Tag Archives: security
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Can SQL Ids be used on an instance with Windows Authentication only?
2April 11, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; Yes, but. It’s generally considered more secure to have your SQL Server instance set to Windows Authentication and not …
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Mixed feelings over the new truncation error
2March 20, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
As of SQL 2019 CTP2.0 or SQL 2017 CU12 Microsoft has given us a long-awaited addition to the truncation error. …
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Using the Microsoft Authenticator app to log into Azure
Leave a commentFebruary 25, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
So I was trying to work on a blog post about the new truncation error this morning and realized I …
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Why do I (they) own that database?
2February 20, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
Ever looked at the list of databases and wonder why you own one of them? Or why some other user …
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Controlling the firewall for an Azure SQL DB via T-SQL
2January 16, 2019 by Kenneth Fisher
The other day I took a Microsoft Learn course about securing Azure SQL DB. It was really enjoyable and I …
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Dealing with multiple AD accounts
8November 19, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
To help promote the seperation of duties one of the things my company has done is to divide our permissions …
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How do I grant permissions to view users and their permissions?
1September 17, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
tl;dr; VIEW DEFINITION Every now and again you’ll have a user that needs to be able to see what permissions …
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What are my permissions?
1August 16, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
Permissions are a common concern. One of the most frequent requests I get is I need X, Y and Z …
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Balancing Security Concerns.
2July 12, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
I have a presentation I do every now again on security basics that I’m actually quite proud of. One of …
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Be our guest, be our guest, put our database to the test.
3June 25, 2018 by Kenneth Fisher
When I think of the public role I often think of the guest database principal (user) at the same time. …
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