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Meetings Are Work Too

So Many Meetings I’ve said it. We’ve all said it.
I can’t get any work done today, I’ve got so many meetings.
I need to be reminded on occasion that for...

2022-09-20

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Why You (usually) Want a Clustered Index

Note: I originally wrote this a few years ago but never posted it. It resurfaced when I migrated the blog so it’s being posted now.
After watching Kevin Kline’s (blog...

2022-06-13 (first published: )

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Mic Check

Is this thing on? If you’re reading this test post, it means DNS has updated properly and I’ve successfully migrated to Azure Static Web Sites. Welcome!

2022-05-10

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Blog Changes Coming

Over the next couple days (weeks?), a significant change is coming to my blog (and if you’re reading this text, it’s already happened). I will be leaving Wordpress behind...

2022-04-25

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PASS Data Community Summit 2024 Day 3 Keynote

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It’s been an amazing week here, as well as a long week. I’m tired,...

A New Word: Skidding

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skidding – v. intr. the practice of making offhand comments that sound sarcastic but...

PASS Summit – Thursday

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Let’s start with the keynote. The biggest take away was how having to support...

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Backing up the Database Encryption Key

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Question of the Day

Backing up the Database Encryption Key

In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:

USE Sales;  
GO  
CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY  
WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256  
ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert;  
GO
This works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK?

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