud Containers environment to help you administrate and tweak the configuration of the environment. - [Monitoring Managed Cloud Containers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/monitoring-managed-cloud-containers.md): Overview of the built-in monitoring services for Managed Cloud Containers. - [Logging in Sitecore Managed Cloud Containers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/logging-in-sitecore-managed-cloud-containers.md): Learn how to customize logging in Sitecore Managed Cloud Containers. - [High availability in Managed Cloud Containers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/high-availability-in-managed-cloud-containers.md): Describes the SLAs and availability of different components of Managed Cloud Containers. ### Getting started with Managed Cloud Containers - [Getting started with Managed Cloud Containers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/getting-started-with-managed-cloud-containers.md): Access resources provided by Managed Cloud Containers including your XM or XP environment, analytics, and Solr monitoring. - [Topology and tiers for Managed Cloud Containers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/topology-and-tiers-for-managed-cloud-containers.md): Find the right configuration for your Sitecore topology and Managed Cloud service. - [The Managed Cloud Containers security roles](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/the-managed-cloud-containers-security-roles.md): Learn more about security roles and access rights in Managed Cloud Containers deployments. ### Updating Managed Cloud Containers - [Updating Managed Cloud Containers](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/updating-managed-cloud-containers.md): How to update Managed Cloud Containers images. - [Work with the Update images pipeline](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/work-with-the-update-images-pipeline.md): Use the Update images pipeline to deploy new and update existing Managed Cloud Containers images. ## Optional - [Full publication as Markdown](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/104/managed-cloud/llms-full.txt): Every article in this publication in a single file. - [Version 10.3](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/103/managed-cloud/llms.txt): Previous version. - [Version 10.2](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/managed-cloud/llms.txt): Previous version. - [Version 10.1](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/101/managed-cloud/llms.txt): Previous version. - [Version 10.0](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/100/managed-cloud/llms.txt): Previous version. - [Version 9.3](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/93/managed-cloud/llms.txt): Previous version. - [Version 9.2](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/92/managed-cloud/llms.txt): Previous version. - 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