Installations, Upgrades, and Migrations
Whether you are needing a new installation, upgrading to a newer version/edition, or migrating your database systems from a completely different database system, SQLTech Consulting has all the knowledge and experience to make the transition completely seemless to you. Call us today to get the consulting services you need!
Which solutions can help your business
SQLTech Consulting provides our clients all the reports, dashboards, and key performance indicators that will lead their organizations into making better business decisions.
SQLTech Consulting uses SQL Server to provide a robust, scalable, and enterprise-ready reporting and analysis architecture that you can use to harness into making better business decisions.
Now with Visual Team Edition and Team Foundation Server your entire System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) can be managed from one suite of tools. Making the move though, requires buy in from all your departments, and it is a huge organizational change that will require a lot of planning and acceptance. Don’t go into this process blind! SQLTech has been there before and knows how to handle organizational change. Give us a call to help you go through this process together.
Managing and protecting your data to make sure that it is available even when you are not is a critical task for every organization. SQLTech Consulting has been working in mission critical 24/7 organizations for years and can help you protect and manage all your data through encryption and obfuscation methods. Contact us today!
Why Upgrade SQL Server?
Don’t just take our word for it take a look at these links and resources from Microsoft’s website
- Top Resources and Upgrade Solutions
- Case Studies
- Building Your Business Case
- Benchmarks
- Additional Resources
Top Resources
Business and IT decision makers adopt SQL Server 2005 because it optimizes IT environments, delivering a more secure and reliable data management and analysis platform. Learn more by using the following resources.
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Read about why it could make sense for your business to upgrade to SQL Server 2005 now.
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Read this white paper to learn about the business benefits of upgrading to SQL Server 2005. This paper includes coverage of Koehler Paper, Recall, and ORF business value case studies.
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Assessment and Planning for Upgrade to SQL Server 2008 Get network-wide inventory of legacy SQL Server instances, edition identification, and hardware assessment when you use the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit as part of a comprehensive process for planning upgrade of legacy SQL Server instances to SQL Server 2008.
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Download the Upgrade Advisor tool to analyze your SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 database servers in preparation for SQL Server 2005. Get reports that identify features and necessary configuration changes that will affect your database upgrade process.
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What can an upgrade do for you? Get tips on making a smooth transition, and learn operating system and hardware considerations as well as essential resources.
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Download this 350-page document containing guidance for SQL Server administrators, developers, and IT decision makers who want to move their SQL Server 2000 or 7.0 databases to SQL Server 2005.
Upgrade Solutions
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Increase your upgrade skills and technical knowledge with four new SQL Server 2005 webcasts that deliver valuable information and tools to aid you in upgrading your current SQL Server environment. Register now to watch these webcasts and help you take advantage of all-new features and enhancements in SQL Server 2005.
Streamline Your DTS Conversions in SSIS
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) brings power and performance to SQL Server 2005 well beyond the capabilities of DTS. To streamline these conversions during your upgrade, DTS x Change by Pragmatic Works Software offers a fast and easy way to manage higher quality DTS to SSIS conversions.
* Faster conversions: DTS x Change helps reduce manual development days to minutes by automatically converting and validating your DTS packages to SQL Server 2005 Integration Services.
* Easier management: DTS x Change usually takes less than a minute to download and install. Once installed it will automatically discover the DTS packages you have on your servers and report on the quantity and complexity of your packages. Select the DTS package you want to convert and you’re done.
* Improved quality: DTS x Change uses best practices and rules that will be applied consistently across your development team. Complete your conversion using the same reporting, conversion, and validation methods for better accountability and higher quality. DTS x Change also includes SSIS logging for post-conversion performance monitoring of SSIS.
* Learn more about DTS x Change
* Watch a DTS x Change demo
Upgrade from MSDE to SQL Express
- Deliver higher performance for your applications, upgrade from MSDE to SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. SQL Server has a larger maximum database size, no workload governor, built-in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, SQL Server 2005 Management Studio
Migrating to SQL Server
If you are ready to migrate to SQL Server from a costly platform such as Oracle, DB2, Informix, and Sybase or if you are ready to move up to a more feature-rich, robust database platform this page provides access to SQL Server migration information that will help you evaluate your decision, and provides access to SQL Server migration tools that will help simplify the process.
Migration Assistants Now Available for Access, Oracle and Sybase
Make your migration easier with access to SQL Server migration tools such as the Migration Assistant for Access, Oracle and Sybase. Streamline and simplify migration for your business—making the process more cost efficient and increasing productivity for your business. See below for more information.
- Gain access to SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access (SSMA for Access)
- Gain access to SQL Server Migration Assistant for Oracle (SSMA for Oracle)
- Gain access to SQL Server Migration Assistant for Sybase (SSMA for Sybase)
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