Just a quick post as may help any of you searching for this. Scenario Client wants to analyze most recent deadlocks that happened on a specific instance. They asked...
2020-06-09 (first published: 2020-05-25)
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Few days ago I was surfing on Twitter when dbatools asked about how it’s PowerShell module changed the way people work. We're looking to highlight how dbatools has changed...
2020-06-03 (first published: 2020-05-20)
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Disclaimer: The title is my assumption because I saw it in the past happening this way. This blog post aims to make you remember something: something that is obvious...
2021-04-29 (first published: 2020-02-21)
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The idea of this blog post, like many others I write, is to document a workaround solution to my problem. Hopefully I can also help someone that may be...
2020-02-21 (first published: 2020-02-12)
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There are some actions that we know that will have to be repeated from time to time, but the surprise comes when it’s time to do so and the...
2020-02-07 (first published: 2020-02-04)
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There are some actions that we know that will have to be repeated from time to time, but the surprise comes when it’s time to do so and the...
2020-02-04
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Starting on dbatools version 1.0.31 we introduced better coverage for commands that make use of PowerShell Remoting. Which commands? Commands like Get-DbaComputerCertificate, Get-DbaPrivilege, Get-DbaClientAlias, just to mention a few...
2019-08-29 (first published: 2019-08-20)
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I don’t know about your experience when it comes to SQL Server Agent jobs but often I receive requests to grant permission so that clients can handle their jobs...
2019-08-22 (first published: 2019-08-13)
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I don’t know about your experience when it comes to SQL Server Agent jobs but often I receive requests to grant permission so that clients can handle their jobs...
2019-08-13
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Dear reader, before continue please open a PowerShell console and run the following command: If you are doing this on the date of this blog post, you have just...
2019-06-19
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By Steve Jones
It’s been an amazing week here, as well as a long week. I’m tired,...
By Steve Jones
skidding – v. intr. the practice of making offhand comments that sound sarcastic but...
By Brian Kelley
Let’s start with the keynote. The biggest take away was how having to support...
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In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:
USE Sales; GO CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256 ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert; GOThis works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK? See possible answers