My Bucket List
I actually built on in 1999 and called it a Life List. Over the years I’ve tried to work on...
2010-10-29
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Creating Analysis Services Partitions Using BIDS
As your database grows in size, Analysis Services cubes that use that database grow along with it. As such, one...
2010-10-28
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Adding Data Compression to an Existing Clustered Index in SQL Server 2008 R2
Working at an ISV like NewsGator Technologies, I get to work on products like Social Sites for SharePoint 2010, that...
2010-10-28
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PASS Summit Blogging
During the PASS Summit I have again been given the opportunity to keep my laptop plugged in… as long as...
2010-10-28
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems, Understanding Reliability and Performance of Solid State Storage
Solid state storage has come on strong in the last year. With that explosion of new products it can be...
2010-10-28
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems, Understanding Reliability and Performance
Solid state storage has come on strong in the last year. With that explosion of new products it can be...
2010-10-28
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Writing Opportunities
Are you looking for opportunities to show off your elite writing skills and consumate SQL Server knowledge? Want a chance...
2010-10-28
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Last Call for PASSMN Board of Directors
As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, we are looking for nominations for the 2011 PASSMN Board of Directors. PASSMN...
2010-10-28
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SQLSaturday#59 Speaker Interview #13 – with Mark Kromer
SQLSaturday #59 Speaker Interview #13 – with Mark Kromer
Today, coming in from Philadelphia, PA, we are talking with Mark Kromer, who...
2010-10-28
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SQL Rally: Performance Tuning Abstract
I get the call, you get the call, everyone gets the call. “Hey, my app/procedure/query/report is running slow.” Now what...
2010-10-28
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
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...
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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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