--- title: "Dr. Reddy’s 72-Site Enterprise Multisite: Launches, Support & Upgrades" description: "Specbee upgraded 72 sites to Drupal 11 in a single deployment for Dr. Reddy’s, with near-zero downtime across its enterprise Drupal multisite platform." url: https://www.specbee.com/work/dr-reddys-laboratories type: "Case Study" published: 2026-10-30 updated: 2026-10-30 --- # Dr. Reddy’s 72-Site Enterprise Multisite: Launches, Support & Upgrades Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Hyderabad, India. It develops, manufactures and distributes medicines for patients and healthcare professionals worldwide. Our partnership with them grew one delivery at a time. It now covers three streams of work. - New site delivery. Brand microsites, product sites and larger platforms, scoped and built end to end. - Managed platform support. A dedicated team that keeps a large share of the estate secure, current and stable. - Major version upgrades. Estate-wide moves from Drupal 9 to 10, and from 10 to 11. The Drupal 11 upgrade worked because the weekly release process was already disciplined. Backups, a single release tag, configuration imports and smoke tests run every Thursday. The upgrade used the same pipeline at a larger scale. That is how 72 sites moved in one deployment with downtime users never noticed. ## On a shared codebase, every change is a platform change. Two years ago, Specbee built one website for Dr. Reddy's. Today, Specbee builds, maintains and upgrades a 72-site Drupal estate. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories is a global pharmaceutical company. Its digital estate spans 72 Drupal websites. Brand sites. Country sites. Portals for healthcare professionals (HCPs) with webinars, video libraries and gated logins. All 72 run from one shared codebase on Acquia Cloud Site Factory. That keeps hosting and governance central. It also means every change reaches every site at once. One module update can touch all sites. One faulty release can take a brand site offline in another country. - One Composer file, one lock file and one set of patches serve all 72 sites. Every update needs regression testing across the full estate. - Each Drupal major version has a fixed support window. Moving 72 sites from Drupal 9 to 10, then 10 to 11, had to happen while brand and HCP platforms stayed live. - Older themes from a previous vendor use a Pattern Lab component structure. Newer themes follow standard Drupal conventions. Both ship in the same release. - New brands and markets need launch-ready websites. Each one has to join the platform without fragmenting it. ## Keeping 72 websites secure, current and stable on one shared codebase ![drl fav icon](https://www.specbee.com/sites/default/files/2026-10/drl-fav.svg) Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Building, Running and Upgrading a 72-Site Enterprise Multisite for Dr. Reddy’s ## 72-Site Enterprise Drupal Multisite Upgrade ![drl thumbnail](https://www.specbee.com/sites/default/files/2026-10/drl-thumbnail.png) [Visit Website](https://betacare.drreddys.acsitefactory.com/) ![drl banner](https://www.specbee.com/sites/default/files/2026-10/drl-banner.png) ## 72 ### Sites on Drupal 11 ## 1 ### Deployment for the full upgrade ## 25–30 ### New sites delivered ## Weekly ### Governed releases across the estate ## All 72 Dr. Reddy's sites now run on Drupal 11. They moved in one deployment, and the estate keeps shipping on a weekly cadence. What changed for each audience: - **Business leaders**: lower cost per new site, faster entry into new markets, and security fixes that reach all 72 sites at once. - **Marketing teams**: consistent branding across countries, pages built from ready-made blocks without developer help, and predictable launch dates. - **Healthcare professionals**: fast, current sites with verified doctor login and one-time-password access. All 72 sites share one codebase. Each site's identity lives in its own configuration. - Separate configuration per site, managed through Site Factory hooks and Config Split - One central console for launches, updates, backups and monitoring - Sites grouped by brand, country and HCP audience - Changes on one site stay on that site ![drl-casestudy-video.mp4](https://www.specbee.com/sites/default/files/media-icons/generic/video.png) ### Multisite architecture with central governance Similar sites share templates and features. Each keeps its own branding, content and language. Specbee has delivered 25–30 new sites this way in two years. - One country template powers every country site - Shared forms, video players, search and event listings - Ready-made page blocks for marketing teams - A four-step pattern takes each new site from setup to live ### Reusable building blocks for faster launches One release tag deploys to every site. Releases go out every Thursday after 8 PM IST, when traffic is low. - Peer review and testing on a separate environment - Client approval for each week's release - Backups before deployment, smoke tests after - Separate access for Dev, Test and Live ![Release governance across all 72 sites](https://www.specbee.com/sites/default/files/2026-10/drl-release-governance.png) ### Release governance across all 72 sites Specbee upgraded the estate from Drupal 9 to 10, then 10 to 11. The Drupal 11 move covered all 72 sites in one coordinated deployment. Downtime was practically unnoticeable. - Shared dependencies upgraded once for every site - Regression testing across the full estate - Legacy and modern themes upgraded together ![Drupal 9 to 10 to 11 upgrades at estate scale](https://www.specbee.com/sites/default/files/2026-10/drl-drupal-upgrades-estate-scale.png) ### Drupal 9 → 10 → 11 upgrades at estate scale HCP platforms such as DocVidya and MedEnrich carry the most integrations. Specbee keeps each one working through every release. - Brightcove for video and Zoom for webinars - DocCheck for verified doctor access - Gupshup SMS OTP and SendGrid email ![Enterprise integrations for HCP engagement](https://www.specbee.com/sites/default/files/2026-10/drl-enterprise-integrations-hcp-engagement.png) ### Enterprise integrations for HCP engagement A dedicated Specbee team keeps the platform secure and stable. - Core and module updates, plus security patches - Bug fixes and minor enhancements - Stability monitoring across the estate ![Managed services and platform care](https://www.specbee.com/sites/default/files/2026-10/drl-managed-services-platform-care.png) ### Managed services and platform care Dr. Reddy's needs a strong web presence across many countries, brands and audiences. Building and maintaining 72 standalone websites would be slow, costly and hard to secure. A shared multisite platform changes the math. Pharma and healthcare are familiar ground for Specbee. We work with HCG Hospitals and Aster Health in India, and with Altru Health System and Kingman Regional Medical Center in the US. ### Why one platform for 72 sites ### A governed multisite platform with one release train Drupal sites on one codebase Coordinated Drupal 11 deployment Major Drupal upgrades, 9 → 10 → 11 Downtime during the upgrade - [HCG’s Platform Consolidation: 2 Sites, 25+ Hospitals, 1 AI Search](https://www.specbee.com/work/hcg-hospitals) - [Flat HTML mockups, rebuilt into a reusable Drupal component system for INX International](https://www.specbee.com/work/inx-international) - [An Intelligence Hub for Flipkart's Seller Network, Zero Scroll Required](https://www.specbee.com/work/flipkart-trendstalk)