Yes. DNN Platform is a free, open-source CMS under the MIT License.

What is the tech stack for DNN?

DNN runs on ASP.NET (.NET Framework 4.8+) with Microsoft SQL Server (2017+ or Azure SQL).

DNN Platform is community-led and a member project of the .NET Foundation.

What’s the difference between DNN and Evoq?

DNN Platform is the open-source core that's been wildly popular and adopted for over 20 years. Evoq is a commercial offering maintained by DNN Software (IgniteTech) that builds on DNN.

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DNN 9.13.x in Azure WebApp multi-tenanted with isloated DBs and shared / single codebase Started By Alon Hi, I've been playing with and using DNN since the very early days when it ran in ASP with an Access database! I've used it for intranets and company web sites and I really love it. I'm now busy developing some custom modules and needing to run things in Azure WebApps (as per customer requirements). I've read that DNN can be installed in Azure WebApp as a multi-tenanted system such that each tenant has its own database and DNS entry (subdomain). Basically, I'd like to install DNN once...	2	895	3	1/2/2024 4:15 AM by Alon
Azure Install Woes Started By NathanH G'day everyone, I am relatively new to DNN dev. I've had a rather fustrating time attempting to migrate DNN 9.4.4 to an Azure App service. I installed successfully on my development machine, applied skins and modules from EasyDNN, created content and went to deploy. Created the App service, uploaded the DNN site and created Azure database without issue. Configure domain & SSL certs, -- success Then: - script the database.... error - bacpac the database with install via SSMS - erro...	7	4845	4	3/16/2020 9:51 AM by NathanH
DNN 9.11.0 on Windows 2022 Server Started By Michael Tobisch I am trying to move a DNN site to a Windows 2022 server, copied all files, set up an AppPool, set up a web site... like many times before. Note: Only the web server changes, the database stays on another server (like before) and the firewall rules allow to connect to the SQL Server. The site does not have any special modules on it, just the old DNN.Documents. When starting the web site, it throws an HTTP 500.19 error, 'The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration...	4	2737	3	2/13/2023 9:34 AM by Michael Tobisch
Best hosting for DNN? Started By DNNDude After being a victim of the managed.com fiasco, I am looking for a new home to host some DNN sites. Any recommendations The poor communication from managed.com during this mess is the reason I no longer want to give them my business. I would like to think that they are probably stronger, wiser and more secure having been hacked like they have. The thing is, their management/response team have not communicated to the clients, or given any timeframe, or indication of restoration of service...	13	8241	7	12/3/2020 7:02 AM by DNNDude
IIS Cannot access resource install/UpgradeWizard.aspx Started By tradelytics I am following the DNN upgrade path as recommended on the community site. But after DNN 9.3.2 zip is extracted over the current DNN 9.01.01 installation , I can't access install/UpgradeWizard.aspx The directory /install is however accessible I am getting the below error, can someone help Server Error in '/' Application. The resource cannot be found. Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name c...	6	4994	4	9/4/2020 8:32 AM by tradelytics
DNN and DBMS Started By progmr Hi, is possible to run DNN with other DBMS	6	1012	2	10/18/2023 5:09 AM by progmr
Migrated site tries to load upgrade wizard Started By Andrew As mentioned my migrated site tries to load the upgrade wizard instead of the site. I've checked the database connection string a it seems to be OK. Can anyone enlighten me on what might be causing this behaviour Many thanks.	16	2359	3	10/2/2023 10:29 PM by Andrew
Restore from Backup Started By paulie Hi, I am trying to create a DNN site in a Azure App Service Deployment Slot by backing up an existing DNN site and restoring it to the Slot. It is similar to backing up a DNN site and restoring it to another web server for those unfamiliar with Azure App Service Deployment Slots. Reason I want to do this is to perform an upgrade of the site. I have backed up the SQL DB and all files, configurations etc on the existing DNN production App Service and restored it successfully however when ...	1	805	1	9/27/2023 9:44 AM by paulie
Compiling error on visual studio Started By Gino Palmia Hi all, I have installed DNN community 9.12 on localhost. it works fine with local IIS but if I open it inside Visual studio 2022 (to create skins or module and so on...) when I compile the progect it present eight error of compilation.... Here is one of that: 'ASP.providers_folderproviders_azurefolderprovider_settings_ascx' do not contain a definition of 'valContainerName_ServerValidate' and do not have find a metyhod of extension 'valContainerName_ServerValidate' who accept a first ar...	1	920	2	8/14/2023 6:28 PM by Gino Palmia
Deploy vs. Install? Started By boozedog On the releases page, I see a _Deploy as well as an _Install asset ... where can I find documentation on the difference (Note: cross-posted at Deploy vs. Install · dnnsoftware/Dnn.Platform · Discussion 5781 (github.com))	2	1011	1	8/4/2023 8:48 AM by boozedog

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