Evaluating a deal or a budget
Technical due diligence for deal teams covers the pre-close and post-close read. Modernization Shield is the instrument itself: scope, pricing, and the engagement timeline.
Evincia
Technical due diligence for legacy .NET and SQL Server systems
Before the deal or the budget is approved, know what the codebase is carrying.
Evincia is a house inspection for software. Before the deal closes or the renovation begins, an independent inspector reads the structure itself and puts what it found in writing. Here the structure is a legacy .NET and SQL Server system, and the inspector is a deterministic diagnostic engine operated by a senior architect. The write-up is the Legacy Modernization Risk Report: the evidence, a readiness score, and the order the work should happen in. Modernization Shield is that inspection.
You don't take the score on faith. The method is published, the sample Modernization Risk Report is inspectable, and our public codebase teardowns include repository, commit, and file-level evidence you can open and check yourself.
No migration work to upsell -- the inspector does not bid on the renovation. Use the report with your deal team, your board, or your chosen vendor.
Use Modernization Shield when...
- Private equity diligence needs an independent read
- Budget approval depends on confidence
- A vendor estimate needs pressure-testing
- An AI initiative sits on legacy systems
- A cyber, audit, or support deadline is approaching
Proof on real code
The proof is a report you can check.
See the deliverable before you book a call. We ran the full Modernization Shield methodology against SocialGoal, a real open-source ASP.NET MVC application. Each finding cites the file or dependency behind it, and because the codebase is public, you can check the work against the source.
One finding ships with its dispute: the engine rated it Critical, the senior architect contested it, and the report shows the automated signal, the written judgment, and the dated resolution of the dispute.
Verification
An assessment built to be checked
Most modernization assessments ask you to trust a number. Evincia shows its work, and you can check it.
Deterministic
Run it on the same code twice and get the same evidence. The engine works a fixed checklist -- 51 deterministic signals across nine of the twelve risk categories -- not a language model guessing.
Traceable to the source
Findings carry source artifacts -- project files, configuration, Web Forms markup, package metadata, the code itself -- and engine findings cite the rule behind the signal. The evidence ships with the report.
Honest about coverage
It reports what it could not analyze, and a run that falls below the coverage gate fails -- it does not quietly produce a thinner report. A blank spot is shown as a blank spot, never as green. See what the method inspects.
Validated on real code
Run across 40+ public .NET codebases -- determinism verified, false positives found and corrected -- with scored teardown profiles published. See a worked teardown to check the method on code you can inspect.
The engine is a CLI application a senior architect operates in the client's environment: the initial evidence comes from deterministic rules, with no AI and no required network calls outside the client's network. Any AI-assisted synthesis afterward is optional and follows the client's rules -- and the AI never gets a vote on what is true. Read Security & Data Handling.
See the whole path, end to end: how Evincia works, from a client's code to a board-ready decision.
Dates already set
These pressures are already on your desk.
AI gets the attention. The questions with dates attached usually arrive first: acquisition reviews, insurance renewals, audit findings, and end-of-support deadlines. Teams running long-lived .NET and SQL Server systems often need evidence before leadership commits budget or accepts risk.
Where to start
When leaders use Evincia
The sharpest version of the question arrives with a deal: a legacy-heavy target is under review, and someone has to say what the codebase is actually carrying before the price and the hold-period plan are final. That is the primary engagement -- technical due diligence for private equity.
The same risk surfaces outside a transaction: a modernization budget waiting on approval, a vendor estimate that needs an independent check, an AI initiative pointed at legacy systems, or a renewal, audit, or end-of-support date forcing the decision. The rest of the site is organized around those situations. Start with the page closest to yours.
Checking the method
Open the sample Modernization Risk Report and the public teardowns, then read how Evincia works and the published methodology -- or run seven of its checks on your own project file, in your browser. Five example findings show what the diagnostic looks for and why each matters.
A specific pressure
A vendor estimate on your desk: the estimate guide. An AI initiative sitting on legacy systems: the AI-readiness guide. A renewal questionnaire asking about unsupported software: the cyber-insurance page.
A specific stack question
Where the risk usually hides: stored procedure business logic in SQL Server, Web Forms and other application types that resist incremental migration, and .NET Framework migration risk.
Fit
Who this is for (and who it's not)
This work is for teams who need clarity, not reassurance.
Good fit
- Legacy .NET and Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL systems with real production risk
- Long-lived .NET applications with undocumented dependencies built up over years
- SQL Server-heavy systems where T-SQL schema complexity slows modernization
- Modernization pressure from cloud mandates, security findings, or acquisition activity
- Leaders accountable for outcomes, not just delivery
Not a fit
- Teams that need a vendor to run the work, not an advisor to evaluate it
- Products with no meaningful history or inherited complexity
- Organizations not yet facing real pressure to modernize
- Teams looking for reassurance rather than an honest read
If you are not planning a major platform shift within the next 6 to 18 months, you probably do not need this yet.
The signature
The engine reads your code. A senior architect renders the judgment.
The goal is a clear, honest picture of what you are working with -- before budgets, timelines, and vendors are locked in.
- A house inspector samples; the Roslyn-based engine reads all of it -- every project file, dependency, and configuration entry -- and weighs the same evidence the same way every time.
- Every LMRR is read and signed by a senior architect -- no junior analysts, no templates, no handoffs.
See the deliverable, then start the conversation.
The SocialGoal sample Modernization Risk Report shows exactly what a Modernization Shield deliverable looks like: the headline finding, the readiness score, the risk register, what is likely to break first, and the order the work should happen in, all built from a publicly available codebase.
A fit review is the fastest way in. Describe your situation and we respond within two business days; if Modernization Shield fits the decision in front of you, a scoping call settles the boundaries and timing.
Book a Modernization Shield scoping call, review the evidence-based approach, or email us directly →