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Data Stewardship from the Bottom-Up

Expert SQL Server Consulting

From rapid troubleshooting to ongoing monitoring and maintenance, we partner with you to ensure world-class data stewardship.

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Operational and Strategic Database Consulting Services

Data stewardship starts at the bottom with integrity and reliability, shaped by the right platforms, tools and strategies. Straight Path partners with clients, delivering tailored consulting services at the operational and executive levels, and everywhere in between.

Health Check

If you’re experiencing SQL Server problems or simply uncertain about its integrity or resilience, our SQL Server Health Check will get you answers.

DBA as a Service

Our managed DBA as a Service gives your team proactive monitoring, monthly review, and fast access to experienced DBAs without the full-time salary.

SQL Server Upgrades

Our expertise will ensure your SQL Server Upgrade is done right the first time, with little disruption to your users.

Data Estate Audit

Our Data Estate Audit provides guidance on your data landscape so that you can invest with confidence in the platforms, tools, and strategies that drive real growth.

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Testimonials

Trusted by Teams Who Take Data Seriously

Whether it’s optimizing queries or server migrations, our clients rely on us to solve high-stakes SQL challenges.

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Srey Timmer

Mathnasium

Valuable insights and reduced complexity

What I like best about working with Straight Path is their responsiveness, deep technical expertise, and how easy they are to collaborate with. They consistently provide valuable insights and make complex issues easier to manage.

Dan Spear

Vice President,

PCS

I 100% recommend

Their company culture is to work as if they are an extension of our team to our clients. They take on the responsibility of our SQL Server instances and make us look like heroes. They all take pride in doing great work and it is a joy to interact with everyone there.

Shawn Ansted

Senior Software Engineer,

S&S Activewear

A wonderful experience

The Straight Path team has excellent communication skills and proactively reaches out when there are issues. They always inform us exactly what is going on and what to expect. It is a wonderful experience in 2025, where I don’t think enough companies are as transparent as Straight Path.

John Dailey

Director Enterprise Systems,

Circle K

This is a great partnership

If you are an IT leader or tech lead, you tend to be siloed in your solution view. In this case for SQL Server, Straight Path works with many clients and sizes. They use that broad knowledge in their solution strategy with our SQL Server installations.

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Artificial Intelligence constructs, from Large Language Models answering questions to Agentic AI that runs various workflows are fantastic, amazing, helpful tools in getting a job done. They aren’t quite completely automating entire tasks (The best ones as of this writing are correctly implementing around one out of three tasks accurately: https://llm-stats.com/benchmarks/apex-agents) but they are still a … Read more

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