Have you ever found yourself with the need to copy SQL Server logins from one server to another? It'll come in handy if you're setting up a failover site, building a replacement server, setting up a ...

So you decided to set up log shipping in order to establish a failover server, but what's next? Log shipping only takes care of keeping a user database in sync from one server to the other. In the ...

I have worked with SQL Server for many years now, back to Sybase SQL Server days and there has always been confusion over Logins and Users. Even though they typically use the same name they are ...

Users and developers access SQL Server for completely different reasons. So, be sure you set up access as defined by who they are and why they need access. For many database administrators, managing ...

Authentication is a key concept in SQL Server. In this chapter we'll look at the two authentication modes SQL Server supports. In addition, we'll cover all the methods for authentication in this ...

Regardless of the size of your organization, there's always a wide variety of items to keep track of in database systems like SQL Server -- user logins, data access, security protections and more.