Today we are extending our look at user accounts by creating database users and then adding them to specific roles for to provide the proper level of access to a database. First thing is first: we ...

SQL Server Security In-Depth: Users and Developers. ... Even then, consider using database-level roles to create "groups" of permissions based on access to specific schema items.

SQL Server’s End of Life Puts the Spotlight on Database as a Service Many IT managers are already looking at the possibility of shifting workloads to cloud service providers . Although larger ...

RLS lets administrators provide row-level access to data based on a user's identity or role. The company released the RLS feature in its Azure SQL Database last week.

In addition to StretchDB and AlwaysEncrypted, there are two more exciting features in the works for SQL Server 2016: dynamic data masking and row-level security. In the case of these two features, ...