Professional Communications
This past week I had the opportunity to have lunch with a vendor at his clients’ site. As a part...
2010-01-10
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SQL RNNR
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
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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
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Primary Key Discovery
As a part of my DB documentation process for a large database, I needed a method to quickly show me...
2010-01-05
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Users Group Participation
I have been pondering over my local PASS chapter and participation. And more specifically about why I should participate, and...
2010-01-04
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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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