All I Want For Christmas Is ...
What do IT workers want for Christmas? Let us know in this Friday's poll.
2007-12-07
66 reads
Editorials
A Smart Smartphone
Cell phones are great communication tools, but that's mostly what they do, even for IT folks. But Steve Jones talks about some other possibilities and potential problems.
2007-12-06
63 reads
Breaking Things Apart
Microsoft is unbundling their new hypervisor from Windows. Could this happen with SQL Server?
2007-12-05
49 reads
The Weekly Update for Dec 2, 2007
A few notes and comments on the database news from the previous week.
2007-12-03
28 reads
The 5 Stages of Volunteering
Volunteers are important to ensuring the success of so many organizations. IT-based organizations, such as user groups, are no different. Steve Jones leads you through a few of the stages of being a volunteer and hopes more of you will participate in your local area.
2007-11-29
67 reads
2007-11-28
91 reads
2007-11-23
54 reads
2007-11-22
47 reads
Contract or Perm
If you are accepting a DBA position, does it make sense to work as a contractor or permanent employee?
2007-11-21
259 reads
Open Enrollment
It's the time of year where employment benefits renew for many US employees. Steve Jones talks about how much your company should care about your health.
2007-11-19
78 reads
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
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
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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