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 ...

During the last few articles, we have covered the basics of working with SQL server using the Server Management Objects (SMO) and PowerShell. We have covered things such as viewing the state of ...

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 ...

Deleting all Data from a SQL Server Database (Part 2) ... as would be the case with only the DataReader and DataWriter database roles. The T-SQL script to determine if the user has ALTER permissions ...

This excerpt from the upcoming book, SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action, introduces the role of service-level agreements (SLAs) as part of a DBA's overall strategy to maintaining reliable ...

There's a very handy new tool from Microsoft called the Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA). The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative ...