A Month of PowerShell – Day 16 (Databases: Triggers)
Welcome to Day 16 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-16
970 reads
Blog Posts
I’m dropping the book project
Update:
This book project got its second life. I am now collaborating with another author to bring this book to completion....
2013-02-16
942 reads
23 Pieces of News and Fluffery (Feb 9-15)
I have a news segment on DBAs@Midnight (our live weekly webshow, tune in tonight at 11pm Central time), but there’s...
2013-02-15
745 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 15 (Databases: Adding Foreign Keys)
Welcome to Day 15 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-15
733 reads
I’ve got mad SQLSkills
Digging the new logo
Last week I was fortunate enough to attend SQLSkills IE1 class in Tampa. Fortunate to have an...
2013-02-15 (first published: 2013-02-11)
2,491 reads
Overconfidence – How it Almost Cost Me and What You Can Do to Avoid It
It was early one morning and I was working on a production deployment to add a new Subscriber to an...
2013-02-15 (first published: 2013-02-05)
3,773 reads
Reblog: February 8 to February 14
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-02-15
892 reads
T-SQL Gotcha
I came across an interesting issue a few days ago that I thought I would blog about. The issue is...
2013-02-15
1,606 reads
“DBA: Transitioning to a BI Role” Presentation Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “DBA: Transitioning to a BI Role” at the PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter. The recording...
2013-02-14
1,769 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 14 (Databases: Altering Tables)
Welcome to Day 14 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-14
2,144 reads
Blogs
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...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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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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