diff --git a/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.AspNetCore/Docs/Extensions.md b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.AspNetCore/Docs/Extensions.md
index 86bdcb4d..0dccc3ab 100644
--- a/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.AspNetCore/Docs/Extensions.md
+++ b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.AspNetCore/Docs/Extensions.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Lombiq Helpful Libraries - ASP.NET Core Libraries - Extensions
 
+- `ConfigurationSectionExtensions`: Provides shortcuts for `IConfigurationSection` operations.
 - `CookieHttpContextExtensions`: Provides shortcuts for some cookie-related operations.
 - `DateTimeHttpContextExtensions`: Makes it possible to set or get IANA time-zone IDs in the HTTP context.
 - `EnvironmentHttpContextExtensions`: Provides shortcuts to determine information about the current hosting environment, like whether the app is running in Development mode.
diff --git a/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.AspNetCore/Extensions/ConfigurationSectionExtensions.cs b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.AspNetCore/Extensions/ConfigurationSectionExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc972ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.AspNetCore/Extensions/ConfigurationSectionExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Shortcuts for <see cref="IConfigurationSection"/> operations.
+/// </summary>
+public static class ConfigurationSectionExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Adds a value to a configuration section if the key doesn't exist yet.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="key">The key of the configuration.</param>
+    /// <param name="value">The value of the configuration.</param>
+    public static IConfigurationSection AddValueIfKeyNotExists(
+        this IConfigurationSection configurationSection,
+        string key,
+        string value)
+    {
+        configurationSection[key] ??= value;
+        return configurationSection;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.Common/Extensions/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.Common/Extensions/AzureConfigurationExtensions.cs
similarity index 62%
rename from Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.Common/Extensions/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
rename to Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.Common/Extensions/AzureConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 0ab3cddf..9a3fe00f 100644
--- a/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.Common/Extensions/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.Common/Extensions/AzureConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 namespace Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 
-public static class ConfigurationExtensions
+public static class AzureConfigurationExtensions
 {
+    public const string IsAzureHostingKey = "IsAzureHosting";
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Retrieves a value indicating whether the <c>OrchardCore:IsAzureHosting</c> configuration key is set to <see
     /// langword="true"/>.
     /// </summary>
     public static bool IsAzureHosting(
         this IConfiguration configuration) =>
-        configuration.GetValue<bool>("OrchardCore:IsAzureHosting");
+        configuration.GetValue<bool>("OrchardCore:" + IsAzureHostingKey);
 }
diff --git a/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.OrchardCore/Docs/Environment.md b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.OrchardCore/Docs/Environment.md
index 5f008f48..94ce8989 100644
--- a/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.OrchardCore/Docs/Environment.md
+++ b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.OrchardCore/Docs/Environment.md
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 ## Extensions
 
 - `FeatureInfoEnumerableExtensions`: Shortcuts for `IEnumerable<IFeatureInfo>`, like `Any(featureId)`.
+- `HostingDefaultsOrchardCoreBuilderExtensions`: Lombiq-recommended opinionated default configuration for features of a standard Orchard Core application, including one hosted in Azure. It substitutes much of what you'd write as configuration in a `Program` class or _appsettings.json_ files.
 - `OrchardCoreBuilderExtensions`: Shortcuts that can be used when initializing Orchard with `OrchardCoreBuilder`, e.g. `AddOrchardCms()`.
 - `ShellFeaturesManagerExtensions`: Shortcuts for `IShellFeaturesManager`, like `IsFeatureEnabledAsync()`.
diff --git a/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.OrchardCore/Environment/HostingDefaultsOrchardCoreBuilderExtensions.cs b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.OrchardCore/Environment/HostingDefaultsOrchardCoreBuilderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3431ee7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lombiq.HelpfulLibraries.OrchardCore/Environment/HostingDefaultsOrchardCoreBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+
+public static class HostingDefaultsOrchardCoreBuilderExtensions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Lombiq-recommended opinionated default configuration for features of a standard Orchard Core application. If
+    /// any of the configuration values exist, they won't be overridden, so e.g. appsettings.json configuration will
+    /// take precedence.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="webApplicationBuilder">The <see cref="WebApplicationBuilder"/> instance of the app.</param>
+    /// <param name="hostingConfiguration">Configuration for the hosting defaults.</param>
+    public static OrchardCoreBuilder ConfigureHostingDefaults(
+        this OrchardCoreBuilder builder,
+        WebApplicationBuilder webApplicationBuilder,
+        HostingConfiguration hostingConfiguration = null)
+    {
+        hostingConfiguration ??= new HostingConfiguration();
+
+        // Not using static type references for the names here because those practically never change, but we'd need to
+        // add project/package references to all the affected projects.
+
+        var ocSection = webApplicationBuilder.Configuration.GetSection("OrchardCore");
+
+        ocSection.GetSection("OrchardCore_Tenants").AddValueIfKeyNotExists("TenantRemovalAllowed", "true");
+
+        ocSection.GetSection("OrchardCore_Localization_CultureOptions").AddValueIfKeyNotExists("IgnoreSystemSettings", "true");
+
+        var shellsDatabaseSection = ocSection.GetSection("OrchardCore_Shells_Database");
+
+        shellsDatabaseSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("DatabaseProvider", "SqlConnection");
+        shellsDatabaseSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("TablePrefix", "Shells");
+
+        ocSection.GetSection("OrchardCore_Tenants").AddValueIfKeyNotExists("TenantRemovalAllowed", "true");
+
+        var logLevelSection = webApplicationBuilder.Configuration.GetSection("Logging:LogLevel");
+        var elasticSearchSection = ocSection.GetSection("OrchardCore_Elasticsearch");
+
+        if (webApplicationBuilder.Environment.IsDevelopment())
+        {
+            logLevelSection
+                .AddValueIfKeyNotExists("Default", "Debug")
+                .AddValueIfKeyNotExists("System", "Information")
+                .AddValueIfKeyNotExists("Microsoft", "Information");
+
+            // Orchard Core 1.8 and prior, this can be removed after an Orchard Core upgrade to 2.0.
+            // OrchardCore_Email_Smtp below is 2.0+.
+            var oc18SmtpSection = ocSection.GetSection("SmtpSettings");
+
+            if (oc18SmtpSection["Host"] == null)
+            {
+                oc18SmtpSection["Host"] = "127.0.0.1";
+                oc18SmtpSection["RequireCredentials"] = "false";
+                oc18SmtpSection["Port"] = "25";
+            }
+
+            oc18SmtpSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("DefaultSender", "sender@example.com");
+
+            var smtpSection = ocSection.GetSection("OrchardCore_Email_Smtp");
+
+            if (smtpSection["Host"] == null)
+            {
+                smtpSection["Host"] = "127.0.0.1";
+                smtpSection["RequireCredentials"] = "false";
+                smtpSection["Port"] = "25";
+            }
+
+            smtpSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("DefaultSender", "sender@example.com");
+
+            if (elasticSearchSection["Url"] == null)
+            {
+                elasticSearchSection["ConnectionType"] = "SingleNodeConnectionPool";
+                elasticSearchSection["Url"] = "http://localhost";
+                elasticSearchSection["Ports:0"] = "9200";
+                elasticSearchSection["Username"] = "admin";
+                elasticSearchSection["Password"] = "admin";
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            logLevelSection
+                .AddValueIfKeyNotExists("Default", "Warning")
+                .AddValueIfKeyNotExists("Microsoft.AspNetCore", "Warning");
+
+            ocSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("DatabaseProvider", "SqlConnection");
+
+            // Elastic Cloud configuration if none is provided. The Url and Password are still needed.
+            if (elasticSearchSection["ConnectionType"] == null &&
+                elasticSearchSection["Ports"] == null &&
+                elasticSearchSection["Username"] == null)
+            {
+                elasticSearchSection["ConnectionType"] = "CloudConnectionPool";
+                elasticSearchSection["Ports:0"] = "9243";
+                elasticSearchSection["Username"] = "elastic";
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (hostingConfiguration.AlwaysEnableHealthChecksInProduction && webApplicationBuilder.Environment.IsProduction())
+        {
+            builder.AddTenantFeatures("OrchardCore.HealthChecks");
+        }
+
+        builder
+            .AddDatabaseShellsConfigurationIfAvailable(webApplicationBuilder.Configuration)
+            .ConfigureSmtpSettings(overrideAdminSettings: false)
+            .ConfigureSecurityDefaultsWithStaticFiles(allowInlineStyle: true);
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Lombiq-recommended opinionated default configuration for features of an Orchard Core application hosted in
+    /// Azure. If any of the configuration values exist, they won't be overridden, so e.g. appsettings.json
+    /// configuration will take precedence.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="webApplicationBuilder">The <see cref="WebApplicationBuilder"/> instance of the app.</param>
+    /// <param name="hostingConfiguration">Configuration for the hosting defaults.</param>
+    public static OrchardCoreBuilder ConfigureAzureHostingDefaults(
+        this OrchardCoreBuilder builder,
+        WebApplicationBuilder webApplicationBuilder,
+        AzureHostingConfiguration hostingConfiguration = null)
+    {
+        hostingConfiguration ??= new AzureHostingConfiguration();
+
+        builder.ConfigureHostingDefaults(webApplicationBuilder, hostingConfiguration);
+
+        var ocSection = webApplicationBuilder.Configuration.GetSection("OrchardCore");
+
+        if (!webApplicationBuilder.Environment.IsDevelopment())
+        {
+            ocSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists(AzureConfigurationExtensions.IsAzureHostingKey, "true");
+        }
+
+        if (webApplicationBuilder.Configuration.IsAzureHosting())
+        {
+            builder
+                .AddTenantFeatures(
+                    "OrchardCore.DataProtection.Azure",
+                    "Lombiq.Hosting.BuildVersionDisplay")
+                .DisableResourceDebugMode();
+
+            if (hostingConfiguration.AlwaysEnableAzureMediaStorage)
+            {
+                // Azure Media Storage and its dependencies. Keep this updated with Orchard upgrades.
+                builder.AddTenantFeatures(
+                    "OrchardCore.Contents",
+                    "OrchardCore.ContentTypes",
+                    "OrchardCore.Liquid",
+                    "OrchardCore.Media",
+                    "OrchardCore.Media.Azure.Storage",
+                    "OrchardCore.Media.Cache",
+                    "OrchardCore.Settings");
+            }
+        }
+
+        var mediaSection = ocSection.GetSection("OrchardCore_Media_Azure");
+
+        mediaSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("ContainerName", "media");
+        mediaSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("BasePath", "{{ ShellSettings.Name }}");
+
+        if (webApplicationBuilder.Environment.IsDevelopment())
+        {
+            var dataProtectionSection = ocSection.GetSection("OrchardCore_DataProtection_Azure");
+
+            dataProtectionSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("CreateContainer", "true");
+            dataProtectionSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("ConnectionString", "UseDevelopmentStorage=true");
+
+            mediaSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("CreateContainer", "true");
+            mediaSection.AddValueIfKeyNotExists("ConnectionString", "UseDevelopmentStorage=true");
+        }
+
+        return builder;
+    }
+}
+
+public class HostingConfiguration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to always enable <c>OrchardCore.HealthChecks</c> and its dependencies in
+    /// the Production environment, for all tenants, without the ability to turn them off.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool AlwaysEnableHealthChecksInProduction { get; set; } = true;
+}
+
+public class AzureHostingConfiguration : HostingConfiguration
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to always enable <c>OrchardCore.Media.Azure.Storage</c> and its
+    /// dependencies when hosted in Azure, for all tenants, without the ability to turn them off.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool AlwaysEnableAzureMediaStorage { get; set; } = true;
+}