Sep 164 min readSSIS with SQL Always Encrypted Data. It's Integrated Jim, but not as we know it.This is part 3 in the SQL Always Encrypted mini series... Unfortunately, the gotchas continue, as it isn't straight forward when using...
Sep 46 min readPower BI with SQL Always Encrypted Data. Database Connectivity...Open you say?In this episode, we're going to look into how we can read that Always Encrypted data (On Prem, with the Key secured by Azure Key Vault),...
Aug 197 min readSQL Always Encrypted with Azure Key Vault - Lock up your data!Those DBAs eh? You just can't trust 'em.... Well, we know that statement is ridiculous, but there are so many cases where data in a SQL...
Aug 55 min readSQL Server Avengers: CPU Affinity WarMaybe not the best entry in the franchise, but this is another one of those configuration options that has been around forever, but very...
Jul 156 min readStatistics IO. IO... IO... it's off to parse we go.Again, this is another one of those little bits of functionality that has been present since year dot. Unfortunately, it seems to be...
May 156 min readPartitioned Views, a blast from the Past? This post came around when I was at a loose end one evening, and just started poking at a local sandpit database, and it got me...
Feb 1312 min readChecking SQL Server Estate Connectivity with Powershell Jobs...parallel technicolour.In my previous post Running Powershell for SQL Use* in Parallel - POshRBAR no more. (sqlrod.com) , I discussed the use of powershell...
Jan 305 min readRunning Powershell for SQL Use* in Parallel - POshRBAR no more.*Or any use for that matter... This is one that I should have learnt way earlier than I actually did if i'm being completely honest. One...