At sqldba, Microsoft SQL Server is all we do — not networks, not helpdesk, not general IT. Wellington businesses bring us in for the hard parts: risk, performance, licensing, recoverability. We find what is quietly sitting there waiting to break, tell you in plain English what it costs the business, and fix it.
Our SQL Server services in Wellington
We watch the estate, keep the backups restore-tested, and rehearse the recovery — so the problem is caught before it becomes an outage, and you have the evidence when someone asks.
Migrations, version upgrades, and the architecture behind them. Tested on a copy, cut over in a window you control, with a rollback ready.
When applications slow down, we read the wait stats, find the few queries doing the damage, and fix the cause. You get the before and after.
A senior DBA on call without a full-time hire: monitoring, troubleshooting, and the hard-problem escalations, handled remotely.
Frequently asked questions
Can you prove our backups actually restore?
Yes, and it is the first thing we check. A backup nobody has restored is a folder, not a safety net. We confirm the restore works, time it against your recovery objective, and make sure the recovery copy sits somewhere a single failure cannot take with it. For Wellington organisations that answer to an auditor, that evidence matters as much as the backup.
How much can a licensing audit save us?
Usually 20 to 40% of the SQL Server bill, sometimes more. We have taken over NZ$50 million off client licensing across 20,000+ assessments. It runs read-only, with no production impact, and it usually pays for itself on the first finding.
What does your performance tuning involve?
We read the wait stats, evaluate the query execution plans, and find the few queries and settings causing the pain, then fix the cause at the query, index, and configuration level. You get faster applications and the before-and-after to prove it.
Can you migrate our SQL workloads to the cloud — or back?
Yes. We move workloads from on-premises to Azure SQL or Azure SQL Managed Instance, and we handle repatriation back to your own hardware when cost or performance calls for it. We test the move on a copy and cut over in a window you control, with a rollback ready.
How do you keep our SQL Server secure and audit-ready?
Least-privilege access, encryption at rest and in transit, a patching cadence you can evidence, and the audit trail your reviewers ask for — each finding mapped to the control it satisfies. Findings, not opinions.
Not sure who you need?
Tell us what is going on. A senior DBA reads every message and points you at the right next step, even when that is not us. The free health check findings are yours to keep either way.