A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 2
For Day 2 of this blog series, I am going to talk a little about the upcoming Intel Westmere-EX processor...
2011-04-02
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Glenn Berry
Intel Sandy Bridge Mobile Processors Explained
The long wait for the new, mobile Sandy Bridge processor equipped laptops is nearly over. Most of the large system...
2011-03-24
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Presenting To Columbus SQL Server User’s Group on April 14
I will be doing a live, virtual presentation for the Columbus, Ohio SQL Server User’s Group on Thursday, April 14....
2011-03-23
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Microsoft System Center Advisor (Release Candidate)
Microsoft’s Brad Anderson announced the availability of the Release Candidate of Microsoft System Center Advisor today in his keynote presentation...
2011-03-22
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SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update #15
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 15, which is Build 9.0.4325. There are only six fixes included...
2011-03-22
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SQL Server 2005 SP4 Cumulative Update 3
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2005 SP4 Cumulative Update 3, which is Build 9.0.5266. There are only five fixes listed...
2011-03-22
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SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 13
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 13, which is Build 10.00.2816.00. I count twelve fixes listed in...
2011-03-22
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SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 3
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 3, which is Build 10.00.4279.00. I count 25 fixes listed in...
2011-03-22
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Are You Taking Advantage of Twitter for SQL Server?
One thing I always do lately, whenever I give a presentation is ask the audience how many of them use...
2011-03-18
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Teaching Two Classes at University College–University of Denver
I will be teaching two classes for the Spring 2011 Quarter at University College – University of Denver. One will be...
2011-03-18
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Blogs
PASS Data Community Summit 2024 Day 3 Keynote
By Steve Jones
It’s been an amazing week here, as well as a long week. I’m tired,...
A New Word: Skidding
By Steve Jones
skidding – v. intr. the practice of making offhand comments that sound sarcastic but...
PASS Summit – Thursday
By Brian Kelley
Let’s start with the keynote. The biggest take away was how having to support...
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Backing up the Database Encryption Key
In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:
USE Sales; GO CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256 ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert; GOThis works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK? See possible answers