Learn SQL Server 2008 R2 with 24-HOP
Last month, the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) held its second 24 Hours of PASS, or 24 HOP for...
2010-06-18
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Blog Posts
PASS Update #34 (The “Spring Event”!)
The minutes of the June 2010 Board meeting have been posted and if you haven’t read them yet, you missed...
2010-06-18
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Speaking and Presenting Tips - Handouts
I’ve given quite a few presentations, one keynote with another to come, and attended many more. I’ve read a few...
2010-06-18
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SQL Spatial data for State/County shapes
I saw a Blog post by Grant Fritchey (Blog | Twitter) a couple days ago on using Geospatial data in SSRS...
2010-06-18
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Travel Tips from an Intrepid Traveling DBA
Recently, Buck Woody challenged myself, Paul Randal, and Brent Ozar to write a blog post on “How I Travel”. I...
2010-06-18
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Building a PASS Voting Solution – Part 1
Last year for the annual Board of Directors election we used Zoomerang as our e-voting solution. It’s not the worst...
2010-06-17
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Finding SQL Server Client Ports
I saw a post recently asking if there was an easy way to find the port a client was using...
2010-06-17
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Important: System Objects/Views/DMV/DMF
Important: System Objects/Views/DMV/DMF This is the some of the list of System Objects/Views/DMV/DMF. Catalog View: All system information is stored...
2010-06-17
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Notes from the June 2010 oPASS Meeting
We had adjusted our meeting date to work around previous commitments for both Jack Corbett and I, and that may...
2010-06-17
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PASS Update #33
It’s been almost a month since my last update, too long! I’ve put up separate posts on my unplanned and...
2010-06-17
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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