On May 25, 2018, European privacy law is going to enforce new global standards for privacy rights, security, and compliance. This new regulation is known as GDPR – General Data Protection Regulations. Lots of users who are using SQL Server often wonder How to make SQL Server GDPR compliance? Before you read this blog post, I suggest you read my earlier blog post about here which explains everything about GDPR. This blog post we will take about Authentication in SQL Server (Windows and Mixed Mode) which is for GDPR Article 25.
SQL SERVER – SQL Vulnerability Assessment – Security Analysis
Microsoft has recently announced a very interesting feature for security of your SQL Server. I really loved this new feature – SQL Vulnerability Assessment. Unlike most of the other V1 features which MS releases, this time I really liked this particular feature. This feature not only provides the assessments but also the solutions.
SQL SERVER – Account Added Automatically in SQL Server Used by SharePoint
Earlier I wrote a blog about DBA doing detective work. SQL SERVER – Why We have an Audit, Trace in DATA Folder? What are These Files?. Now today there is another similar situation where the account is added automatically in SQL Server used by SharePoint.
SQL SERVER – Msg 32055 – sp_refresh_log_shipping_monitor – There Was an Error Configuring the Remote Monitor Server
Since I started consulting, I never had “Monday Blues” because I don’t get any weekends. I am always ready to help without time boundaries. Consulting gives me exposure to the real customer issue, learn more and blog more. This also helps me to see what customers are implementing rather than what Microsoft has provided as features. This blog is an outcome of a consulting where everything was deployed successfully, but project sign-off was pending due to an issue with log-shipping monitoring. In this blog we would learn about fixing error There was an error configuring the remote monitor server.
SQL SERVER – List Users with System Admin (sysadmin) Rights – Part 2
Yesterday I shared a blog post where I discussed how to list all the users with the System Admin (sysadmin) rights. I have received a quite a few emails and comments on this subject. The comment which got the most attention is from SQL Expert Chris Mangrum. He has shared a very interesting script with modification from the original script where he has also included additional permission of Control Server.
SQL SERVER – List Users with System Admin (sysadmin) Rights
One of the pre-requesting of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check is to check if user has necessary system admin rights or not. It is almost impossible to help customer with SQL Server Performance if they do have a DBA who has access to system admin rights.
SQL SERVER – Login Failed. The Login is From an Untrusted Domain and Cannot be Used with Windows Authentication
Many people ask me how is the life as a freelancer, as a consultant? My answer is “life is good, but to get the complete picture, you have to experience it”. There are enough challenges which are thrown at a consultant everyday and resolving them at a rapid pace is the key. Every day is like a closed door where I can’t see what’s going to happen. But trust me… it’s FUN! This blog is an outcome of such “challenge” which was thrown while performing final checks after deployment for a client. We ran into an issue where the SQL cluster was not able to failover to another node. Let us learn about how to fix the error login failed.