Meet Thomas Kejser in Aarhus
This is normally not a place where we advertise for events held by our friends, but today I’ll make an...
2012-09-06
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SQL Rally 2012 Nordic
The Nordic SQL Server event of the year is getting closer and closer. YES it is SQL Rally Nordic that...
2012-06-26
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DBCC CHECKDB
Quite often when I see a new SQL Server setup, a CHECKDB has never been run on the databases. It’s...
2012-05-31 (first published: 2012-05-29)
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Backup compression using IBM TDP for SQL Server
If you are using SQL Server 2008 enterprise/datacenter edition, or SQL Server 2008 R2 standard or above, you are in...
2012-05-15
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Troubleshooting Database mail
Last week we blogged about “How to configure Database mail” – this week we’ll have a closer look at what to...
2012-05-08
9,817 reads
Automatic page repair with SQL Server Mirroring
Now and then my colleagues and I find our selves in the middle of a discussion about SQL Server Mirroring...
2012-05-01 (first published: 2012-04-24)
3,208 reads
How to Configure Database mail
In my daily job as a SQL Server consultant I go to a lot of places, many days on the...
2012-05-01
8,743 reads
Visualize Wait stats with Microsoft Excel
In our blog post last week: Instance Wide Wait Stats we promised to show You how to visualize the collected...
2012-04-18
1,182 reads
Instance Wide Wait Stats
Over the last many weeks we have written quite a few blog post about query debugging, using Extended Events, Blocking...
2012-04-11 (first published: 2012-04-09)
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Nifty queries using a Numbers helper table
(The complete usable code is in the very bottom of this blog post)
Some of you may have seen this “numbers...
2012-04-09 (first published: 2012-04-04)
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Blogs
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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Backing Up a DMK
In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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