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Power Tools at Work

Posted on November 22, 2011 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Jan 17, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation.  Now this could be fun. Just imagine your boss comes to your cube with an electric drill, a sledgehammer, and a circular saw. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Helpful Advice?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Feb 5, 2007 and is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. I have to be honest with you. It wasn’t me. This advice on DRwasn’t given to anyone by me. This post is from … Continue reading →

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The First Thing To Do After Creating Keys

Posted on November 15, 2011 by way0utwest

I’ve been looking at some security code in preparation for a few talks I plan on doing next year and there’s one thing I don’t see in many of the samples: backups. When you get ready to encrypt data in … Continue reading →

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Network Databases? Is it time to change?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by way0utwest

In the two decades I’ve worked with SQL Server, there has been some advice that I’ve always given to people: don’t backup to the network, and don’t try to put a database on a file share. SQL Server hasn’t dealt … Continue reading →

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