Getting started with StreamInsight
A quick-start to SQL Server StreamInsight and Complex Event Processing with a step-by-step example on stock quotes.
Pulling real-time data from Twitter using StreamInsight
An example of building a StreamInsight input adapter for retrieving Twitter data in real-time.
The Basics of SSRS - Level 2 in the Stairway to Reporting Services
In this part of our series on Reporting Services (SSRS), Jessica Moss examines the basics of the Report Builder and BIDS.
The Basics of SSRS - Level 2 in the Stairway to Reporting Services
In this part of our series on Reporting Services (SSRS), Jessica Moss examines the basics of the Report Builder and BIDS.
The Stairway Series
SQLServerCentral launches a new series of content today, aimed at helping you bootstrap your knowledge in specific areas of SQL Server.
The Stairway Series
Today we launch a new series of content aimed at providing basic knowledge to people new to a section of SQL Server. Steve Jones comments on the way this series came about.
What is StreamInsight and why does it matter?
An introduction to SQL Server StreamInsight and Complex Event Processing with a focus on Business Intelligence.
StreamInsight: A new way to think about analyzing data
Last night’s Oregon SQL user
group meeting was very enlightening. Mark Simms form the SQLCAT team came
down from Redmond to talk...
Using SQL Server Integration Services and StreamInsight Together
The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance
for enriching data integration scenarios by integrating StreamInsight with SQL
Server Integration Services. Specifically, we looked at the technical challenges
and solutions for such integration, by using a case study based on a customer
scenarios in the telecommunications sector.
What Sarbanes-Oxley Won't Do
Today we have a reprint of an editorial from Dec 4, 2005 as Steve is on vacation.
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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