Examine the similarities and differences between Windows security and SQL Server security and you'll find that most of the concepts you already know from managing a network will map quite nicely into ...

UPDATE: The story that originally got my attention has been updated in all of the places I could still find it yesterday, so I’m pulling my references to the story and just focusing on the positive ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. To ...

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Microsoft is aiming to shore up the security of its SQL Server database management software. The next version of SQL Server, code-named "Yukon," will include a long list of new security-related ...

SEATTLE — In the aftermath of the Slammer worm that wreaked havoc with many SQL Server users early this year, Microsoft Corp. is trying to make its database software more secure. But there’s still ...

July 9 marked the end of "extended support" for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2, the last five-year phase of Microsoft's overall 10-year product lifecycle for these products. The two servers ...

Understand SQL Server Security SQL Server grew out of the UNIX world, and administrators maintained accounts (at that time) in a fashion similar to the "no domain" scenario in Windows. They created ...

If you manage a Windows server currently, then you're familiar with security from the user and group standpoint. Whether you're using the older LAN Manager structure (Windows NT-style domains), the ...