Despite the plentiful information in Books Online and on the official “SQL Server 2000 Security” document Microsoft offers online, setting up a truly secure SQL Server remains a difficult task. In ...

Brien M. Posey is a freelance technical writer who has contributed to dozens of books and is a six-time Microsoft MVP award winner. Many IT professionals live by the maxim that if something isn’t ...

I have been struggling with getting SQL Server 2012 SP2 Express installed. It gets through the installer but fails at the end with the following error. I have made ...

Learn tips for administering SQL Server securely.Of course, you might not have a domain at all. In this case, each server maintains its own SID database of users and objects. If users want access to ...

The next version of SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship database product, will launch on June 1, the company announced today. The release follows Microsoft’s usual round of public previews and release ...