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Consultancy & Projects

Make the right decisions for your SQL infrastructure

Solution design, migrations, consolidations, upgrades and high availability architecture. Available hourly, half-day or full-day. We work with your IT team through a design-first methodology.

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Leverage the experience of certified industry professionals

Whether you're upgrading, consolidating, or migrating your SQL Server environment, our consultants bring years of experience in support, solution design, and implementation across enterprise-scale infrastructures.

We work alongside your infrastructure team through a design-first methodology - ensuring the right architecture is in place before implementation begins. This minimises downtime, mitigates risk, and ensures your SQL Server environment is properly configured from day one.

Our consultancy services are available on an ad-hoc hourly basis, half-day (4hrs) and full-day (8hr) packages. For Brisbane-based businesses, all services are available on-site and remotely. For businesses outside Brisbane, full-day packages are available on-site.

Areas of Expertise

  • SQL Server infrastructure design and architecture
  • Azure SQL and cloud migrations
  • SQL Server version upgrades
  • Server consolidations to reduce licensing costs
  • High availability - Always-On Availability Groups, failover clustering
  • Disaster recovery - backup strategies, log shipping, cross-datacentre DR
  • Security hardening - TDE, encryption, PCI-DSS compliance
  • Performance tuning and optimisation
  • Centralised maintenance plan management
  • Policy-based auditing and compliance
Consultancy Services

Find the solution that's right for your business

We fully recognise the criticality and costs associated with SQL Server outages and how these can impact revenue, productivity and reputation.

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Solutions Design

Work with our database infrastructure consultants to make the right design decisions. Ensure your storage and network are configured correctly, and SQL Server components properly distributed for maximum throughput and availability.

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Azure SQL Migrations

Looking to migrate SQL Server workloads into the cloud? Our Azure SQL team will ensure your migration is handled carefully and configured correctly for optimal performance, availability and cost.

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SQL Server Upgrades

Minimise the risks of potential issues or extended outages when performing SQL Server upgrades. We review for deprecated functionality and vendor compliance to ensure a smooth transition.

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Server Consolidations

SQL Server sprawl costs businesses in licensing and management overheads. Our consolidation services review your infrastructure for suitable opportunities that can save you thousands in ongoing costs.

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High Availability

How long can your business withstand an outage? We design and implement correctly configured HA solutions - Always-On Availability Groups, failover clustering - to keep critical systems operational.

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Security & Compliance

From Transparent Data Encryption and security key rotation through to PCI-DSS compliance - we've helped businesses across industries secure their SQL Server environments to meet regulatory requirements.

Related Services

Specialist expertise across the SQL Server stack

Many of our consultancy engagements involve these specialist areas. Each has a dedicated team with deep expertise.

Azure SQL & Cloud

Azure SQL migrations, managed instances, elastic pools, and cost optimisation

High Availability & DR

Always-On AGs, failover clustering, log shipping, and disaster recovery

Security & Compliance

TDE, PCI-DSS compliance, auditing, access controls, and security hardening

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What consultancy services do you offer? +

We offer SQL Server solution design, infrastructure architecture, Azure migrations, version upgrades, server consolidations, high availability design, disaster recovery planning, security hardening, and PCI-DSS compliance consulting. Services are available hourly, half-day, or full-day.

Do you offer on-site consultancy? +

Yes. For Brisbane-based businesses, all services are available on-site and remotely. For businesses outside Brisbane, we offer full-day packages on-site. All services are available remotely regardless of location.

How do you approach a migration project? +

We follow a design-first methodology. We start with a comprehensive health check and environment assessment, then design the target architecture, plan the migration path, execute the migration during an agreed maintenance window, and validate the result. We review for deprecated functionality and vendor compliance throughout.

Can you help reduce our SQL Server licensing costs? +

Yes. SQL Server sprawl is a common problem that creates unnecessary licensing and management overhead. Our consolidation services review your infrastructure for suitable consolidation opportunities that can save thousands in ongoing costs.

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