Disabling Database Encryption
SQL Server 2008 introduced TDE (either Total Database Encryption or Transparent Database Encryption, I’ve seen both) which is a way to get a passive encryption in place on the database to prevent...
View ArticleDebuting: Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration
The new book is up on Amazon. I only worked on three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book and that was after begging to only work on two, so I can’t take much credit for the effort that went into this...
View ArticlePractice Your Restores
Steven Jones posted an excellent editorial today all about how your backups are only good if you know that you can restore from them. He couldn’t be more correct. I posted the following thoughts in the...
View ArticleDBA 101: Why Don’t People Run Backups
It happened multiple times this week. It happens multiple times every week. Some poor soul is posting on a message board, usually with the heading “URGENT” (why that one word so frequently, I just...
View ArticleDatabase Backups: Things You Need To Do Now
I want to say a few things about database backups that you need to know. Wait a minute, haven’t you written about backups before? Why, yes. Yes I have. Aaand… you’re doing it again because? Have you...
View ArticleRestoring a Database in Azure
One of the many small things you don’t have to worry about any more when working with Azure SQL Database are those pesky backups… Ha-ha-ha! Yeah, I can’t keep a straight face when I type it. Microsoft...
View ArticleHelp Me, Help You, Deliver DevOps
I believe in DevOps. Actually, that’s a pretty horrible way to put it. It’s not about belief, like keeping Tinkerbell alive. I have successfully worked within an environment that implemented a DevOps...
View ArticleDBA 101: Why Don’t People Run Backups
It happened multiple times this week. It happens multiple times every week. Some poor soul is posting on a message board, usually with the heading “URGENT” (why that one word so frequently, I just...
View ArticleDatabase Backups: Things You Need To Do Now
I want to say a few things about database backups that you need to know. Wait a minute, haven’t you written about backups before? Why, yes. Yes I have. Aaand… you’re doing it again because? Have you...
View ArticleRestoring a Database in Azure
One of the many small things you don’t have to worry about any more when working with Azure SQL Database are those pesky backups… Ha-ha-ha! Yeah, I can’t keep a straight face when I type it. Microsoft...
View ArticleHelp Me, Help You, Deliver DevOps
I believe in DevOps. Actually, that’s a pretty horrible way to put it. It’s not about belief, like keeping Tinkerbell alive. I have successfully worked within an environment that implemented a DevOps...
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