Microsoft
Microsoft SQL Server
Infrastructure & data platform
Microsoft's relational database — on-premises, on Azure VMs, or as managed Azure SQL. We size, licence and run it.
Licensing
Express is free; Standard and Enterprise are licensed per core (2-core packs) or Server + CAL; contact us
Editions
Express · Web · Standard · Enterprise
Support
Managed by Madatech
Overview
SQL Server backs a large share of line-of-business applications. We help you licence it correctly — per-core versus Server + CAL, Standard versus Enterprise — and run it wherever it fits: on a Windows Server you own, on Azure VMs, or moved to a managed Azure SQL service to drop the patching and HA overhead.
Key features
Versions we deploy — SQL Server 2019, 2022 and 2025 (2016/2017 are out of support)Always On availability groups and failover clusteringTransparent Data Encryption, Always Encrypted and row-level securityIntelligent Query Processing and columnstore for analyticsAzure Arc enablement, or lift to Azure SQL Managed Instance / Azure VMsBackup, patching and performance tuning as a managed service
How we deploy it
1
Assess
Current instances, editions, core counts and licence position; target platform.
2
Deploy or migrate
Stand up the instance (on-prem, Azure VM or Managed Instance), migrate databases, validate.
3
Operate
HA/DR, backup policy, patch cadence and a performance baseline; hand over runbooks.
Get pricing for Microsoft SQL Server
We'll prepare a quote in your local currency — no commitment.