Houston Tech Fest 2010
A few weekends ago, I participated in my first Tech Fest, speaking at the Houston Tech Fest 2010 event held...
2010-10-26
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SQL Saturday 56 Dallas (BI Edition) - Recap
This past Saturday, our NTSSUG group hosted SQL Saturday 56, which was our second SQL Saturday of the year. This...
2010-10-26
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Why CONTROL SERVER Doesn't Cut It
With the new securables since SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has advised that we start moving away from the fixed server...
2010-10-26
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SQL Server 2008 - CDC Retention
I had done a little work with CDC last year, experimenting with the way that it handles changes in your...
2010-10-26
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Vote for my precon workshop for PASS SQLRally
I’m one of the 3 lucky guys whose submitted precon workshop for the developer category
for PASS SQLRally is in the...
2010-10-25
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SQL Saturday 58 This Week #sqlsat58
Don’t forget the Minnesota SQL Saturday is this Friday. Remember, we’re DIFFERENT and out event is on a Friday instead...
2010-10-25
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems, Solid State Storage Basics
Solid state storage is the new kid on the block. We see new press releases every day about just how...
2010-10-25
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PragmaticWorks Webinar – Policy-Based Management
This is just a quick note to remind everyone I’ll be presenting tomorrow, Tuesday October 26th 2010 for the PragmaticWorks...
2010-10-25
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Another Must See Session
I can’t believe I missed this one in all the posts and recommendations I’ve been making about great sessions coming...
2010-10-25
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My SQLSat54 Experience
In case you hadn’t heard SQLSaturday #54 was Oct 23 in Salt Lake City. It was a dreary opening to...
2010-10-25
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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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