Join the Best Worst Code Contest today at 5pm BST / Noon Eastern #BestWorstCode
I have an idea! Let’s have a “Worst Code Contest.” Why do this? Bad code is really fun — at least, when you write it on purpose. And other...
2020-04-24
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Blog Posts
Launch of YouTube Video Channel
Dear Friends We are launching the YouTube Channel “Decode ITES”. Decode ITES will be sharing technical videos over multiple IT infra skills like SQL Server, Postgres, Oracle, Windows, Public...
2020-04-24
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SQL Server Learning Series
Dear Friends Apologies for less knowledge sharing articles for a long time and Big thanks for stay connected with me. I will be coming up with the “SQL Server...
2020-04-24
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Working from Home Effectively
Some of us have been lucky enough to have already been working from home (WFH) prior to the world events. This has allowed most of us the ability to...
2020-04-24
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Daily Copying 23 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-23
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Live Stairways Day 1 Homework
I recorded my first class for the Live Stairways – Learning DAX and Power BI. My apologies for anyone that wanted to join. We had an error in the...
2020-04-23
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Move All Your SQL Database and Log Files in Bulk
As always, the script from this post can also be found on our GitHub repo, HERE You’ve got a SQL Server with a few hundred databases on it (to...
2020-04-23 (first published: 2020-04-15)
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New Pluralsight Course – Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure
My new course “Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! ...
2020-04-23
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New Pluralsight Course – Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure
My new course “Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course...
2020-04-23
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New Pluralsight Course – Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure
My new course “Designing a Site Recovery Strategy on Microsoft Azure” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course...
2020-04-23
9 reads
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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