I'm not quite clear what you mean. Are you saying that you have image files and some name/login associated with them. You want to use SSIS to import these thumbnail...

One thing to keep in mind is that this changes data inline, so copy your db (restore in dev), then mask.

The tool is a little non-intuitive. I'm working...

Make sure you click the use RegEx, the little square + asterisk button.

I would lean towards putting the PK and the email in the #NoEMail list. Then I'd put a token in the main list, as mentioned previously, because someone or a...

Here's a post on dates: https://voiceofthedba.com/2018/05/04/moving-birthdays-with-data-masker/

The master database contains server level objects like logins, linked servers, certificates, a few other things. There isn't a need to restore this if you don't necessarily need those items....

Work to live, don't live to work.

Definitely need time off, away from work things. Most of our tasks don't need to be done ASAWeSeeThem

I'll say this. Tracking changes in db development has worked very well for me. There can be collisions, but in small teams, we can usually work things out. However, I...

There is definitely a lot more to this. Lots of the specifics for using scripting requires cultural/communication changes as well as thinking forward to how you will deploy changes.

It depends. If they edit the same object, it's just as things are in SSMS, the latest item is scripted out. If they edit different objects, when you script things,...

Thanks, I'll look at it as soon as I can