AI Step 1
As this is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) World, things are changing. We can see that everywhere you look, even now, when writing a blog, I could feel it today :)....
2024-12-01
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Beginner’s Guide: Building a Dockerized Todo App with React, Chakra UI, and Rust for Backend
In a containerized app, React and Chakra UI provide a robust and accessible user interface, while Rust delivers performance and safety on the backend.A Dockerized todo app is a to-do...
2024-11-30
71 reads
A New Word: Nachlophobia
nachlophobia – n. the fear that your deepest connections with people are ultimately pretty shallow, that although your relationships feel congenial in the moment, an audit of your life...
2024-11-29
142 reads
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or maybe you need an easy way to find broken field references in a report? Certain...
2024-11-27
103 reads
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or maybe you need an easy way to find broken field references in a report? Certain...
2024-11-27
45 reads
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or maybe you need an easy way to find broken field references in a report? Certain...
2024-11-27
28 reads
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or maybe you need an easy way to find broken field references in a report? Certain...
2024-12-09 (first published: 2024-11-27)
427 reads
Adding Test data to msdb.sysjobhistory
One of our internal people was looking to test some process in (I assume) Redgate Monitor and needed more job history than they had in msdb.sysjobhistory. They wanted to...
2024-12-09 (first published: 2024-11-27)
242 reads
Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2024
Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the data platform and AI. Check out the Major announcements and Book of News. Below are...
2024-12-06 (first published: 2024-11-26)
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SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie or already know some SQL, this sale has awesome learning options at prices you won't...
2024-11-26 (first published: 2024-11-25)
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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