What's wrong with Linq to SQL
There's a lot of buzz in the development community about LINQ in general, and for those that do data access...
2008-02-04
466 reads
New SQL Server book on Disaster Recovery
James Luetkehoelter has announced his book on SQL Server Disaster Recovery is complete. It is published by aPress and due...
2008-02-04
901 reads
Windows Server 2008 RTMs
This is a small surprise, mainly because it looked like only Visual Studio 2008 was actually going to make the...
2008-02-04
617 reads
Notes on the South Florida Code Camp
I attended the South Florida Code Camp this past Saturday and it turned out to be quite an event. More...
2008-02-04
317 reads
Ask for SQL Server 2005 SP3
In case you haven't seen this elsewhere, if you want Microsoft to release SP3 for SQL Server 2005. It's time...
2008-02-03
945 reads
SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess webcast on SQL Server 2008 Security
SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess has a short webcast which provides the highlights of SQL Server 2008 security.He includes some...
2008-02-03
618 reads
SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on .NET Rocks!
SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard is on the latest edition of .NET Rocks! If you're not familiar with .NET Rocks!,...
2008-02-01
751 reads
The Importance of Verifying Database Backups Regularly
Yesterday, as I was pulling into my driveway, my front left tire gave. Thankfully, I was going really slow and...
2008-01-31
1,665 reads
A Long Overdue Database Security Rant
I've been dealing with a security product from a security company in recent days that breaks best practices with respect...
2008-01-30
2,305 reads
Hello Secure World - MS Site Worth Looking At
Saw this in the MSDN flash yesterday, MS has a new Silverlight site up (newest toy and all!) that focuses...
2008-01-29
1,398 reads
Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers