Create a New SQL Server Maintenance Plan with the Maintenance Plan Designer
In this tip we look at how to use the SQL Server Maintenance Designer to build maintenance plans for your databases and instance.
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Logging in Maintenance Plans
Enabling and Configuring Reporting and Logging for Maintenance Plans in SQL Server 2012
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Change the Maintenance Plan Owner
This article shows how you can change the maintenance plan owner in SQL SERVER
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How Maintenance Plans are a Big Plus for SQL Server Administration
SQL Server 2012 makes your database maintenance jobs easy by proving an effective Maintenance Plan Wizard. This wizard does a fair job of creating core maintenance plans for your database.
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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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