Hitting the Wall – #TSQL2sDay
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Welcome to another edition of T-SQL Tuesday!
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Wayne Sheffield ( blog | twitter ) and he has asked...
2018-08-14
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SQL DBA With A Beard
A PowerShell Conference In A Book
A Question
Shortly after the European PowerShell Conference and the PowerShell and Devops 2018 summit in the USA Mike Robbins b...
2018-08-17 (first published: 2018-08-01)
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A PowerShell Pester Check for parsing SQL scripts
I like to write Pester checks to make sure that all is as expected! This is just a quick post...
2018-07-25
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dbachecks – Dark Mode Historical Validation PowerBi
in my last post I showed how you can save the results of dbachecks to a database and created a...
2018-06-07 (first published: 2018-05-28)
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dbachecks – Save the results to a database for historical reporting
I gave a presentation at SQL Day in Poland last week on dbachecks and one of the questions I got...
2018-05-31 (first published: 2018-05-23)
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dbachecks – Improved Descriptions
With the latest release of dbachecks we have added a new check for testing that foreign keys and constraints are...
2018-05-25 (first published: 2018-05-19)
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dbachecks – Which Configuration Item For Which Check ?
I love showing dbachecks to people. It’s really cool seeing how people will use it and listening to their experiences....
2018-05-15
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Creating SQL Server Containers for versions 2012-2017
I am working on my dbatools and dbachecks presentations for SQL Saturday Finland, SQLDays, SQL Saturday Cork and SQLGrillen I want...
2018-05-10
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#tsql2sday – Giving Back – Reprise
It’s TSQL Tuesday again! This month our host is Riley Major (b/t) and the subject is Giving Back. He’s given us...
2018-05-08
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Visual Studio Code Live Sharing Set-Up
There was an announcement on the Visual Studio Code blog about the public preview of Live Share. This enables you...
2018-05-17 (first published: 2018-05-08)
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Blogs
Day 2 at PASS Data Community Summit 2024
By Steve Jones
I missed blogging yesterday as I was on stage/backstage for quite a bit of...
PASS Summit 2024 – Wednesday
By Brian Kelley
A common theme in the PASS Summits I've attended is community and that's definitely...
Taming Database Challenges: Insights from Redgate Keynote
By Chris Yates
I am excited to cover the Microsoft Keynote on Day 2: Redgate Keynote: Simplifying...
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Backing up the Database Encryption Key
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Question of the Day
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