The Conferences of the Future
With many conferences going virtual, Steve wonders what the future holds.
2020-04-17
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Editorials
2020-04-16
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BYOD Fingerprint Concerns
Fingerprints provide some security, but a research suggests not necessarily much. Steve has a few thoughts.
2020-04-15
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Teams That Ship
Running software teams isn't as easy as it may seem, and the way you manage a startup is different than a mature organization. Steve has a few comments on the process one angel investor implements.
2020-04-14
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2020-04-13
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2020-04-11
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2020-04-10
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Who is the best person for the job?
Sometimes it is hard to admit that you are not the best person for the job that is presented to you.
2020-04-09
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More Time to Certify
You have more time to earn that MCSA, MCSE, or MCSD, thanks to Microsoft and the pandemic.
2020-04-08
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2020-04-07
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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