Monthly Archives: April 2012

Certificates Everywhere

Posted on April 10, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the things that I think has been most disappointing to me in technology over the last few decades is the lack of progress is managing security keys and certificates. There hasn’t been a really good method designed that … Continue reading →

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Enabling Contained Databases in SQL Server 2012

Posted on April 9, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the new features in SQL Server 2012 is the Partially Contained Database feature. I gave a talk on this recently, and I’m looking forward to seeing where this might go in the future. This post looks at how … Continue reading →

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The On-call Demands

Posted on April 6, 2012 by way0utwest

I have been on call in all sorts of situations, but over the years the demands lessened at a few companies. Perhaps that was due to maturity on the part of the staff, or maybe the quality of basic software … Continue reading →

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Treat the Database like Code

Posted on April 5, 2012 by way0utwest

In one of Grant Fritchey’s presentations at SQL Server Connections recently, he talked about treating the databaese like code, and storing the changes you make, the DDL for the objects, and more, in a version control system of some sort. Grant had … Continue reading →

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