Keep old software working.
CodeForward LLC helps Omaha and Nebraska businesses support legacy .NET, SQL Server, WinForms, reporting, and ERP workflows while adding practical modernization like Power BI, Azure, and RAG knowledge search.
Common first projects
- ✓Fix or support a WinForms, ASP.NET, or .NET Framework app.
- ✓Tune SQL Server queries, reports, stored procedures, and jobs.
- ✓Clean up ERP workflows that depend on spreadsheets and manual work.
- ✓Build RAG search over SQL data, PDFs, reports, and internal docs.
Built for small, focused contracts
Start with one useful fix, report, health check, or RAG prototype. Expand only when the work is clearly paying off.
Service packages
Simple starting points for support, workflow fixes, reporting, RAG search, and modernization.
Legacy .NET & SQL Support
Keep critical systems stable, supported, and easier to change.
- WinForms, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, and .NET Framework support
- SQL Server troubleshooting, stored procedures, jobs, and performance tuning
- Bug fixes, enhancements, production support, and developer handoff coverage
ERP / Business Workflow Development
Turn manual workarounds into reliable operational software.
- ERP extensions, internal tools, approvals, scheduling, and order workflows
- Integrations between SQL Server, desktop apps, portals, files, and vendors
- Practical modernization that protects the way your business already runs
Reporting & Data Modernization
Give leaders cleaner numbers without disrupting source systems.
- SSRS, DevExpress, Power BI, paginated reports, and dashboard delivery
- Data cleanup, reporting tables, warehouse support, and slow report fixes
- Migration planning for SSRS to Power BI or on-prem SQL to Azure SQL
RAG & AI Knowledge Search
Let your team ask better questions of existing business data.
- RAG over SQL Server data, reports, PDFs, SOPs, and internal documentation
- Azure OpenAI, embeddings, vector search, and secure data access patterns
- Useful answers with source links instead of generic chatbot guesses
Software Health Check
Find the highest-risk issues before they become outages.
- Code, database, deployment, backup, reporting, and operations review
- Plain-English risk map with quick wins, likely costs, and next steps
- Best first step when the original developers are gone or documentation is thin
Modernization without drama
The safest path is usually not a big rewrite. It is understanding the system, reducing operational risk, improving the data, and moving one valuable piece at a time.
Stabilize
Fix recurring errors, slow queries, broken reports, failed jobs, and risky deployments.
Document
Map code, data flows, batch processes, dependencies, and the business rules hiding in SQL.
Improve
Add workflow features, integrations, reporting tables, dashboards, and safer operational tools.
Modernize
Move selected workloads to supported .NET, Azure SQL, Power BI, APIs, RAG, or automation when it pays off.
Built for Nebraska operations
CodeForward is positioned for companies around Omaha, Lincoln, Council Bluffs, and the broader Midwest that rely on Microsoft-based systems to run daily work.
Manufacturing
Production scheduling, inventory, quality, reports, shop-floor data, and vendor workflows.
Agriculture and logistics
Operational databases, routing, batch jobs, EDI-style workflows, and legacy desktop tools.
Professional services
Internal systems, customer portals, billing workflows, reporting, and Microsoft stack support.
Frequently asked
Straight answers before the first call.
Need a steady hand on an important Microsoft system?
Start with a free 30-minute review. Bring the messy context: the old app, the slow report, the undocumented SQL jobs, the workflow everyone works around, or the internal knowledge your team wants to search with AI.