SQL Server Storage best practices
Server storage is one of the most important things for SQL Server performance. Chances to utilize a lot of RAM and...
2015-07-09
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Forrards Group Database Blog
Pros and Cons of Switching to Database Managed Services
What are exactly Database Managed Services?
The term is widely used and covers so many things simultaneously, so it is hard...
2015-07-07
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10 Best Advices to Choose an SQL Consulting Firm
Managing SQL Server can be exhausting, so more and more companies today choose either to delegate this task to some...
2015-07-06
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SQL Server transactional replication performance tuning and optimization
If you`re using transactional replication on SQL Server platform on rather large and data intensive environment you may have faced...
2015-07-02
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How to bulk enable or disable SQL Server agent jobs ?
It often happens that you need to disable or enable all jobs in SQL Server Agent in one shot. Script...
2015-06-22
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SQL Azure pricing
Form the first glance it may seem to be complicated to calculate price of hosting your database on Azure SQL. We`re simplifying this...
2015-06-17
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Hints on choosing a remote database support service
Databases today are the heart of any business. Holding literally tons of information they indirectly are responsible for managing personnel,...
2015-06-17
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10 Things a Database Design Company Should Do
Database design is a complex industry involving many technologies, software and specialists. The term “design” is a little bit misleading...
2015-06-11
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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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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