Moving to the Cloud
There has been a lot of talk about moving to cloud based computing, and cloud based services. Steve Jones comments on what this might mean today.
Using Certificates to Sign Stored Procedures
How to sign stored procedures with certificates, this is useful if the procedures use dynamic SQL.
Configure Windows Firewall for SQL Server 2008 Integration Services in Windows Server 2008 R2
I have installed SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and I am unable to connect to SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Instance from SQL Server 2008 Management Studio which is installed on another remote server. As I am new to Windows Server 2008 R2 it would be great if you can let me know the step by step approach to enable the default port of SQL Server 2008 Integration Services in Windows Firewall for user connectivity.
Sorting data in the SSIS Pipeline (Video)
In this post I want to show a couple of ways to order the data that comes into the pipeline. a number of people have asked me about this primarily because there are a number of ways to do it but also because some components in the pipeline take sorted inputs. One of the methods I show is visually easy to understand and the other is less visual but potentially more performant.
Concurrent processing in SSIS – Part 1
In the beginning of a new series, Elliott Whitlow shows us how to process your data movement in parallel, covering six different methods for doing so.
Selling Used Cars
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the value of experience.
Writing a Data Access Layer (DAL) for SQL Server
In this tip, I am going to show you how you can create a Data Access Layer (to store, retrieve and manage data in relational database) in ADO .NET. I will show how you can make it data provider independent, so that you don't have to re-write your data access layer if the data storage source changes and also you can reuse it in other applications that you develop.
Archive Backups
The need to archive data is becoming more and more important as data sizes grow. However when you choose to archive data, you might need to reconsider how your DR plan is structured.
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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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
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An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Managing Incidents and Fighting Fires
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Backing Up a DMK
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Question of the Day
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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