Ted

Lead DBA with over 25 years’ experience delivering high-availability, secure SQL Server solutions across banking, government, and enterprise sectors.

Experienced in designing and supporting mission-critical environments, including Always On, DR strategy implementation, performance optimisation, and enterprise-scale backup and recovery planning.

Proven track record leading DBA teams, mentoring engineers, setting database standards, and working closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver stable and compliant data platforms.

Strong focus on automation, security, and proactive monitoring to minimise risk and improve operational efficiency. Passionate about modernising legacy environments and building resilient, scalable database architectures.

Interests: Writing Books, Walking,Kdramas
Skills: SQL,C#

Website: https://autismdba.blogspot.com/

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SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About

by Ted

SQLServerCentral

Another fun article for America's Independence Day using SQL Server's spatial features.

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2026-07-03

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SQL ART: Who's Blocking Who? Visualising SQL Server Blocking With Spatial Geometry

by Ted

SQLServerCentral

Taking SQL art from shamrocks and Easter eggs to something your DBA manager might actually care about. If you've been following my SQL spatial art series — shamrocks, Easter eggs, Christmas trees — you'll know I have a habit of finding increasingly creative misuses for SQL Server's geometry data type. Most of them have been […]

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2026-06-12

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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI

by Ted

SQLServerCentral

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What a DBA team actually deals with There are many issues a DBA team faces, from servers going down to login access not being requested on time. These are not glamorous problems, but they are the problems that stop everyone else doing their jobs. In a modern environment you would expect a lot of the […]

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2026-04-13

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SQL Art, Part 3: Happy Easter Fun in SSMS

by Ted

SQLServerCentral

More spatial fun, this time for Easter.

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2026-04-10

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SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database

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SQLServerCentral

Learn how you can add transactional replication to an AG to move data to an Azure SQL Database.

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2026-03-20

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SQL Art 2: St Patrick’s Day in SSMS (Shamrock + Pint + Pixel Text)

by Ted

SQLServerCentral

Last time we turned SQL Server into a Christmas tree. Every year around St Patrick's Day I find myself doing something I can't fully justify. This year that thing was using SQL Server's spatial viewer to draw a shamrock and a pint of Guinness. Hope you have a happy St Patrick's Day and a few […]