Just SQL Auth
Would you like to have only SQL Server Authentication on your instances? That's the subject of this Friday's poll.
2009-11-20
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Articles
Just SQL Auth
Would you like to have only SQL Server Authentication on your instances? That's the subject of this Friday's poll.
2009-11-20
961 reads
MDX, DMX, and XMLA Templates
One of the most underused features in SSMS is the additional templates that are available for MDX, DMX, and XMLA....
2009-11-20
1,217 reads
SQL Lunch Recordings Now Available
After several tries I think we finally have it working. If you were unable to attend the last two SQLLunches,...
2009-11-20
1,911 reads
SQL Server Security Audit Report
If your company needs to go through a SOX (Sarbanes–Oxley) audit or any security audit, the DBA has to provide security information to them. If you have purchased third party tools to provide this information that is great. If you don't have third party tools and need to go through many servers to provide this information it can be a hassle and very time consuming. So I put together a script to generate a report that I could just review. The script generates a report of all elevated level accounts and any possible security holes.
2009-11-20
3,602 reads
Let's Talk Ownership (and SQL Jobs)
It seems that the ownership of jobs is something that is often overlooked when articles explain
2009-11-19
9,137 reads
The WorkTamer Conference
The Worktamer conference is coming to a series of cities in Canada in early 2010. If you're near Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal, read about this one day event to help you boost your professional development.
2009-11-19
304 reads
Easy Licenses
Software licensing can be complex and confusing. Even in Windows and SQL Server, where hard limits are not enforced, people have problems determining how they should license software. Steve Jones talks about what vendors could do to help us.
2009-11-19
2,933 reads
Easy Licenses
Software licensing can be complex and confusing. Even in Windows and SQL Server, where hard limits are not enforced, people have problems determining how they should license software. Steve Jones talks about what vendors could do to help us.
2009-11-19
1,026 reads
Full Text Index Implementation in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
Continuing our discussion, this article covers the remaining tasks necessary to implement a full-text index in SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
2009-11-19
2,159 reads
Blogs
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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