Application Health Check

An application health check is a process for checking the health and performance of application software. It assesses various aspects of the application to ensure that it is working properly and meets requirements. An application health check provides you with an independent opinion from our experts, which can support you before upcoming migrations or restoration projects. Health checks can also be carried out as quality assurance measures. We quickly gain an overview of your existing business application: We analyse the components used and check whether the optimum architecture is being used. In addition to manual checks, we also use tools and frameworks to identify the problem areas of your application in the following areas:

Whether hardware configuration, outdated software libraries or APIs of other applications, the performance of software solutions often depends on more than just the application itself. As part of a targeted application health check, bottlenecks that impair the efficiency and performance of your applications are identified at an early stage and can then be eliminated in a targeted manner.

Security vulnerabilities in software often have the unfortunate characteristic of remaining unnoticed for a long time. Especially when security problems are due to errors in integration with other software, it can happen that the gaps are exploited by attackers over a long period of time without being noticed. Regular application health checks help to ensure secure communication between your application and the surrounding components.

The architecture of the environment plays an important role in the development and deployment of cloud-native web applications and other programmes implemented in virtualised environments. The more complex the application, the more dependencies arise on frameworks such as .NET, container systems such as Kubernetes or Docker and the cloud infrastructure providers used with their respective interfaces. Particularly with health checks for web applications, the environment architecture must therefore be checked in order to eliminate defects. Regular checks allow you to react more quickly to changes in the architecture and thus prevent errors.

Regular application health checks are important to ensure the maintainability of your software solutions. Changes to the environment and architecture make it difficult to clearly identify sources of errors after some time without regular checks. If such errors then restrict the functionality of important software components, this can have a detrimental effect on other processes in the worst case. Regular application health checks ensure that even minor errors are recognised at an early stage and can therefore be taken into account during maintenance work.

IT systems are constantly changing. Over time, this often means that the integration of software into the ecosystem does not follow best practice standards. Small deviations and major workarounds lead to confusion. This can not only impair the performance of the software, but in the worst case can also lead to security problems. Continuous monitoring and regular application health checks ensure that standards are always adhered to and any deviations are corrected promptly. 

The results of the assessment are summarised and prioritised in a management summary. Specific recommendations for action round off the offer.

Added value achieved with an application health check:


✔ Risk minimisation: Ensuring operation and improving the support situation
✔ Increased user acceptance: elimination of errors or performance improvements
✔ Cost savings: Identifying potential modernisation options and architectural streamlining

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