You can check the encryption status of your databases:

SELECT 
db.name AS database_name, 
db.is_encrypted, 
dm.encryption_state, 
dm.percent_complete, 
dm.key_algorithm, 
dm.key_length 
FROM 
sys.databases db 
LEFT OUTER JOIN 
sys.dm_database_encryption_keys dm 
ON 
db.database_id...

Hey Rod,

I do not have a good answer.

Probably, especially considering we're talking security, you'd be better off migrating out of the existing thing, whether it works or not. However, I...

There can be no other connections to the database when you run a restore. That includes SSMS. So, if you have that database open in front of you and you...

In the real world, one has to hope for the best, plan for the worst and insure for anything else! 😎 Weather is just one of the many factors,...

Good gosh. That's incredible. Well...

You've described the scenario, but I don't see much in the way of solutions. Do you have a question? If not, expand this out, provide some solutions, and submit it...

Not a clue. I haven't seen something like this before. However, I'd suggest not bothering to look at the proc cache any more. Look elsewhere. What the heck is using...

There's a login event that will let you know when a login has been completed. You can also look for login errors. Here's an article on the concept. Here's...

You could try forcing the processing over to the remote server through OPENQUERY so that filtering is done there. Otherwise, the way your code is written, yep, it's moving everything...

Do you have monitoring in place to understand why the CPU is maxing out? Without more data, I'd just be guessing.

Strictly talking INSERT, and nothing else. Assuming the data being inserted is coming from an identical structure. That structure does, in fact, have foreign keys in place. Those keys are...

Pretty sure the answer to using the Microsoft backups is that your choices are:

• Portal
• Powershell
• Azure CLI
• REST API

That's per the documentation.

The issue is simple, that stuff is...

OMG. I'm so sorry. Deleting my responses. Reading is fundamental and I have failed.

You can use Extended Events to capture the statements executed. If I was doing this one, I would capture rpc_staring, sp_statement_completed and rpc_completed. All three filtered to the object id...

Just my 2ct: did you try to checkpoint all databases before running the backup ?

btw: We mostly produce local backup files and only copy those afterward to a safe...