A Month of PowerShell – Day 10 (Navigating SMO collections)
Welcome to Day 10 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-13 (first published: 2013-02-10)
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Blog Posts
Become an expert in SQL Server Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting!
Since September 2012 I'm a Microsoft Certified Master SQL Server 2008,
which is the highest technical certification for SQL Server that...
2013-02-13
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Become an expert in SQL Server Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting!
Since September 2012 I’m a Microsoft Certified Master SQL Server 2008, which is the highest technical certification for SQL Server...
2013-02-13
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Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #2: Show Details
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2013-02-13
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Give Your Valentine Some Discounted Indexing
Looking for that special gift for Valentine’s day and wanting to really change things up? How about getting your loved...
2013-02-13
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How to get list of all available parameter of .EXE file ?
Today, We discuss How to get list of all available parameter of .EXE file OR How to find list of...
2013-02-13
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Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” at the Houston Area SQL Server User Group...
2013-02-13
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Slides for today’s PASS Virtualization Webinar Now Available
I had a great time in delivering the SQL PASS Virtualization virtual chapter session today on ‘Squeezing the most performance...
2013-02-13
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Speaking at PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter on Wednesday
This Wednesday I will be presenting for the PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter at 11AM CST on one of my favorite...
2013-02-13
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SQLBits XI Agenda Announced
The agenda for the SQLBits event in May was announced today and after a quick look earlier today, it looks...
2013-02-13
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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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