Learning to Give Presentations Well (Part 2)
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In Part 1, I gave some advice from Toastmasters. We’ll return to the Toastmasters advice in Part 3....
2017-11-15
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Brian Kelley
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Don’t “Test” Against Production
A few months ago, I was participating in a threat hunting exercise on the security side. The gentleman leading the...
2017-10-30 (first published: 2017-10-18)
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If You’re Stuck at Home for the PASS Summit
Conferences are a great place to network, to see new technologies or to see existing technologies being used in new...
2017-10-30
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Automating Everything with PowerShell – Getting Started #tsql2sday
I try to automate everything I can with PowerShell. Whether we’re talking SQL Server, WSUS, Active Directory, or any other...
2017-10-17
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Randomness in Security Configuration
We were deploying a new web service. Because of the nature of the service, we wanted it to listen on...
2017-08-24 (first published: 2017-08-14)
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Just Say No to Social Engineering Memes
These memes, from a security and privacy perspective, are nothing but trouble. Here’s an example I just saw a friend...
2017-08-11
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#TSQL2sday: Interviewing Patterns
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Kendra Little.
I’ve been told interviewing is an art. Perhaps it is. I view it...
2017-08-08
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Remember What It’s Like to Be a Rookie
File this under “soft skills.” Let me start with a recent experience.
Last week I was leading a team of youth...
2017-08-08 (first published: 2017-07-20)
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Geek Sync on Wednesday: Taking Control of Your Organization’s SQL Server Sprawl
This Wednesday, July 26th, at 12 PM EDT, I’ll be giving a presentation through Idera’s Geek Sync series. You will...
2017-07-24
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Security Basics: The Principle of Least Privilege
Whenever I’m asked about creating a security model for an application or database, I tell folks to follow the Principle...
2017-07-17 (first published: 2017-06-30)
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Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.key
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers