Azure Fundamentals 12th December
Certified Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - AZ-900 1 day Web based Course - 12th December 2019
Its been a big few of weeks here at gethynellis.com. We've been accepted onto the UK...
2019-10-11
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Gethyn Ellis
Cloud Computing: Myths, Mysteries, Vampires & Vultures - a free seminar to help you learn more about "the cloud".
To be honest you probably think that migrating to the cloud sounds great, and it can be, but… it’s not without risks and many people do not sufficiently understand...
2019-08-23
29 reads
David's book: Putting Your Head in the Clouds
I have had a few people contact me over the last few weeks asking if David’s ebook “Putting Your Head in the Clouds” is still available. The short answer...
2019-08-15 (first published: 2019-08-05)
286 reads
Fantasy Football - A League of Our Own - Want to Play?
It feels daft me saying the football season is only 9 days away, when in fact The Ashes cricket series is only starting today at Edgbaston. The Ashes are...
2019-08-09 (first published: 2019-08-01)
342 reads
OUT OF SUPPORT: SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2
Welcome to this post, on SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, both of these versions of SQL server will go out of extended support with Microsoft today! 9th July...
2019-07-24 (first published: 2019-07-09)
717 reads
Free Webinar: Driven by the 9s
Driven by the 9s - A free Webinar to help you learn how to combine SQL availability features to deliver a highly available Microsoft Data Platform
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2019-06-05
21 reads
Research into Autism in Information Technology
Title: Exploring the experiences of employees on the autism spectrum working in information technology: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
My name is...
2019-01-29
198 reads
Research into Autism in Information Technology
Title: Exploring the experiences of employees on the autism spectrum working in information technology: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
My name is Sabrina Ellis, I am the Operations Director here at...
2019-01-29
36 reads
Fun Time Friday: New Year! Drones, Autism and SQL Server 2008
Welcome to the first Fun Time Friday of 2019 and with that I'd like to wish a very Happy New...
2019-01-04
223 reads
Fun Time Friday: New Year! Drones, Autism and SQL Server 2008
Welcome to the first Fun Time Friday of 2019 and with that I'd like to wish a very Happy New Year to our friends, customers and clients.
SQL Server 2008...
2019-01-04
25 reads
Blogs
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Building Your Own Software
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Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers