Delivering in a Day
This week Steve wonders if you're want to tackle an exciting project for a day or a week.
2020-08-28
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Editorials
Microservices
Steve doesn't think microservices work with relational databases, but maybe you can convince him otherwise.
2020-08-27
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Better Government Security Through DevOps
DevOps can help provide better security for your databases.
2020-08-26
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Data Analysis Without a Server
The ability to analyze lots of data on a workstation can be a way to test things without overloading server systems until you are sure your code works.
2020-08-25
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Looking Back at Software Development Trends
Steve looks at some of the software development trends from last year, and if they apply today.
2020-08-24
204 reads
Of Hedgehogs and Database Design
One of the finest songs of the sixties had the following lines … "Sitting one day by myself, And I'm thinking, "What could be wrong?" When this funny little Hedgehog comes running up to me, And it starts up to sing me this song. Oh, you know all the words, and you sung all the […]
2020-08-22
374 reads
What's the Bus Factor?
Today Steve asks about the people that might be critical in your organization.
2020-08-21
172 reads
Admin Challenges Across Scale and Time
The challenges of large scale administration can be complex, but the more we share, the more we help others learn and better manage systems.
2020-08-20
86 reads
2020-08-19
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2020-08-18
115 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...
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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