2020-04-13
9 reads
Kapil Singh
Microsoft Azure – How to enable Azure AD Multifactor Authentication using Azure Portal
In this article, we will learn how to enable the Azure AD multi-factor Authentication via Azure Portal. In previous article, we learnt how to set up Azure AD and...
2019-03-27
35 reads
Microsoft Azure – How to create the Azure Active Directory (AD) using Azure Portal
Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD) is a cloud based service to handle the identity and access management. It has the...
2019-03-21
526 reads
Microsoft Azure – Enable Geo replication of data – Cosmos DB Part 2
In this article, we will learn how to replicate the data to any Azure region globally. Global Distribution Azure Cosmos...
2018-07-02
372 reads
Microsoft Azure – Introduction to Cosmos DB – Part 1
Hello Friends, Please find the link of new post of about Introduction to Cosmos DB and how to create the...
2018-06-04
305 reads
Microsoft Azure – Azure Mobile App is available now
Hello friends, Please check the below link for my new post on Microsoft Azure Mobile App. https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/51525.microsoft-azure-mobile-app-is-available-now.aspx
2018-05-14
691 reads
SQL Server – TRIM() function in SQL Server 2017
Hello friends, Please check the below link of my new article on TRIM() function in SQL Server 2017 – https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/51047.introduction-to-trim-function-in-sql-server-2017.aspx
2018-01-08
382 reads
SQL Server – TRANSLATE() function in SQL Server 2017
Hello Friends, Wish you all a very Happy New Year 2018. Please find the link of my first article of...
2018-01-01
465 reads
SQL Server – Concat_WS function in SQL Server 2017
Hello friends, Please find the link for my new article at below url – https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/44327.sql-server-concat-ws-function-in-sql-server-2017.aspx Regards Kapil
2017-10-26
541 reads
Identity_Cache feature introduced in SQL Server 2017
Hello friends, Please find the full article at this link – https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/40666.sql-server-identity-cache-feature-in-sql-server-2017.aspx
2017-10-11
468 reads
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The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers