Pass Summit 2017
It’s about that time of year again when there is a buzz in Seattle in regards to PASS Summit. Many...
2017-10-26
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The SQL Professor
Thank You–#PASSElections
This week has been a whirlwind; as the results came in earlier this week on the election I wanted to...
2017-09-28
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Four PASS Questions–My Take #PASSElections
As part of the campaign material for this years election for Board of Directors; the candidates were asked to answer...
2017-09-19
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Running for the PASS Board of Directors #PASSelections
This year I decided to take “someday” to heart and do something that has been on my mind for awhile...
2017-09-21 (first published: 2017-09-14)
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SQL Saturday Louisville Re-Cap
And like the wind another SQL Saturday Louisville has come and gone. This past weekend seemed to be a huge...
2017-08-09
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SQL Summer Vacation–SentryOne
We are having an extra Louisville SQL Server and Power BI User Group meeting this month due to the SQL...
2017-07-24
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PAC Community Ambassador – SQL Sentry
Last week Aaron Bertrand (b|t) published a post regarding five new PAC Community Ambassadors for SentryOne. I am privileged and...
2017-07-17
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T-SQL Tuesday #92, Lessons Learned The Hard Way
Wow, hard for me to believe it has been a little bit since the last T-SQL Tuesday block party. This...
2017-07-11
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Built My Presentation, Now What?
Over the course of several years, I have given many technical and non-technical presentations. It is fun for me to...
2017-06-07
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QA, Utility Databases, and Job Executions
Sometimes we, as data professionals, have to think outside the box. I know, crazy idea right? Each shop and situation...
2017-04-26
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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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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