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Daily Archives: December 26, 2011
Merry Christmas 2011
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. The Voice of the DBA Podcasts Enjoy the blooper reel Watch the Windows Media Podcast – 21.3MB WMV Watch the iPod Video Podcast – 15.2MB MP4
Backing up the Service Master Key
Making a backup of your Service Master Key (SMK) should be one of the first things that you do if you are enabling encryption. This key encrypts and secures your other keys, and it will be needed when you have … Continue reading
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