SQL Saturday Exeter - I'm speaking
Just short post for a Friday. This Saturday (tomorrow) I will be speaking at SQL Saturday 194 which is being...
2013-03-08
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Blog Posts
The Saddest Thing I Ever Heard a Manager Say
I am currently going through the process of looking for a new opportunity for my career. I’m going through the...
2013-03-08 (first published: 2013-03-01)
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Top BI Enhancements for SQL Server 2012 Presentation
Next Tuesday, March 12th at 1:15pm CST, I will be presenting the session “Top BI Enhancements for SQL Server 2012” at...
2013-03-08
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Visual Studio 2012/SSDT Addition for BI Project Version Compatibility & Themes
We can now use Visual Studio 2012 to create and edit SQL Server BI projects! Woo Hoo. In the past,...
2013-03-08
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What is Page Life Expectancy (PLE) in SQL Server
Being a production DBA means having to quickly look at a SQL Server and diagnose issue with it. We know...
2013-03-08
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Windows 8 and Google Calendar
I use the Google calendar service extensively. I host my domain there and I’ve gotten used to the calendar. When...
2013-03-08
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A Month of PowerShell – Day 25 (Integrity Checks)
Welcome to Day 25 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-03-07 (first published: 2013-02-25)
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 4
Reading about the motherboard choices took a while. Because I had already decided on a CPU, the Intel I7 I...
2013-03-07
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Index Analysis March Update
In yesterdays duplicate index blog post, I mentioned that there would be an update to the index analysis stored procedure...
2013-03-07
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Off to the Richmond User Group, a Red Gate Experiment and SQL Saturday #187
This weekend is SQL Saturday #187 in Richmond, VA. Today’s a travel day for me, as I head out early...
2013-03-07
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
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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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