Using Backup Encryption with an External Certificate

Learn how to load an external certificate into SQL Server to encrypt your backups.

Can Azure Stack Reduce Software Development Costs?

Azure Stack provides a hybrid cloud infrastructure platform. Steve wonders if this really helps reduce software development costs.

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Testing as another user–#SQLNewBlogger

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This is one of those things I do...

What’s the Mashup Engine?

I was testing something the other day and ran sp_who2 on a test instance. I saw this in the program listing: I had never seen the Mashup Engine listed...

Changing Context and Data Reuse

We don't have strong data consent rules in the US, but Steve thinks we should.

Creating Statistics

Protecting Data Between Services

Microsoft is shutting down HealthVault, which means that customers need to manage their records. That's a challenge for many people.

Stop a Login

Service Broken Validation