Tag Archives: sql server

Hadoop and SQL Server

Posted on January 14, 2015 by way0utwest

There has been a lot of media attention to Hadoop in the last few years. In fact, Microsoft has spent a lot of resources to build the HDInsight version of the platform and integrate it into SQL Server. I’ve read quite a bit … Continue reading →

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Multiple Backup Files

Posted on January 9, 2015 by way0utwest

I’ve been writing a little PowerShell lately that will back up databases, move files, and restore them. I’m often testing things, and having scripts to quickly and easily move files is very handy. After one of my posts recently, a … Continue reading →

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Building Connection Strings

Posted on January 8, 2015 by way0utwest

I ran across a great article on Connection Strings from my good friend, Allen White (b, t, c), recently. Quite a few of the items he mentioned in there, I knew, but it was a good review to stop and … Continue reading →

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Test Your Situation

Posted on January 7, 2015 by way0utwest

I gave a talk on Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) recently and a number of people in the audience were using the feature. However when I asked how many of them had restored a TDE database, not all hands remained up. … Continue reading →

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