Understand what you have
Review the application, its dependencies and the workflows it supports. Get a practical basis for maintenance and investment decisions.
Legacy .NET modernisation
A clear way forward for your legacy .NET applications.
Understand what you have. Improve what matters. Modernise at a pace that works for your business.
Request a free .NET consultationExperience across the .NET generations
- WinForms
- ASP.NET WebForms
- .NET Framework
- Modern .NET
- Mixed estates
Keep the business moving.
Make the software easier to own.
Your applications hold years of business knowledge. We help you understand that investment and decide what should happen next.
Sound familiar?
The original developers have moved on. Documentation is patchy. Sign-in works differently across applications. A small change touches more systems than anyone expected.
You need a clear picture of the risks and options before committing to a bigger project.
Experience that reaches back
We understand the software you inherited.
Our team brings experience with enterprise .NET applications and authentication modernisation, including work delivered while at a previous company.
Read more about our enterprise experience and approach. That experience spans WinForms, WebForms and .NET Framework. We can work with your existing team, take on a defined piece of work, or help shape and deliver a broader programme.
The right destination might be modern .NET, another technology, or a combination. We start with the application, the people using it and the constraints you need to work within.
Start with the next sensible step.
You can bring us in for discovery alone, a targeted change, or delivery through to handover. Each engagement has an agreed scope.
Understand the application
Learn what it does, who relies on it and where knowledge is missing. Establish dependencies and constraints before recommending changes.
Agree the priorities
Compare the options and their tradeoffs. Set a scope that reflects your risks, budget and internal capacity.
Deliver manageable changes
Plan testing, releases and rollback around business operations. Keep the existing system in view as improvements are introduced.
Hand over the knowledge
Document decisions and changes. Help your team understand how to maintain what has been delivered and what could come next.
A few things you may be wondering.
There is room to start small.
Will we need to rewrite everything?
No. A review may point to targeted fixes, a framework migration or replacing selected parts. A full rebuild is one option when the evidence and business case support it.
Can you work alongside our team?
Yes. We can provide focused expertise, deliver an agreed component, or work with your developers on a wider programme. We agree responsibilities and handover at the start.
Can the application keep running while it changes?
We plan around the service your business needs. That can mean phased releases, parallel components and rollback plans. Any downtime or migration constraints need to be understood and agreed during discovery.
What if the documentation is incomplete?
That is a useful reason to start with discovery. We can investigate the code and dependencies, talk to the people using the system and document what we find. Access and the scope of investigation are agreed first.
Can we start with a small piece of work?
Yes. An application review, an authentication change or a specific integration can be a standalone engagement. The free initial conversation helps identify a next step; code reviews and written assessments are separately scoped paid work.
A useful first conversation
Tell us what you’re working with.
Start with a free 30-minute conversation about your application, your concerns and what you want to achieve.
- Talk through the current situation.
- Explore where help could make a difference.
- Agree whether there is a useful next step.
No polished brief needed. Any code audit, written assessment or delivery work is scoped separately.
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