SQL Server, Cloud, ETL, API, and Application Support Services
Professional Microsoft SQL Server consulting, DBA support, performance tuning, HA/DR, backup and restore, Always On, mirroring, replication, SSRS, SSIS, Azure, AWS, IIS application support, ETL/API data integration, and custom database automation.
Led by Michael Paycer, a SQL Server DBA and Developer with 19+ years of hands-on database administration, development, reporting, ETL, cloud, IIS, and custom automation experience.
SQL Server consulting services built around real business problems.
Database Development
Design and build SQL Server database objects, stored procedures, views, functions, triggers, and application-facing data layers.
Database Design
Design relational database structures, normalize data models, improve schema quality, and align database architecture with business workflows.
Performance Tuning
Identify slow queries, blocking, deadlocks, indexing gaps, wait stats, and execution plan issues affecting SQL Server performance.
SSRS Reporting
Create, troubleshoot, and optimize SQL Server Reporting Services reports, dashboards, subscriptions, datasets, and reporting queries.
SSIS / ETL Development
Build and maintain SSIS packages, ETL pipelines, imports, exports, data transformations, staging processes, and automated data workflows.
SSAS / Analytics
Support SQL Server Analysis Services, analytical data models, cubes, dimensional structures, and reporting-ready data architecture.
Managed DBA Support
Ongoing DBA support for backups, restores, monitoring, job failures, maintenance, database health, and operational reliability.
HA/DR Architecture
Design and support Always-On Availability Groups, failover planning, backup strategy, recovery testing, and disaster recovery processes.
Security & Compliance
Support SQL Server security hardening, permissions review, PCI-related controls, DoD STIG alignment, and SOC2 readiness support.
Azure & AWS Cloud
Support SQL Server workloads on Azure VMs, Azure SQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, AWS EC2, AWS RDS, S3-backed workflows, and hybrid cloud environments.
IIS & Application Support
Troubleshoot IIS-hosted applications, SQL Server connection strings, application pool identities, SSL/HTTPS redirects, permissions, and database connectivity problems.
Custom Programming
Build C# console apps, API consumers, file processors, scheduled jobs, logging, retry handling, and SQL Server automation utilities.
Database services focused on stability, design quality, and measurable improvement.
SQL Server environments often need more than quick fixes. The goal is to understand the business process, diagnose the root issue, and implement changes that improve reliability, speed, recoverability, maintainability, reporting, cloud readiness, application connectivity, automation, and long-term database design.
- SQL Server database development and database design
- Stored procedures, views, functions, triggers, and T-SQL development
- SQL Server performance tuning and query optimization
- Indexing strategies and execution plan review
- SSRS report development, troubleshooting, and optimization
- SSIS package development, ETL, imports, exports, and data transformations
- SSAS, analytical models, cubes, and reporting data structures
- Always-On Availability Groups and failover planning
- Backup, restore, and disaster recovery validation
- Security hardening, permissions, and compliance support
- Azure SQL, Azure Managed Instance, AWS RDS, EC2, S3, CloudFront, and hybrid database environments
- IIS-hosted application support, SSL/HTTPS, connection strings, and application pool identity troubleshooting
- Custom C# console applications, REST API data ingestion, public data imports, JSON/CSV processing, and SQL Agent automation
Slow SQL Server
Find why systems are timing out, blocking, deadlocking, or running inefficiently.
Broken Reports or ETL
Fix failing SSRS reports, SSIS packages, imports, exports, subscriptions, and data feeds.
Poor Database Design
Improve schemas, relationships, data quality, normalization, indexing, and database maintainability.
Failed Jobs & Backups
Stabilize maintenance plans, SQL Agent jobs, Database Mail alerts, backups, and restore validation.
Legacy Environments
Modernize older SQL Server systems, applications, packages, linked servers, and reporting dependencies.
Missing Analytics Layer
Support reporting architecture, SSAS models, analytical structures, and decision-ready database design.
Cloud or Application Connectivity
Resolve Azure, AWS, IIS, SSL, firewall, permissions, connection string, and application-to-database problems.
Manual Data Processes
Automate API imports, file loads, public data feeds, ETL validation, logging, retries, and recurring SQL Server workflows.
SQL Server DBA, Developer, and database consultant.
Michael Paycer is a SQL Server DBA and Developer based in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. He has 19+ years of experience supporting SQL Server administration, database development, database design, performance tuning, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, ETL, reporting, Azure, AWS, IIS-connected applications, custom automation, and high availability systems.
His work includes SQL Server consulting for clients across healthcare, education, enterprise systems, web applications, reporting systems, and custom data platforms. Learn more at michaelpaycer.com or visit his technical DBA site at sqlserverdba.com.
Connect with Michael Paycer
SQL Server Services is led by Michael Paycer. View his professional background on LinkedIn, verified client history on Upwork, and SQL Server updates on X/Twitter.
Need SQL Server help?
Available for SQL Server consulting, database development, performance tuning, HA/DR planning, backup/restore, SSRS, SSIS, Azure, AWS, IIS application support, ETL/API integration, custom C# automation, security review, and ongoing DBA support.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why are there multiple Michael Paycer websites?
Each site has a different purpose: michaelpaycer.com is the personal brand, sqlserverdba.com is the technical authority site, and sqlserverservices.com focuses on SQL Server consulting services.
What SQL Server work does Michael Paycer do?
Michael Paycer works on SQL Server DBA support, development, database design, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, performance tuning, HA/DR, migrations, cloud databases, IIS/application support, ETL/API integrations, custom C# automation, and security/compliance support.
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