The Challenge of Edge Security
We will see databases deployed on the edge, and we will need strong security patches.
Why cloud and hybrid estates are important - but bring complexity
With 92% of organizations now reported to be multi-cloud, a well thought-out approach to cloud migration is imperative. Download our final insights report in this series on database monitoring to find out how 2500+ of your peers are dealing with the challenge.
Working with PowerShell strings
Knowing how to manipulate strings is critical in any language. In this article, Greg Moore explains working with PowerShell strings.
Tell Your Loved Ones You Care
The Data Platform community lost a couple of people this week. Euan Garden and Dean Vargas. These were good people. They're going to be sorely missed. While I wanted to say something profound about them, I don't think I can do them justice. They were both simply good. The kind of people you want to […]
Editing API Driver API Profiles
RESTful APIs offer a straightforward way for businesses to work with external data and offer access to their own data. With more than 24,000 public APIs providing access to limitless data and the typical enterprise leveraging more than 200 applications, teams and developers need more efficient ways to query API data. With the CData API […]
Performance Tuning Using Free Tools
You can do essential performance tuning on your SQL Server databases using a FREE toolkit!
Connecting to PostgreSQL: Learning PostgreSQL with Grant
Database professionals often work with more than one database platform. Grant Fritchey explains setting up and connecting to PostgreSQL database.
Did you know SQL Monitor supports Azure databases, too?
SQL Monitor allows you to bring your whole estate into a single monitoring landscape that has a consistent interface, whether you have an all-Azure environment, or, more likely, a mixed database environment. Find out more, here!
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Symmetric Key Encryption
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The “Successful Login” Dilemma: Why Your Login Auditing Strategy Might Be Hurting Your Server
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Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers