Hybrids are Popular
Is that really what people want? At least in the US? This note talks about how KPMG surveyed executives and...
2010-01-08
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The Laptop is Back
I finally got my laptop today. I had to drive to the local Shell gas station to get it, but...
2010-01-08
506 reads
Virtual Presentation on SSIS Workload Thread Load Balancing
How is it possible to aggregate 12,000,000 records of sales data in a short time window? In this presentation you...
2010-01-08
1,166 reads
eReaders – A New Crop
The CES show this week had a few new e-reader concepts coming. I think this technology is due to explode,...
2010-01-08
538 reads
SSRS reading linebreak in textbox
The problem of the day: I stumbled on this problem on the Microsoft Reporting Services Forum website and thought it...
2010-01-08
3,187 reads
eReaders – A New Crop
The CES show this week had a few new e-reader concepts coming. I think this technology is due to explode,...
2010-01-08
385 reads
Book Review: The Billion Dollar Game
The Billion Dollar Game: Behind the Scenes of the Greatest Day In American Sport – Super Bowl Sunday
Another from the new...
2010-01-08
628 reads
Goals For 2010
Like a lemming in the DBA community, I too am going to post my 2010 goals. I am looking to...
2010-01-08
467 reads
SSC Syndication
Steve Jones at SqlServerCentral.com has created a Blog for me over there at SqlServerCentral.com. I will be syndicated there and...
2010-01-07
609 reads
How to Read the Results of SELECT @@VERSION in SQL Server
The simple query SELECT @@VERSION can quickly tell you quite a bit about a SQL Server installation (and the underlying...
2010-01-07
4,136 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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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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