DSP Microsoft expertise

DSP can provide all the expertise your Microsoft infrastructure needs - inclusing advice on security, performance and availability - to deliver compelling and competitive return, to help move your business up.

DSP provide the most effective 24*7 support available, to make sure our customers’ systems stay up when our competitors would otherwise let them down. We also help move our customers’ businesses ‘up’ through painless upgrading, outstanding performance enhancement and expert project management. All delivered with the minimum of fuss and as cost-effectively as possible. The result? Quite simply, our customers feel ‘up’ about the way their systems are being taken care of.

Key offerings

Database Healthchecks
Database design, upgrades, installations, migrations and consolidations
DBAdirect – 24*7 database support
Capacity Planning, Database Maintenance & Business Intelligence

DSP Microsoft Practice Overview

High Availability/Always-on to improve performance while lowering costs
Effective DR Plans to fit within your budget and meet your service levels
Security including a comprehensive Security Vulnerability Audit and Penetration Testing
Performance Tuning transformed from an art into a science to guarantee optimal performance
Healthchecks to assess your SQL installation, including service packs, hot fixes and Microsoft® Premier Support escalation
Design development and management to meet the demands of your business
Licence Optimisation and Management to ensure compliance and save your time and money
Enterprise-wide monitoring, controlling, predicting and reporting on databases, applications, infrastructure and integrations.
Microsoft Support - SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008.

High Availability that’s Always On...
With our extensive experience of enhancing SQL Server applications, at DSP we are expert in ensuring SQL Server can be used as a high-availability platform for databases using the following technologies:

Replication and Clustering, including third-party tools
Active-Active SQL stretched clusters with seamless automatic client redirection
Database Mirroring (SQL Server 2005-2008)
Database Snapshots
SQL Server Agent Solutions

Whichever version of SQL Server you’re using, with DSP as your Microsoft service provider, your requirements, expectations and budgets will always be met.

Disaster Recovery you can rely on
DSP specialise in providing Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Recovery (BR) solutions to fit any or all areas of your Microsoft landscape. So whether you’re looking to prevent potential problems – or recover immediately from an actual occurrence – we can provide all the know-how and resource you’ll need. From software-based tools to enterprise-resilient designs – including Log shipping (both enterprise and ad-hoc) – DSP can provide everything it takes to protect our clients’ technology, businesses and budgets, allowing you the time (and peace of mind) to focus on what you do best.

Security that recognises the unique threats to Microsoft software
Thanks to its market prevalence, Microsoft technology is often the first to be targeted for security vulnerabilities. That’s why DSP provide a range of security services, including a comprehensive Security Vulnerability Audit and Penetration Testing – plus Security Patch Implementation – to protect your entire server infrastructure.

Taking performance up a level
At DSP we regard unacceptable performance of our customers’ systems as downtime. That’s why our consultants make it their business to know Microsoft BackOffice/server-based products right down to the internals level, applying that knowledge to resolve your most difficult performance issues. In fact, it’s fair to say we’ve transformed performance tuning from an art into a science – guaranteeing an optimised system to meet your service levels.

“DSP have rectified numerous performance and security issues. In fact, one of our internal processes that used to take around 13 hours now executes in less than 90 minutes!”
Infrastructure & Operations Director, Social Housing Organisation

Healthchecks to ensure the ongoing fitness of your SQL estate
Our comprehensive Healthchecks are designed to assess the installation of your SQL Server software, including service packs, hot fixes and Microsoft® Premier Support escalation. Plus we have proven, reliable housekeeping methods and scripts to take care of daily fragmentation.

Licence Optimisation and Management to save you time and money
Although Microsoft® Licensing is highly cost-effective when compared to most other vendors, with no fewer than three different licensing models to choose from, it can be complex, too. But not if you leave your licensing to DSP. Whether you are planning on implementing a new system, adding licences to an existing one, or needing to resolve a licence compliance issue, DSP can take care of it all – saving you time, money – and headaches.