Fixing You’ll need a new app to open this ms-word
It should come as no surprise that we rely heavily on SharePoint for sharing documents at Microsoft. For the most part it is a great solution with few issues. We can subscribe to documents...
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Always Encrypted with Azure Key Vault
I recently wrote a post about using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with Azure Key Vault as an alternative to managing certificates. Today’s post will explore using SQL Server’s Always Encrypted functionality with Azure Key...
Transparent Data Encryption with Azure Key Vault
Microsoft introduced Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to SQL Server with the 2008 release providing a simple, easy way to add an extra layer of protection to our data. TDE is not unique to SQL Server and...
Webinar Followup: End to End Security with SQL Server 2016
I recently presented a free webinar for Pragmatic Works where I discussed new security features in SQL Server 2016. You can click here to watch the recording of the webinar if you missed it. In...
Importing a BACPAC to SQL Server
We previously looked at Archiving Azure SQL Database to a BACPAC and in today’s post we are going to address how to look at that data by restoring or importing it to a local...
Archiving Azure SQL Database to a BACPAC
UPDATE: The other half of this scenario has been posted. Check out Importing a BACPAC to SQL Server. Azure SQL Database is a managed database platform as a service (Paas) offering available from Microsoft...
How I Got Here: Microsoft
Here we are, 7 years working with SQL Server and Microsoft BI tools. Sure in the grand scheme of things that’s not a long time but when you consider that all of those years...
Can You Trust Your Cloud?
“How do I know my data is secure?” “A lot of companies have been hacked lately, why would I want to move to the cloud?” “We have sensitive data that can’t be moved to...
CJIS and the Microsoft Cloud
Having a cloud you can trust is important. Microsoft takes security and compliance extremely seriously in both the commercial and government clouds. An August 2016 article on the Azure blog, Not All Clouds Are Created...
Webinar Followup: New Security Features in SQL Server 2016
I recently presented a free webinar for Pragmatic Works where I discussed new security features in SQL Server 2016. You can click here to watch the recording of the webinar if you missed it. In...