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Managed SQL Server Cloud Hosting for Critical Applications

Run customer-managed Microsoft SQL Server on resilient UK infrastructure with 24/7 monitoring, patch-cycle management, backups and direct access to UK-based database specialists.

UK-based specialists
30 years in business
24/7 support available
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When to act

When SQL Server Hosting Has Become a Business Risk

Hosting problems are often visible as ownership gaps, slow applications or weak recovery evidence long before a complete platform failure.

Large problems rarely appear without warning

They build through recurring issues, unclear ownership and technical decisions that keep being delayed. Pro DBA helps you identify the cause, reduce the risk and take the right next step.

01
Incidents Bounce Between Suppliers

The host, network provider, application team and DBA each own a fragment, but nobody is responsible for joining the evidence and leading the technical response.

02
The Server Is Up but the Application Is Slow

Infrastructure checks look green while storage latency, memory pressure, database configuration or workload changes continue to affect users.

03
Backups Exist but Recovery Is Untested

The organisation cannot show how long a restore takes, whether dependent services are included or who makes the failover and recovery decisions.

One Managed Service for the Platform and Database

SQL Server hosting is not finished when a virtual machine is switched on. Storage latency, memory, TempDB, networking, service accounts, patch levels, backups, encryption, monitoring and recovery all affect the application above it. Pro DBA designs and operates the agreed infrastructure and database layers together, using three decades of database work to make ownership clear from migration through day-to-day support. The final scope depends on the SQL Server edition, application requirements, licence position and deployment model.

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Workload-Led Architecture and Sizing
Workload-Led Architecture and Sizing

The design starts with transaction volumes, concurrent users, data growth, batch windows, reporting demand, availability targets and application dependencies. Compute, memory, storage and network choices are then tied to measured requirements rather than a standard virtual machine template.

UK Cloud Platform Operations
UK Cloud Platform Operations

Pro DBA host the agreed SQL Server environment on its managed UK cloud platform, with scalable infrastructure and operational responsibility defined before go-live. Access routes, storage, networking, operating systems and platform dependencies sit within a documented service boundary.

24/7 Database and Infrastructure Monitoring
24/7 Database and Infrastructure Monitoring

Monitoring covers the infrastructure and SQL Server signals included in the service, such as availability, capacity, job failures, backup exceptions and performance indicators. Alerts are assessed by technicians who can follow an issue from the host through to the database workload.

Patching, Security and Change Control
Patching, Security and Change Control

Operating system and SQL Server updates are planned against application certification, maintenance windows, availability design and rollback limits. Pro DBA records the change, checks prerequisites and validates service health after implementation.

Backup, Replication and Recovery
Backup, Replication and Recovery

Backup schedules, retention, replicated data and recovery procedures are designed around agreed recovery objectives. Restore testing and documented runbooks provide better evidence than a dashboard that only shows successful backup jobs.

Controlled Hosting Migration
Controlled Hosting Migration

A move covers databases, logins, jobs, linked servers, certificates, application connections and any SSIS, SSRS or other dependencies in scope. Pro DBA plans the sequence, rehearses where needed and validates the business service before normal support begins.

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Service models

Choose the SQL Server Hosting Model That Fits the Estate

Managed Pro DBA UK Cloud
Third-Party Cloud With Pro DBA DBA Support
Hosting Transition and Migration

Managed Pro DBA UK Cloud

Host the agreed SQL Server infrastructure and database service on Pro DBA's managed UK platform, with monitoring, incident management, patch-cycle management, backups, capacity oversight and UK-based support.

Third-Party Cloud With Pro DBA DBA Support

Keep SQL Server in Azure, AWS or another approved environment while Pro DBA manages the database responsibilities in scope. The contract records what remains with the cloud provider, customer, application vendor and Pro DBA.

Hosting Transition and Migration

Use Pro DBA to assess and move an on-premises or provider-hosted SQL Server estate. The work can cover discovery, target design, migration rehearsal, cutover, validation and transition into managed support.

PROVEN EXPERIENCE

30 years of keeping critical systems running

UK-based specialists, 24/7 support and decades of experience supporting business-critical database environments.

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UK-based

Support is delivered by permanent Pro DBA consultants based in the UK. Responsibility for client systems is never outsourced.

2 Locations

Our London and Edinburgh offices work as one team, supporting organisations across the UK and worldwide.

24/7 Support

Our consultants are available around the clock to monitor critical environments and respond when an issue cannot wait.

30 Years

Since 1996, organisations have trusted Pro DBA to manage, protect and improve the systems behind their operations.

Business outcomes

Turn SQL Server Hosting Into a Clearly Operated Service

The goal is not simply to relocate servers. It is to give the business clear ownership, reliable operational evidence and a recovery route that reflects how the application is actually used.

One Route Into Technical Support

Database and hosting issues enter a defined response process, reducing delays caused by several suppliers passing an incident between them.

Recovery Is Part of Normal Operations

Backups, restore tests, replication health and runbooks are maintained as operating controls rather than checked for the first time during an outage.

Change Has an Accountable Owner

Maintenance windows, approvals, implementation evidence and post-change checks are visible to the customer and support team.

Capacity Decisions Based on Workload

Performance and growth signals help the team plan changes before storage, memory or compute pressure reaches users.

Our process

How Pro DBA Moves and Manages a Hosted SQL Server Estate

Discover the Workload and Dependencies

Pro DBA inventories instances, editions, databases, applications, integrations, jobs, security, performance peaks, data growth, backups, recovery targets and supplier responsibilities.

Arrange an environment review

Design the Platform and Service

The target architecture, access, monitoring, storage, backup, availability, patching, service levels and migration method are documented with assumptions and exclusions.

Address immediate risks

Rehearse, Migrate and Validate

The team tests the move where risk justifies rehearsal, then validates data, connections, jobs, performance, backups, monitoring and application behaviour after cutover.

Build your support plan
Escalation routes agreed
Access verified
SLAs Agreed
15
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Typical response time

Operate, Report and Review

Once live, Pro DBA manages the agreed service, responds to events and reviews capacity, recurring incidents, maintenance needs and recovery readiness with the customer.

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Performance reviewed
Monitoring active
Risks identified early
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Monitoring and DBA support
Technical coverage

SQL Server Hosting, Operations and Recovery Coverage

Coverage is agreed against the workload and residency model. Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance and Amazon RDS allocate platform responsibilities differently from SQL Server installed on a virtual machine, so Pro DBA confirms the exact boundary before proposing a service.

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SQL Server Workloads

  • SQL Server Enterprise, Standard and Express estates
  • Current and agreed legacy SQL Server versions
  • Windows and supported Linux deployments
  • Physical, virtual and container-based environments
  • Production, test and development databases
  • Single-instance and high-availability designs
  • Application, reporting and integration workloads
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Hosting and Connectivity

  • Pro DBA managed UK cloud platform
  • Two UK data centre locations
  • Scalable compute, memory and storage
  • Secure administrative and application access
  • Azure and AWS database support boundaries
  • Firewall, DNS, certificate and network dependencies
  • Migration from on-premises or another provider
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Managed Operations

  • 24/7 monitoring and alert assessment
  • Incident, problem and change management
  • SQL Server and operating system patch cycles
  • Capacity and performance monitoring
  • Backup and SQL Agent job monitoring
  • Service reporting and maintenance records
  • Application and supplier escalation support
04

Resilience and Data Protection

  • Managed full, differential and log backups
  • Restore planning and controlled testing
  • Cross-site replication where designed
  • Always On and failover architecture support
  • Recovery procedures aligned to RPO and RTO
  • Failover and failback runbooks
  • Database and application validation after recovery
What our clients say

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It's simple. I sleep better at night knowing PRO-DBA is watching my database.
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10/10 for your consultant. His response time and knowledge has been right on point. I'm glad to have you guys on board, and brilliant timing!
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Thank you for sorting this out, fantastic – I’ve just had a very happy client on the phone to say thanks
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Discuss your current environment, the risk you need to remove and the level of responsibility you want Pro DBA to take.

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