About UK Application Development Managers

Micorsoft UK Application Development Consulting (ADC) is a group of developer consultants whom work closely with Enterprise & ISV customers throughout the UK. ADC's help customers throughout their development lifecycle to get the most out of Microsoft Technologies from application architecture to performance and scailability testing. This blog is intended to be an amalgamation of cherry picked blog posts from the ADC team's personal blogs, some exclusive posts, details of new services we can provide to existing & new customers alike and an insight in to the day to day life of an ADC.

To give a little more context in what we do day-to-day, here is some more information below:-

Application Development Consulting can help with an extensive selection of services designed to assist you through all phases of your product development lifecycle - and more successfully develop, deploy and support solutions using Microsoft technologies. The result? A complete, end-to-end services solution for Enterprises and ISVs alike. These services include:-

• Application Development Consulting: Skilled consultants can provide Application Architecture Reviews providing deep technical guidance to your development team & architects, Prototypes & Proof of Concepts to jumpstart your development in new technologies, Application Design Reviews of specific components in your application, Code Reviews for increased code quality or problem resolution, Test Planning & Methodology guidance in which we share out internal testing processes and methodologies, assistance for your testing team in the development of test scripts to help you in your product quality test efforts and other custom consulting services tailored to meet your needs.
  
• Lab Engagements: Use our services lab to perform application performance testing, benchmarking, assistance in migrating your application the latest Microsoft technologies, problem isolation in your application design or code or assistance in scaling your application.
  
• Workshops: Developer ‘Hands-0n’ workshops to educate your team in the latest Microsoft technologies & development processes or Troubleshooting and Debugging ‘Hands-on’ workshops on the processes and tools we use to troubleshoot and debug code.
  
• Bespoke Consultancy: Custom consulting services tailored to meet the unique needs of your business.

 
BENEFITS:
 
Benefit from value-added services for every stage of the development lifecycle: Application Development Consulting can help with an extensive selection of services designed to assist you through all phases of your product development lifecycle – and more successfully develop, deploy and support solutions using Microsoft technologies.

Accelerate time to market: Have access to Microsoft developer consultants for project-based consulting to supplement your development team. We can help you deliver your product to market faster using Microsoft’s latest technologies, while helping to reduce your development risks.

Increase staff development efficiency: Increase the knowledge and skills of your staff through hands-on workshops and direct access to Microsoft technical expertise and online resources. Gain advanced information on our product roadmaps and future technology direction. Your team will be prepared to develop on technologies earlier in the product lifecycle – before the technology becomes a commodity.

Reduce development risks and costs: Get access to Microsoft technical expertise throughout your development lifecycle. Our experts will provide you with architectural guidance and design recommendations to help you develop the best products possible.

If you would like more information on how you can obtain the services of the ADC team, please email ADCinfo@microsoft.com.