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.

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.
Flat Rate Advisory Service Plans	Partner	Preferred	Premier
Emergency Support Critical issues response time: Business hours (M-F 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM) and non-business hours.	1 hr \| 4 hr	1 hr \| 2 hr	1 hr \| 1 hr
Joint Team Meetings We bring technical teams together for tactical discussions about the operations of your cloud and data platforms, share knowledge, experience, mutually set goals, and work through outstanding issues – together. Agendas and meeting minutes included.	Monthly	Bi-weekly	Weekly
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.	✅	✅	✅
Data Estate Assessments
A top-down approach to protect your data estate and keep costs under control. We audit your entire enterprise to discover all installed versions of SQL Server and provide insights with actionable recommendations. Visibility into your entire data estate is essential for: Financial Control. Prepare for software true-ups with asset management and trending transparency. Security Compliance. Get independent validation on each instances’ version, latest General Distribution Release (GDR), cumulative update status, and security recommendations. Modernization. Discover consolidation, upgrade, and/or migration opportunities.	Annually	Quarterly	Monthly
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.	✅	✅	✅
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.	✅	✅	✅
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.	✅	✅	✅
Database Performance Monitoring 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. Every day of the year. UpSearch has the capabilities to monitor all SQL Server instances in your entire organization, enabling your team to focus on higher priorities. You receive real-time notification of service interruption or job failure.	✅	✅	✅
Monthly Baseline Analysis We baseline how your databases behave month-over-month, provide expert analysis, and respond to changes before they become problems.	✅	✅	✅
Database Integrity and Recovery Tests
Test objectives are to validate the integrity of backup files and audit recovery times. 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).	Annually	Semi-annually	Quarterly

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Data Estate Advisory Services

Data Estate Advisory Services

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

Flat-Rate SQL Server Data Estate Advisory Services

Start Right Health Checks

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