SSIS 2012 Deployment Fail Part Two: SSIS Server Maintenance Job
Recently I post about a timeout issue I was getting when deploying SSIS projects. It was mainly to do with too much log and previous versions being kept in...
2013-05-30
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Blog Posts
Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC)
We all dread the scenario whereby SQL Server is under so much load and has a complete lack of resources...
2013-05-29 (first published: 2013-05-23)
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Hangouts Session with Boris Hristov
I was invited to take part in a new initiative conceived by Boris Hristov (Blog|Twitter).
Boris wants to start using the...
2013-05-29
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I’m a VMware vExpert 2013!
WOW! I have not received the official confirmation yet, but last night John Troyer posted a new entry on the...
2013-05-29
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Painting the US Red
We are bringing Red Gate, through the free SQL in the City event, to the United States again this year.
This...
2013-05-29
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Security and SSIS webinar recording available
If you missed the webinar Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I presented today or you had technical difficulties, here's the...
2013-05-29
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SharePoint 2010 on SQL 2012 Configuration Failed
Recently while doing an installation of SharePoint 2010 on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server with a SQL Server 2012...
2013-05-29
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SSIS Security Presentation today, May 29th
Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) and I are teaming up to do a security presentation today on SSIS. It's scheduled for 11 AM...
2013-05-29
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You Must Cross Teams for Sound Security
I've given a couple of security presentations recently where I talked about how you must keep track of how security...
2013-05-29
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Back to Plan A
At the end of April I posted a bit on my change in plans and what I thought I’d be...
2013-05-28
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
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...
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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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