Balancing Work and Life
Balancing work and home life is nothing new; we’ve had this challenge for a long time. But in recent months when so many companies are streamlining operations and asking...
2011-03-16
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Blog Posts
Balancing Work and Life
Balancing work and home life is nothing new; we’ve had this challenge for a long time. But in recent months...
2011-03-16
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Becoming a DBA: How to gain experience
Last week I had an interesting telephone call from a someone who I connected with on linkedin.com. On Linkedin I’m...
2011-03-16
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SQL Server Denali CTP1 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is the first SQL Server Denali–specific version of my Diagnostic Information Queries. There are actually only two queries (which...
2011-03-16
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SQL Server Standard Reports Winforms
In SQL Server, there is a good set of preloaded reports to help you monitor the Instance. These reports can be found under the Standard Reports and can be...
2011-03-16
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SQL Server Standard Reports Winforms
In SQL Server, there is a good set of preloaded reports to help you monitor the Instance. These reports can...
2011-03-16
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SQL University Lecture Series: Women in Tech
This week SQL University is on Spring Break but we’ve lined up some activities to help keep students busy (you...
2011-03-16
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24 Hours of PASS Spring 2011 Code Sins
Here is all the things related to the most awesome Code Sins session I gave at 24 Hours of PASS Spring...
2011-03-15
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3rd Simple-Talk.com Article: 'The Polyglot of Databases: How Knowledge of MySQL and Oracle Can Give SQL Server DBAs an Advantage'
After revising the popular Blog post, Developing Your DBA Skills Futher Thanks to Experience with Multiple RDBMS, of just over a year...
2011-03-15
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Beginner Sessions at SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC
A very good question was asked about the SQL Saturday #70 session track, and that's "What courses are best suited...
2011-03-15
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Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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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