Mark Widdowson

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About Mark Widdowson

Who I am:I'm a problem solver. A communicator. I like to explain in a way that people can understand. I'm loyal, honest, diligent. I enjoy the satisfaction of overcoming a challenge. I want to provide a solution and I want people to be happy with it.What I do:I'm an experienced SQL Server Professional working with SQL Server since 2002. My experience spans both public and private sectors. I provide remote and on-site strategic consultancy on bespoke SQL Server solutions spanning versions from SQL Server through to SQL Server 2022. I advise on High Availability and Disaster Recovery architectures to support business critical applications in complex organisations. I implement the solution. I administer critical support and troubleshooting to enterprise SQL Server customers spanning the globe. I perform migrations from legacy environments, minimising the downtime and disruption in doing so. I provide consolidation reviews and advice on maximising the existing estate. I improve the performance of SQL Server environments through effective performance tuning and optimisation techniques. I operate in The Cloud and I'm comfortable leveraging its capabilities.Specialities: Customer facing SQL Server Consultancy. SQL Server Support. SQL Server Troubleshooting. Architecture. High Availability. Disaster Recovery. Performance Tuning. Virtualisation. Cloud. Azure. Upgrades. Installations. Migrations. Consolidations. Clustering. AAG Always on Availability Groups. Details- SQL Server Remote and On-Site Consultancy and Managed Services- SQL Server Bespoke Solutions- SQL Server 24/7 On Call Support- SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimisation- Advise, Design and Build High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions incl. Multi-Site Failover Clustering, Always On Availability, Mirroring, Replication and Log Shipping- SQL Server Installations, Upgrades, Patching and Migrations- SQL Server Virtualisation and Cloud, Azure- Ability to Communicate to Customers at all levels; making sense of the technical- SQL Server SQL Server 2005- SQL Server 2008- SQL Server 2008R2- SQL Server 2012- SQL Server 2014- SQL Server 2016- SQL Server 2017- SQL Server 2019- SQL Server 2022- SQL Server Development DBA | 2002-2007- SQL Server Production DBA | 2007-2013- SQL Server Senior DBA / Consultant DBA | 2013-Present