T-SQL Tuesday #39 - Use PowerShell To Copy A Database To Another Instance
This blog post is part of T-SQL Tuesday, a monthly SQL blog party with a rotating host and common topic....
2013-02-12
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Blog Posts
A Month of PowerShell – Day 11 (SMO: Databases)
Welcome to Day 11 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-11
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Adding PerformancePoint Dashboard Content to SharePoint
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 provides several options for creating Dashboards using PerformancePoint content.
The first option is to implement the...
2013-02-11
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Back from a vacation and ready to hit the ground running
I doubt you noticed but I took a few weeks to relax, so no tech for me. Last week my...
2013-02-11
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Duplicate rows in a table
I recently got the following email:
“I just keyed in two rows into a table with all identical column values. How...
2013-02-11 (first published: 2013-02-04)
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February 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
February is a short month… and if you are following the Monday’s you know that today’s the second Monday of the...
2013-02-11
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Fixing: SQL Server Error 4064 …
An error that is known how to solve it, I was the victim today with it and when I started...
2013-02-11
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Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation
Tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb 12th) at 11:30am CST, I will be presenting the session “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” at...
2013-02-11
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Is your LOG backed up?
You have been doing a fantastic job of late. You have all of your databases being backed up on a regular schedule. Now you get an alert that your...
2013-02-11
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Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #19
Every day, I link out a few blogs posts and articles that I’ve read or used from across the internet....
2013-02-11
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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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