Thanks, I appreciate your guidance. I just wanted to make sure I didn't go ahead and set the 90 up laboriously when there might be a more elegant way....

I think it works when it's a bar chart/column chart but not when it's a histogram. I have tried all day. Does anyone know if it's possible with...

Thanks again. But now I'm concerned about SSIS. After working on upgrading my reports, I am going to be setting up SSIS packages to process an external inbound...

Thanks for your help. I worried about the Visual Studio versions with respect to SSRS than the database versions. Usually SSRS availability lags after a new version of...

Doh! I should have known better because a while back I had to run Internet Explorer as admin to view SSRS reports. It was easier for me to...

Because the "system admin" (related to the boss) doesn't have experience with SQL Server so thinks it's "just another app". She insists SSMS be installed on the server for...

Hooray! I have SQL 2014 installed. I looked in the Windows Registry for any keys that referred to old versions of SQL Server here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall and...

Thanks but I meant I am not allowed to and she won't. Period. So I have to find another way. I am in the process of removing...

Not an option to wipe the server. Only the Network admin can do that and she has the personality of a ferret on double espresso. Does anyone else...

You're right. I knew it was spelled differently than the bird but I was too lazy to look it up.

I'm afraid it usually doesn't work out that way my friend. In my case, the fact that the leaders are very non-technical* translates to expecting a .NET/SQL Server based enterprise...

Erland Sommarskog (7/1/2014)

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pharmkittie (7/1/2014)

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If I had this setup could I deploy to a server in the domain once I was ready to do QA or publish to production? Thanks.

I...

Erland Sommarskog (7/1/2014)

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Now, that is completely crazy! Many Windows admins would say flat no to having a Visual Studio...

Off the top of my head I would say that Windows security is stronger/harder to crack and it's easier to maintain. The experts will need to chime in to...

I found this excellent link that answers part of my original question. At least the part specifying why a .NET developer would need admin rights sometimes.

It's going...