MSSQLTips.com Kindle Contest
I'm always wary of contests to win free stuff, but the folks running MSSQLTips.com are legitimate (I write there as...
2011-08-04
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Rant: Security Isn't Sexy and It's a Shame
I grew up immersed in security. My father was a US Marine and going on and off base meant... security....
2011-08-03
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Bad Network Performance? Check the TCP Chimney Offload/Receive Side-Scaling/Network DMA Settings
We recently ran into a case where connecting to a Windows Server 2003 server with SQL Server installed on it,...
2011-08-02
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Bad Admins: Non-Production Servers
This is part of a series of tips on how bad/rogue admins can get access to the data in your...
2011-07-28
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Bad Admins: Taking Advantage of Maintenance Periods
This is part of a series of tips on how bad/rogue admins can get access to the data in your...
2011-07-25
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Bad Admins: Stealing the SQL Server Service Account
This is part of a series of tips on how bad/rogue admins can get access to the data in your...
2011-07-22
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Gaining Speaker Experience Credentials, Part II
In a previous post I gave suggestions on how to get speaking credentials for consideration at a larger event, such...
2011-07-21
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Bad Admins: Pocketing Backups
This is part of a series of tips on how bad/rogue admins can get access to the data in your...
2011-07-21
737 reads
Bad Admins: Stealing An Account
Yesterday I posted about manipulating group membership to get access to a SQL Server. Today comes attack vector #2: stealing an...
2011-07-14
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Bad Admins: Attacking via Group Membership
This is a series of blog posts about how administrators can gain access to SQL Server, even if you try...
2011-07-13
1,880 reads
Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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