2013 Goals
For the last Friday poll of the year, Steve Jones looks ahead to 2013 and the goals you might set for your career.
2012-12-28
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Editorial
2012-12-25
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DBAs Take Sixth Place
The hot jobs for 2013 are compiles and a number of tech jobs make the top 100. DBAs come in 6th and Steve Jones thinks that's good news for data professionals.
2012-12-24
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The Load Poll
This Friday Steve Jones asks what the load on your systems are. Do you know what it is and how it compares to other systems?
2012-12-21
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The Auto OS
Automobiles are becoming more complex, with more computerized systems every year. Steve Jones talks about some advances and how we must be sure that security is a part of future design considerations.
2012-12-20
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Those Who Can, Do
Does certification help your career? Is it the choice for those that can't actually accomplish something in the real world? Steve Jones says that it can go either way, but it's up to the individual.
2012-12-19
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Holidays and other Social Technologies
A look at what passes for technology from Bill Nicolich in our guest editorial.
2012-12-18
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2012-12-17
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Better Licensing for SQL Server
Why is SQL Server licensing so complex? Today Steve Jones asks the question and wonders if Microsoft would make some changes to make it easier to understand.
2012-12-17
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Deployment Failures
Today Steve Jones talks about deployment and how well it can work. He also asks about the problems from you and how easily it can fail.
2012-12-14
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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
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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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