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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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
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
738 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
1,202 reads
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
1,881 reads
Gaining Speaker Experience Credentials
One of the things I saw on Twitter yesterday was several folks saying their abstract submissions had been turned down...
2011-06-16
1,909 reads
Speaking at the 2011 PASS Summit
The emails came in today and 2 out of 4 of my sessions were selected. Both are the ones I...
2011-06-15
897 reads
Planning Your Upgrade Well
Yesterday I talked about the importance of having a tested business recovery plan. If you didn't read yesterday's post, the...
2011-06-07
974 reads
The Importance of a Business Recovery Plan
Recently I was in one of those chain restaurants (the middle-priced, sit-down types) and shortly after we got there, we...
2011-06-06
1,904 reads
Re-Focusing the Blog a Bit
In recent weeks I've strayed pretty much all over the map with respect to topics. I have another blog, the...
2011-06-01
755 reads
Project Management: Dedicated vs. Shared Resources
As an infrastructure type person, I typically represent a "shared" resource. What that means is I'm not dedicated to just...
2011-05-13
18,960 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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Question of the Day
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers