24 Hours of PASS Wants You…
Calling for Presenters!There’s still a couple months until the next 24 Hours of PASS. Even though it’s a bit of...
2011-01-03
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Blog Posts
Back to Work
It's actually nice to be back to work. It's been a great holiday season for me, lots of family time...
2011-01-03
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Beginning Powershell Companion PDF
Howdy all…as is so often the case, I’m studying something – Powershell – and I’m in need of a reference to help...
2011-01-03
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Happy New Year 2011
Wish you all a very happy an prosperous New Year 2011. When I see back year 2010 : >> was started my...
2011-01-03
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Looking Back at 2010
I was “inspired” to write this post after I read some comments on my last post, Reviewing My 2010 Goals, and I read Brent Ozar’s post, Goals? Where we’re...
2011-01-03
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Looking Back at 2010
I was “inspired” to write this post after I read some comments on my last post, Reviewing My 2010 Goals,...
2011-01-03
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Lots of Intel Sandy Bridge News Today
Intel has lifted the embargo today on 32nm Intel Sandy Bridge benchmarking, so there is a lot of good information...
2011-01-03
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Most Popular SQL Server Events
I recently held a poll on my blog, asking people if they had attended any SQL Server events in the...
2011-01-03
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MVP 2011
I was awarded the MVP status from Microsoft for 2011 on Jan 1, 2011. This is my fourth consecutive award...
2011-01-03
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RTFM365, Week 4
The days are just flying. I have to admit: I may have missed a day or two in the rush...
2011-01-03
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
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...
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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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