Azure and AWS SQL Server Cloud Services
Support for SQL Server environments running in Azure, AWS, and hybrid infrastructure, with practical attention to performance, backups, connectivity, security, cost, and production reliability.
SQL Server support across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.
Azure SQL & Managed Instance
Support for Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure VMs running SQL Server, migration planning, security, performance, and operational review.
AWS EC2 & RDS SQL Server
Support for SQL Server on AWS EC2 and AWS RDS, including connectivity, storage, backups, monitoring, maintenance, and migration planning.
Hybrid Architecture
Review on-premises, cloud, and mixed environments where SQL Server interacts with IIS, applications, APIs, reporting, and file-based workflows.
Backup & Recovery
Review cloud backup strategy, restore testing, recovery objectives, retention, S3 or storage integration, and disaster recovery readiness.
Security & Access
Review service accounts, security groups, firewall rules, SQL permissions, encryption, least privilege, and operational access controls.
Monitoring & Cost Awareness
Improve visibility into SQL Server health, job failures, performance symptoms, cloud resource usage, and practical cost-sensitive architecture choices.
Common cloud database problems solved.
Cloud SQL Server projects often involve more than moving a database. They require clear planning around applications, data flows, backups, security, and operations.
- SQL Server migration planning for Azure or AWS
- Azure VM, Azure SQL, and Azure SQL Managed Instance review
- AWS EC2 SQL Server and AWS RDS SQL Server support
- Cloud backup, restore, and DR validation
- Connectivity troubleshooting between IIS, applications, and SQL Server
- Security group, firewall, permissions, and service account review
- Monitoring, alerts, SQL Agent jobs, and Database Mail checks
- Hybrid SQL Server support for on-premises and cloud systems
Need help with SQL Server, cloud, ETL, or automation?
Contact Michael Paycer for practical SQL Server consulting, performance tuning, cloud support, IIS troubleshooting, ETL/API integration, custom programming, and ongoing DBA help.
Email: michael.paycer@gmail.com · Phone: (320) 761-9719