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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...