Checking Azure SQL DB service tier via T-SQL
If you have to manage or work with an Azure SQL database and want to know what service tier the database is currently operating, but you don't have access...
2020-07-20
3,968 reads
Daily Coping 20 Jul 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-07-20
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Using Secret Management module to run SSMS, VS Code and Azure Data Studio as another user
Following on from my last post about the Secret Management module. I was asked another question. > Can I use this to run applications as my admin account? A...
2020-07-20
98 reads
SQL Server table partitioning – planning and implementation guidelines
Nowadays, the big environments that have large databases with a heavy amount of transaction they had one common performance issue in the OLTP transaction when the database size increased...
2020-07-20
11 reads
Azure Cosmos DB Global data distribution Architecture
In my first article in Azure Cosmos DB, we talked about What is Cosmos DB and How to provisions it, then in the Second article we talked about Partitioning...
2020-07-19
12 reads
Partitioning Architecture in Azure Cosmos DB.
Introduction In my first article in Cosmos DB, I talked about the basic information about How to provision Cosmos DB, and today we will complete our discussion in How...
2020-07-19
15 reads
Good Bye Import-CliXML – Use the Secrets Management module for your labs and demos
Don’t want to read all this? There are two dotnet interactive notebooks here with the relevant information for you to use. https://beard.media/dotnetnotebooks Jaap is awesome I have to start...
2020-07-29 (first published: 2020-07-18)
515 reads
Renewed as Microsoft MVP for 2020-2021
I have been fortunate enough to be renewed as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for the calendar year July 2020 to June 2021. I’m honored, humbled, and thrilled that...
2020-07-17
43 reads
Cancelling SQLSaturday Orlando 2020
I’m sure it’s no surprise, but we’ve decided to cancel SQLSaturday Orlando 2020. We decided a couple weeks ago but it’s been tough to summon the energy to write...
2020-07-17
92 reads
Thoughts on the PASS Virtual Summit
Some thoughts on the PASS Virtual Summit this year: Clearly the in-person option wasn’t doable. Just too hard to know infection rate, local rules, employer travel guidelines, attendee and...
2020-07-31 (first published: 2020-07-17)
221 reads
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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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