To use Windows integrated security, each user who requires access to a report server must have a valid Windows local or domain user account. Or, they must be a member of a Windows local or domain ...

This post was created as an entry point to the entire collection of technical and learning blogs I have posted on Note. With over 700 articles to date, the themes I have covered have expanded ...

We are very excited to announce the public preview of SQL Server Management Studio 18.0. SSMS has been ported to the VS 2017 Isolated Shell, which brings with it many improvements to look and feel and ...

The following points must be considered when you use Windows Authentication to connect to SQL Server: The credentials under which the Web server's process (or thread) is running must map to a valid ...

There are a variety of commercial security tools 1 available to audit Microsoft (MS) SQL Server databases. However, there can be instances when their application is not practical, including: For ...

How effective are free and open source data bases? For answers, we reviewed 6:: Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle's MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby and Firebird SQL. Free or open source ...