At present, SQL Server 2008 continues to support two modes for validating connections and authenticating access to database resources: (Windows Authentication Mode) and (SQL Server and Windows ...

I realized after reviewing the past few posts that I omitted a new piece of functionality introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2. This feature, known as Extended Protection for Authentication (Extended ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part in ...