Restoring Azure SQL Database to a Local Server
In last week’s post, I talked about the steps required to backup a Azure SQL Database. That post leaves us...
2013-04-29 (first published: 2013-04-23)
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Blog Posts
SQLDiva reviews the First PASS Business Analytics Conference
Join Mellissa Demsak (twitter – SQLDiva) for a review of what she rates as the best from PASS’s first attempt at...
2013-04-29
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Inaugural SQL Saturday #175 Fargo Wrapup
Yesterday I had the opportunity to speak at the first ever SQL Saturday Fargo! Jason Strate (b | l | t) and...
2013-04-28
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Limit running Powershell script under specific path with AppLocker
Say if you have a management server or a script repository server, sometimes users save/test/run their script from different path,...
2013-04-28
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Assorted Links for April 27, 2013
Spend a few minutes reviewing 20 Critical Security Controls. Very interesting stuff. For example, #1 refers to having and maintaining...
2013-04-27
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SQL Saturday 215 Deck and Demos Live
Hello Dear Reader! I'm up in Jacksonville for SQL Saturday 215. Today I'm presenting SQL Internals, Backups, and Recovery Models! OH...
2013-04-27
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A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 11: Model Comparison and Validation
by Steve Bolton
Throughout this series of amateur self-tutorials on SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM) I’ve typically included some kind...
2013-04-26
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Choosing the Right Processor for your SQL Server Workload
Last year, we planned to move our data warehouse from a 2 socket server to a 4 socket server that was left in the data centre from an abandoned...
2013-04-26
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Does TDE really work on MDF files?
Yes, it does. However, let’s prove it. First let’s create a database, a table, and enter some data:
-- create a...
2013-04-26 (first published: 2013-04-22)
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Gulf Coast SQL Server Users Group Wrapup
Today has been quite the day! This afternoon I presented for the SQL PASS Performance Virtual Chapter and tonight I...
2013-04-26
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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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