SQL Server 2008 has some great new features. One of them is the new auditing capability. Now we can audit at the server, database and table level according to specifications provided by the DBA. We ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: Developers and DBAs using Microsoft SQL Server always look for ways to log events of interest to them as they occur on the server. SQL Server '08 fulfills this need with the ...

SQL Server 2016, the next major release of Microsoft’s flagship database and analytics platform (which is available as a Community Technology Preview [CTP] as of this writing), includes exciting ...

How to protect your database from SQL injection, data theft, rogue users, and well-meaning meddlers without tying your environment in knots Like so much of IT, database security requirements largely ...

I have worked with SQL Server for many years now, back to Sybase SQL Server days and there has always been confusion over Logins and Users. Even though they typically use the same name they are ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part in ...

A few days ago, Microsoft shocked us when it announced that it would soon bring its SQL Server database to Linux. It’ll take until 2017 before SQL Server will be available on Linux, though. Until then ...

Victorian government agencies do not fully know what servers are on their networks, the state's official audit office has found, potentially jeopardising a critical foundation for cyber security. The ...

Windows servers deployed globally support an assortment of applications from inventory to payroll to Web server software. Businesses depend on these servers, which makes stability and security ...