Export a Certificate as a PFX file

Issue: Unable to generate pfx file from certificate manager. Certificate export have the option greyed out “Personal Information Exchange PFX”. Fix: Use PowerShell to generate the PFX file. The Certificates snap-in really doesn’t like to export PFX certificates, but PowerShell is happy to. You can use the Export-PfxCertificate cmdlet. Go to the certificates pseudo-drive by typing cd cert:\ at... » read more

SQL Server Agent Fixed Database Roles

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/agent/sql-server-agent-fixed-database-roles?view=sql-server-ver16 SQL Server has the following msdb database fixed database roles, which give administrators finer control over access to SQL Server Agent. The roles listed from least to most privileged access are: SQLAgentUserRole SQLAgentReaderRole SQLAgentOperatorRole SQLAgentUserRole Permissions SQLAgentUserRole is the least privileged of the SQL Server Agent fixed database roles. It has permissions on only operators, local jobs,... » read more

Deploy SSIS Package to SQL Server from .dtsx package file

Open up SSMS -> Connect Integration Services… (Administration mode) Expand the “Stored Packages” folder -> MSDB folder -> right click and select “Import Package” Package location: File System Package path: C:\Deployment\MyPackage.dtsx Package name: MyPackage Protection level: Keep protection level of the original package Note: If package already exist in the MSDB, will get a prompt... » read more

Install SSL Certificate on Azure Web App

To secure your site, extract the files from STAR.mydomain.com_cert.zip and STAR.mydomain.com_key.zip on your computer and upload them to your server. Here is a list of the most common server types and how to install SSL on them. If you created a CSR and private key in-browser during SSL activation, you will find key.zip in your downloads folder. How to install an... » read more

An installation package for the product Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL server cannot be found: msoledbsql.msi

Error: Error Description: An installation package for the product Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL server cannot be found, Try installing again using a valid copy of the installation package ‘msoledbsql.msi’ Fix: Uninstall all OLE and ODBC drivers and re run the setup. References: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71857345/error-when-installing-microsoft-sql-server-2019-cannot-find-the-microsoft-ole-d

Brent Ozar Training

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Changing Database Column Order

Issue: Changing the order of database table columns. Resolution: Have to re-create the table in order to change the order of the database column. Right click on table -> Designers -> Re-arrange table column -> Save Note: Make sure the “Prevent saving changes that require table re-creation” is unchecked. Change this my going to SQL... » read more