Rotating Expired SQL Server TDE Certificates
In general, SQL Server TDE certificates will expire at some point. In SQL Server, if we have setup TDE using...
2019-02-08 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Chris
Big Changes for WaterOx Consulting
March of 2019 would have marked that start of the 8th year of WaterOx Consulting, Inc. running. That isn’t going...
2019-01-10
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Stretch Databases for the Budget Poor DBA
The post Stretch Databases for the Budget Poor DBA appeared first on WaterOx Consulting.
2018-03-28
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Upcoming Content
This is the reality of learning newer tech somewhat in depth and working with it. What this series of posts...
2017-07-24
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Upcoming Content
This is the reality of learning newer tech somewhat in depth and working with it. What this series of posts...
2017-07-24
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Conditionally Retry a Failed Job
We have jobs that run in the early morning to load data to our data warehouses and other systems, and...
2017-07-03 (first published: 2017-06-23)
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SQL Security Email Course
Today I am very excited to announce that I have (finally!) launched my email course covering the basics of SQL...
2017-04-19
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Identify SQL Accounts Without Password Policy Enforced
When ‘Enforce Password Policy’ for SQL Server logins is turned off, you can make your password anything you want! Hooray!...
2017-03-02
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Better SQL Agent Job Alerts
They kinda suck. I mean it is nice that we have the option for the SQL Agent to tell us...
2017-02-28 (first published: 2017-02-23)
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PowerShell -> Identify all SysAdmins in your SQL Server
No pressure. None whatsoever. There is just an Auditor standing behind you waiting for you to pull a list of...
2016-10-06 (first published: 2016-09-29)
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Blogs
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
SQL Server 2025 CU1 Fixes the Docker Desktop AVX Issue on macOS
Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
Forums
25 Years of SQL Server Central
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The Decoded Value
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Deploying SQL Server Developer Edition in Kubernetes: A Cost-Effective Alternative to RDS
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Question of the Day
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