SQLSaturday #423 Baton Rouge
This is I believe the 7th SQLSaturday in Baton Rouge. Please come out this Saturday at the LSU Business Center...
2015-07-27
598 reads
The Smiling DBA
Power Bi Desktop Release Today
You can download the much hyped up Power BI Desktop (formerly Power BI Designer). There are many blogs about the...
2015-07-24
1,124 reads
New Features of SQL Server 2016
The next version of SQL Server looks to add more and more features helpful in database design and administration as...
2015-07-16
984 reads
PASS Summit Selection Process
I was thinking today about why I submit sessions to speak at the PASS Summit.
My first summit was in Denver...
2015-06-26
434 reads
PASS Excel BI VC presents Ásgeir Gunnarsson: End to End Risk Assessment – Using PowerView
Join us today at noon central for Asgeir presenting for the Excel BI VC.
Thu, Jun 18 2015 12:00 Central Daylight...
2015-06-18
444 reads
SQLSaturday #408 Houston
I have been selected again to speak in Houston (Saturday, June 13th) for a SQLSaturday event and look forward to...
2015-06-04
534 reads
PASS Elections and Verifying Account
It is that time of the year when PASS starts a process to help update memberships and clean up duplicate...
2015-05-07
441 reads
My Favorite FREE Reports in SSMS
Microsoft has given us DBAs/Developers/etc. a wealth of free reports integrated into SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) in order to...
2015-04-07
800 reads
PASS Excel BI VC presents Devin Knight on Getting Started on PowerQuery
Come join us Thursday April 2nd for an Excel BI virtual chapter session at noon central with Pragmatic Work’s Devin...
2015-03-29
678 reads
Simple-Talk Article
In December, I was asked to write an article(s) on Database Refactoring. It started as 2 topics, but then consolidated...
2015-03-03
839 reads
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...
Forums
Alamat Kantor BCA KCU City Tower Telp:08218200233
Wa:628218200233 Alamat. Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.81 Ground Floor, RT.1/RW.6, Dukuh Atas, Menteng, Kec. Menteng,...
Alamat Kantor BCA KCU Matraman Telp:08218200233
Wa:628218200233 Alamat. Jl. Matraman Raya No.14-16, RT.2/RW.1, Kb. Manggis, Kec. Matraman, Kota Jakarta Timur,...
Alamat Kantor BCA KCU Menara Bca Telp:08218200233
Wa:628218200233 Alamat. Menara BCA, Grand Indonesia, Jl. M.H. Thamrin No.1 Lt. 28, RT.1/RW.5, Menteng,...
Question of the Day
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