SQL PASS 2012 First Timers Webcast Is TODAY!!! #sqlpass

Don’t forget that my SQL PASS Summit First Timers Webcast is going to be today at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern (find your local time).  This is the second annual SQL PASS Summit First Timers Webcast as the one I did last year was so well received. During this webcast I’ll be telling you a […]

There is still time to sign up for SQL PASS PreCons

This year the PASS Summit has 14 fantastic PreCons which are available for attendees to sign up for at an additional cost of just $395 per precon.  These precons are full day sessions with some fantastic presenters including myself, Louis Davisson, Rod Colledge, Jessica Moss, Brian Knight, Allen White, Itzik Ben-Gan, Bob Ward, Allan Hirt […]

Recommended reading from mrdenny for October 12, 2012

This week I’ve found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve found this week. Error: Executing DDL statment thru SSMS by a Windows Group user Rant: Applying Common Sense in IT Support anti-harassment policy adoption? Help improve our wiki resources. What have I done in 2 […]

Encrypting data in the same column

I wrote a little while ago about the fact that sensitive data needs to be encrypted within the database for all applications.  This is the first technique that is available to you to encrypt data in a database with as little outage as possible. In this technique we’ll encrypt the data using just a single […]