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Daily Archives: January 19, 2017
What is a Database Master Key?
The encryption mechanisms in SQL Server are interesting, and they work well, but they are somewhat poorly named. I ran across a few people struggling to understand, so I decided to cover the concepts in a series of posts. This … Continue reading
The (Former) Complexity of PowerShell
When I first looked at PowerShell, it was v1.0, and I was in a TechEd presentation. The language seemed a mile past the VBScript I was using when T-SQL didn’t function well. The ability to access the .NET namespace, work … Continue reading
