More Thoughts on Certification
After a great response to my last post on Certification, I need to post my thoughts on 70-450 PRO: Designing,...
2010-03-22
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Jack Corbett
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Being Involved in the Community
Regular readers know that I enjoy being involved in the SQL Server community. Over the last two and a half...
2010-03-19
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Thoughts on SQL Server Certification
This is probably part 1 of a series, but no guarantees.
Why Certify?
I've been working with SQL Server for 10 years...
2010-03-19
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Thoughts on SQL Server Certification
This is probably part 1 of a series, but no guarantees.
Why Certify?
I've been working with SQL Server for 10 years...
2010-03-15
1,738 reads
PASS Releases Survey Results & Summit Location – Reactions
The Impetus
So after Andy Warren’s (@SqlAndy) blog post, PASS Update #24, last week and the follow-up posts by myself (A...
2010-03-11
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March OPASS Meeting Recap
We had a great turnout of 25 people for last night’s OPASS Meeting sponsored by Quest Software.
We started the meeting...
2010-03-10
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A Swing and a Miss by PASS
On Saturday my son had his second baseball game. When it was his turn to hit I reminded him to...
2010-03-08
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OPASS March Meeting with David Pless
March 9 6-8:30pm
This month's meeting sponsored by
Live Meeting: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=QFG3GW&role=attend
Speaker: David Pless
David has been a Senior Premier Field Engineer with...
2010-03-08
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Timing Matters
A few weeks ago I got an email from my backup administrator with a message like this:
Set type : Backup
Set...
2010-03-04
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Speaker Evaluations for SQLSaturday #32 – Tampa
I recently received my Speaker Evaluations for my session, Why I Use Stored Procedures, from Pam Shaw (@pamshaw) and as...
2010-03-01
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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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