Midlands PASS Site Online

I have put the Midlands PASS site online temporarily at Truth Solutions. You can reach it here:

http://www.truthsolutions.com/MidlandsPASS/

The slides from Paul...

A Review of Typhon III

Maintaining SQL Server security is fast becoming a big part of a SQL Server DBA's job. Longtime security expert Brian Kelley takes a
look at a security scanner: Typhon III

Midlands PASS February Meeting Postponed

We are postponing
due to the weather. Training Concepts has shut down for the day due to the wintry
mix....

Tools: ApexSQL Edit wins SQL Server Editor's Choice award

I meant to blog on this last month but work has been just a touch short of insane. I like...

Midlands PASS February Meeting

Our next meeting will be on
Thursday, February 1, 2007, at 6:30 PM.
It'll be at the Training Concepts facility once...

Why I ended up getting a Zune

I've been looking at getting an MP3 player for a while now because I want to make better use of...

Midlands PASS February Meeting

Our next meeting
will be on Thursday, February 1, 2007, at
6:30 PM. It'll be at the Training Concepts facility once...

New Review: NGS Software's Typhon III

I recently had the opportunity to review NGS Software's updated Typhon III general vulnerability scanner. I had previously reviewed it...

SQL Server Security: Fixed Database Roles

Brian is back with a new security article, this time working through the details of the fixed database roles. There are some important concepts here. In particular if you're not totally clear on the difference between dbo and db_owner, read this article.

Adding value to our organizations

Sean McCown writes in the latest Database Underground about how DBAs should try and make things better for users of...