What's new for SQL Server 2012 courses from Microsoft
I tuned into the Third Thursday sessions for November and wanted to try boiling down the talks to what I...
2011-11-18
2,837 reads
Blog Posts
Culture Cubes
A while back I posted about Culture Posters, a technique for trying to build your culture by writing down the...
2011-11-17
819 reads
DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—The Trailer
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
In this next series of blog posts, I am going to...
2011-11-17
683 reads
Distance Decreases Stress
When I’m managing I tend to absorb the stress that my teams feel. It’s my job to help them be...
2011-11-17
635 reads
Fargo, Fargo and SQL Saturday
Stuff me in a wood chipper, I have an idea. And this idea involves Fargo, Fargo, and SQL Saturday.
As many...
2011-11-17
731 reads
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RC0 is Now Available for Download!
November 17, 2011 - Redmond, WA - Well, we knew it was coming, but the timing was a bit of a surprise for...
2011-11-17
2,579 reads
My new event series across Europe: SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days
I'm very proud to announce today that I'm running next year
a new event series across Europe: the SQL Server 2012...
2011-11-17
835 reads
Shutting down for a week
I try to speak and write about career things on a regular basis because I think they’re important topics for...
2011-11-17
1,663 reads
SQL Server 2012 RC0 is here!
SQL Server 2012 RC0 (Release Candidate 0), formerly known as SQL Server Denali, is now available for download. SQL Server 2012...
2011-11-17
1,096 reads
SQL University: Virtualization Basics
This week we’re going to talk about a topic that has been gaining steam in the last few years and...
2011-11-17
1,166 reads
Blogs
How to Provision an Azure SQL Database
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
Claude finds two cryptographic weaknesses (but the sky isn’t falling)
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Generate Embeddings in SQL with Aurora and Bedrock
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
Forums
Symmetric Key Encryption
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Symmetric Key Encryption
The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why...
Building Your Own Software
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Building Your Own Software
Question of the Day
Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers