1. Identify the business function
Establish what the system supports, who relies on it and the impact if it fails.
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Legacy application discovery
Understand the legacy system before it becomes the next outage.
Many businesses depend on an application that has survived several IT managers, vendors and upgrades without ever being properly documented. Solidity Technology investigates what the system does, what it depends on and what would be required to support, recover or replace it.
03Where this service helps
When the technical answer is not obvious.
Our discovery process documents architecture, databases, interfaces, ownership, recovery dependencies and operational risks, giving the business a usable baseline before support, replacement or migration begins.
- A critical application is understood by only one former employee or vendor
- Servers cannot be retired because nobody knows what still uses them
- Database connections and integrations are undocumented
- Backups exist but the application recovery sequence is unknown
- A replacement project cannot be scoped because dependencies are unclear
- Management needs an accurate current-state picture before approving investment
✓What you receive
Evidence, documentation and a practical path forward.
The engagement is scoped around a defined business problem. Work is documented so the client retains the findings and can act on them internally or with existing technology suppliers.
- Application, server and database inventory
- Dependency and integration diagrams
- Service accounts, certificates and scheduled-task review
- Data-flow and interface mapping
- Recovery and restart sequence documentation
- Risk register and modernisation recommendations
How the engagement works
A controlled investigation, not guesswork.
We begin with the business impact, work through the relevant technical layers and finish with documented findings and clear next actions.
2. Discover dependencies
Review servers, services, databases, integrations, network paths, credentials and vendor connections.
3. Validate with users
Compare technical findings with the real operating process so hidden manual steps are not missed.
4. Document the future path
Produce a support baseline plus options to retain, remediate, migrate or decommission the platform.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about this specialist service.
Can you investigate software when the original developer has left?
Yes. The objective is to reconstruct enough of the architecture, data flow and operating process to reduce dependency on undocumented knowledge.
Will you need administrator access?
Discovery is most effective with appropriate read access to relevant servers, applications, databases and documentation. Access should be approved and limited to the investigation scope.
Does discovery automatically mean replacing the system?
No. The result may support continued operation, remediation, replacement or staged migration depending on business risk and cost.
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View service →Have a system nobody fully understands, data that does not reconcile or a technical problem that keeps returning?Let's open a discussion on how we can help your team or business.
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