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If your database is critical to your business then SQL Server consulting services are crucial to the ongoing integrity of your SQL Database.

Database services are available everywhere, however, professional database services with a direct line to SQL consultants can be difficult to find. It is rare to be able to cut corners if success is the ultimate goal. Whilst time is always of the essence, scoping and planning remain the cornerstone of quality professional services.

 

What can SQL Server Database Consultancy do for your business?

Recognised as leaders in the field of Microsoft Database services, we work as a valued partner to our clients helping them to yield the very best value and performance from their systems. We align your goals with industry-best practices, we are always respectful, but always question the why and the need because we put your needs at the forefront of our thinking. From initial discussions through to planning and execution, you will find working with Xynomix a welcome change.

 

Xynomix have been working as a trusted partner with clients for nearly two decades, from SQL 2000 to Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and Microsoft Azure, the majority of Xynomix clients experience more reliability and performance than ever before. Our excellent customer satisfaction score of 98% and an equally impressive 97% retained client list validate the quality of our service.

What can SQL Server Database Consultancy do for your business?

Recognised as leaders in the field of Microsoft Database services, we work as a valued partner to our clients helping them to yield the very best value and performance from their systems. We align your goals with industry-best practices, we are always respectful, but always question the why and the need because we put your needs at the forefront of our thinking. From initial discussions through to planning and execution, you will find working with Xynomix a welcome change.

 

Xynomix have been working as a trusted partner with clients for nearly two decades, from SQL 2000 to Microsoft SQL Server 2019 and Microsoft Azure, the majority of Xynomix clients experience more reliability and performance than ever before. Our excellent customer satisfaction score of 98% and an equally impressive 97% retained client list validate the quality of our service.

What services can we provide?

Working with 7Hills gives you peace of mind, knowing that the experts in our organisation are an extension of your internal (IT) department, working to your needs.

Planned or unplanned downtime and recognising the difference between High Availability and Disaster Recovery are vital if a company is to ensure its ability to continue BAU service levels. High availability is ensuring 99.999% availability and Disaster Recovery is ensuring service recovery in as short a time as possible. 7Hills will advise on the best available solutions, taking into account your RPO & RTO objectives. These will be defined within the business impact assessment and often carried out under the business continuity plan. All of which we can advise on.

Cloud infrastructure and platform services are evolving rapidly, Xynomix are cloud experts, advising companies large and small. From a managed instance to backups to the cloud, we will ensure that your SQL Server Database is as safe and resilient as it can be. Alongside this, you would also be enjoying the benefits of a hyperscale provider; increased reliability, mass adoption, lower costs, always available and instant access to a wealth of feature services.

  • Regular Health Checks (manual and automated) to give feedback on best practice, rectify system configuration issues and highlight potential trouble spots
  • Patching SQL instances, standalone and clustered
  • Working with you to run DR Tests
  • Detailed Performance Tuning to optimize key processes and remove bottlenecks.
  • Upgrading SQL versions and database migrations
  • Backup and restoring databases. Cloning environments for testing.
  • Providing operation support for the Microsoft Business Intelligence (BI) stack; SSRS, SSIS, SSAS
  • To reduce the interruption and downtime to your business
  • 24×7 monitoring and on-call database cover available
  • Working with your application vendor (ISV)to ensure compatibility and ensure smooth migrations
  • Backup schedules and backup strategy to accommodate your business recovery plan
  • Ensuring peace of mind that your system is being looked after and worked on even when no one is in your office.

The aim of a good patching strategy is to ensure stability and security whilst juggling the “patch or not to patch” question frequently faced by Business as Usual (BAU) DBA’s.

 

From cumulative updates to service packs, to versions and applications issues, time and testing availability; this is a function best outsourced to a specialist company who won’t be side-tracked by other issues or find themselves on holiday during a patch cycle.

 

Xynomix advises and works with you to construct a robust but flexible patching strategy that fits within the constraints of the business. 

Xynomix will provide a Health Check giving advice and any recommendations to non-critical issues. The Health Checks are an informative source of information that will allow Xynomix to provide details of backups, table space, performance levels and space on the SQL Server. Xynomix will then highlight any areas of concern and work with you to start addressing any non-critical issues. It is important to know that our proactive monitoring will pick up these issues with a Health Check and then providing a snapshot in time to give guidance to our customers. We can run through any part of the Health Checks that need addressing and work with you to produce a road map to forge ahead.

Many reasons drive SQL Server migrations: new hardware, migration to the cloud, version upgrades, new applications or application upgrades, all of which can present challenges. If not planned effectively and delivered carefully, these will often result in unplanned outages. Xynomix are experts in migrations, having been involved in all versions from the ‘90s onwards. We advise on best practice within our Database Migration Team (DMT) ensuring that you have a clear view of all the steps involved, but notwithstanding the essential elements covering:

  • Planning
  • Test Migration
  • Live Migration
  • Backout plan

How we provide SQL Server Database Consultancy services

Here at 7 Hills, we are skilled, sophisticated and experienced in SQL consultancy. Our service as been carefully curated to offer a dynamic range of activities and advice in SQL Server consulting. We love collaborating and building strong relationships with our clients because we know that trust is important, and part of what makes trust is, of course, clarity. Xynomix are strong believers that it is most beneficial to define clear goals for your business, we can do this by.