Monthly Archives: January 2017

The vNext Bleeding Edge

Posted on January 28, 2017 by way0utwest

Microsoft has had early access programs for years. I worked at a few companies that were a part of the TAP (Technology Adoption Program) program, and we would get access to code early in exchange for providing feedback and working … Continue reading →

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Finding Sysadmins with dba tools–GetDbaRoleMember

Posted on January 27, 2017 by way0utwest

I really like the dbatools project. This is a series of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and incredibly useful for migrations between SQL Servers, but also for various administrative actions. I have a short series on these … Continue reading →

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How Much Code Can You Review?

Posted on January 27, 2017 by way0utwest

When I was in college, I mostly wrote my own code for assignments (and fun), turning it in when I thought it was done. At some point I had a class that started to adopt more software engineering practices, and … Continue reading →

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What’s a Database Encryption Key (DEK) in TDE

Posted on January 26, 2017 by way0utwest

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 →

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