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Data Estate Advisory Services

Take control of your data’s security, compliance, and integrity.

I/T professionals need access to peers and meaningful insights about the entire data estate to properly protect, optimize, and unlock data’s full potential. Because relational database management systems, like Microsoft SQL Server, are incredibly complex and sophisticated, no one person or small team can know everything about them.

UpSearch is where I/T leaders, engineers, and administrators turn to engage with peers, keep up with best practices, and get the ongoing insights they need to optimize data estates for high availability, security, scale, and long-term cost management.

Data Estate Advisory Services

WebSystem3 selects UpSearch’s Data Estate Advisory Services for Azure environment

“After UpSearch helped us meet the demands of our growing business with an Azure deployment and database migration, we engaged them to provide 24×7 monitoring and dedicated monthly support for our Azure environment. UpSearch is my Microsoft Partner of Choice and our Digital Partner of Record.” 

Jeff Garrett, SaaS Operations Manager for WebSystem3, a subsidiary of CooperVision

Flat-Rate SQL Server Data Estate Advisory Services

UpSearch pioneered a people-centric productivity solution for SQL Server that allows individuals and leadership teams to get visibility into an entire data estate, up to speed and add value faster, and in front of security threats and root causes quicker when something does go wrong. 100% U.S. based.

Start Right Health Checks

We onboard every new client by thoroughly evaluating each supported version of Microsoft SQL Server in the organization’s data estate, from the hardware to the OS and the database itself. During the first 90 days, we collect and analyze key metrics to determine what is healthy, what needs help, and provide a complete report including actionable recommendations. Our deep understanding of SQL Server internals allow us to interpret your configuration and performance metrics so that we can collectively:

  • Solve specific problems that waste time and money
  • Identify inefficient query patterns & hardware bottlenecks to improve performance
  • Avoid unnecessary hardware costs by pinpointing server performance issues
  • Correct configurations that deviate from established best practices
  • Ensure that you are achieving maximum value from each server, instance, and database
  • Ensure that you are strategically positioned to achieve your goals

Size of data estate determines service plan eligibility.
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Unlimited Emergency Support

Critical issues response time: Business hours (M-F 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM) and non-business hours.

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Joint Team Meetings

We facilitate collaborative discussions between our advisory team and your technical teams, centered on your cloud and data platform operations. We leverage the Data Estate Assessment, SQL Server Status Reports, and Database Integrity and Recovery Test to exchange insights, align on goals, and address issues. Our purpose is to cultivate institutional knowledge, internal-know how, and provide guidance. Agendas and minutes are provided.

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Business Reviews

We bring executive teams together for annual strategic discussions about the continuity and evolution of your organization and align on ways to drive more value.

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Data Estate Assessment
We facilitate the enterprise-wide audit process to find, verify, and securely collect information about each Microsoft SQL Server instance and the underlying Windows Operating System. This includes VM-hosted cloud platform assets, if joined to a domain.

With enterprise-wide clarity you can:

  • Relieve Budget Anxiety. Get a visual of your SQL Server environment before they do.
    Discover, trend, and analyze the cost drivers of SQL Server licenses.
  • Reduce Security Concerns. Regularly perform on-premise, agentless audits to proactively uncover vulnerabilities and security gaps in both known and unknown instances.
  • Unlock Modernization. Focus on the future through the lens of SQL Server license optimization. Understand your organization’s needs – not just today – but also in the future.

    We offer the Data Estate Assessment as both a stand-alone service and as a foundation for the Data Estate Advisory Services. Every Advisory Services Client gets unlimited assessments.

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    Security Guidance
    Get in front of known vulnerabilities and continually harden your security posture.

    Your network and system teams appropriately take an outside-in approach to security.

    We complement with an inside SQL out approach, discover detailed information about your deployments, and help plan security updates to minimize risks.

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    Data Estate Management
    Health Checks

    A deep evaluation of a single SQL Server instance, from the hardware to the OS, to the databases themselves.

    During the first 90 days, we will evaluate each monitored production instance and present a report with actionable recommendations. Every Advisory Services Client gets unlimited Health Checks.

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    SQL Server Status Reports

    Each morning UpSearch sends your team a comprehensive report of SQL Server checks, including Stopped Services, Service Events, Disk Warnings, Failed Jobs, Missing Backups, Integrity Checks, High VFLs, Instance Changes, Database Changes, Login Changes, and Error Logs.

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    Monthly Baseline Analysis

    We baseline how your databases behave month-over-month, provide expert analysis, and respond to changes before they become problems.

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    Database Integrity and Recovery Tests
    Test objectives are to validate the integrity of business-critical backup files, recovery process, and time how long it takes to restore a mission critical workload.

    UpSearch periodically retrieves your backup files, restores them on a separate system, tests for corruption, measures the Full, Diff, and Log operation recovery, and compares against your stated recovery time objective (RTO).

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