Ownership chaining

Stairway to SQL Server Security

Stairway to SQL Server Security Level 7: Security Across Databases with Cross-Database Ownership Chaining

  • Stairway Step

Sometimes you need to reach outside a database and access data and objects from multiple databases, which raises some security issues and increases the complexity of data access. In this stairway level, you’ll learn about cross-database ownership chaining so that you can reach across database boundaries securely.

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2024-05-08 (first published: )

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