I believe you can grant permissions to a specific member of an AD group in a database without granting that permission to the entire AD group in the database.  You...

What is the data types of the original columns: Principal1, BankInterest, TAltrate, PanaltyCharge ?
I think that will help you determine when to do the CAST, for each column or just...

I suppose you could use the Evaluation or Developer edition and check it using sys.dm_db_persisted_sku_features to see if any Enterprise only features are being used in the database.  With the...

You can get a list of common names from sources like the Census Bureau.  They have separate files available for first names by gender, and last names:
https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/1990_census/1990_census_namefiles.html

The main points to consider is how much data is your company willing to loose if there is a failure, and how long is your company willing to wait for...

Sometimes I think the problem is that there are a number of people who seem to lack what I'd consider basic troubleshooting skills.  Those kind of people tend to build...

Maybe I'm off track, but from the OP I get the impression the question is more about how to consolidate down to 4 servers not really just a Management Studio...

It looks like from the OP that Hotel is in the query already, so I'm not sure it makes sense to hit this table again inside the TVF.
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Is it possible to use sys.dm_exec_connections to see what computer they are actually connecting from?  This DMV shows the IP address of the client, or is this also affected by that...