.NET development
A strongly typed, high-performance stack that now runs comfortably on Linux and integrates naturally with Microsoft infrastructure.
Microsoft stack
Chosen per project
Maintainable handover
Modern .NET is cross-platform, fast and open source — a considerable change from the Windows-only framework many people still picture. C# is an expressive, strongly typed language, and the tooling around debugging and profiling is among the best available.
It is the natural choice for organisations already using Microsoft infrastructure, Active Directory or Azure, where the integration story is materially simpler than the alternatives.
What we build with .NET
Business applications inside a Microsoft-centred organisation
APIs and services deployed to Azure
Systems requiring Active Directory or Entra ID authentication
Applications integrating deeply with Office and SharePoint
Where it fits — and where it does not
Good fit when
Existing Microsoft infrastructure and licensing
Strong typing and excellent tooling are priorities
High-throughput services where runtime performance matters
Azure is the intended hosting platform
Consider something else when
Teams with no C# experience and a short timeline
Projects committed to a fully open-source-only stack by policy
Very small applications where a lighter runtime would suffice
The ASP.NET Core middleware chain
Requests pass through an ordered pipeline. The order is the security model: authentication has to precede authorisation, and both have to precede the endpoint.
Request
Inbound HTTP call.
Middleware
Logging, CORS, compression and error handling.
Authentication
Identity established from token or cookie.
Authorisation
Policy evaluated for the endpoint.
Endpoint
Controller or minimal API handler.
Data access
EF Core against the database.
How we work with .NET
ASP.NET Core
Minimal APIs or controllers depending on the size of the surface, with dependency injection throughout.
Entity Framework Core
Code-first models with migrations, and raw SQL where a query genuinely needs it.
Identity
Entra ID or ASP.NET Identity, with authorisation policies rather than scattered role checks.
Deployment
Containerised and cross-platform, so hosting is not constrained to Windows servers.
Our typical .NET setup
| Concern | What we use |
|---|---|
| Runtime | A current long-term support .NET release |
| Framework | ASP.NET Core with dependency injection |
| Data access | Entity Framework Core with migrations |
| Identity | Microsoft Entra ID or ASP.NET Core Identity |
| Testing | xUnit with the in-memory test host for integration tests |
| Hosting | Linux containers, Azure App Service or Windows where required |
Frequently asked questions
No. Modern .NET runs on Linux and in containers, and Linux is a perfectly normal deployment target. Windows hosting is an option, not a requirement.
Yes, and that integration is one of its strongest arguments. Entra ID and on-premise Active Directory are both first-class, which removes a lot of authentication work.
It works perfectly well, but the integration advantages are smaller. If your team has no C# background and no Microsoft infrastructure, another stack may be a more practical choice.
Topics people search for
Services built with .NET
Enterprise Software Development
Systems for organisations where several departments, sites and approval chains all have to work from the same data.
Custom Software Development
Software shaped around the way your business already works, instead of a packaged product you have to reorganise around.
API Development
The interfaces that let your systems talk to each other, and let partners build on top of what you have.
Cloud Solutions
Hosting designed around what your application actually needs, with the monitoring and backups that make it safe to rely on.
Tell us what you are trying to build
Describe the problem in plain language and we will tell you what it would take to solve it — the approach, the moving parts and the sensible order to build them in. No obligation either way.