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Question Apologies in advance if I don't use some terminology correctly here. I'm not a DBA but I've been temporarily forced into the role. I've inherited an application that runs on SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - one instance for PROD and another for TEST. …
Continue readingQuestion A couple years ago we ran into a situation where we were changing the database owner from a DBA's login to sa, and immediately thereafter we received a complaint that the service login (which was NOT the DBA's login) no longer had access to the …
Continue readingMicrosoft docs defines the dbcreator role as: Members of the dbcreator fixed server role can create, alter, drop, and restore any database. But what specific permissions are actually included in that role? If we scroll down in the docs just a little, we’ll …
Continue readingThis guy doesn't have Elvis's password and is still able to impersonate him. As a DBA or SQL Developer, you've surely encountered a scenario where something worked for you, but not for another user. DBAs usually are part of the sysadmin role, or have a …
Continue readingThe latest malware to make the headlines is really interesting to me. It’s a ransomware worm called Petya. Ransomware is particularly interesting to me as a DBA, because DBAs are responsible for keeping data safe, and ransomware is specifically designed to …
Continue readingAaron Bertrand (twitter|blog) recently blogged asking for help to fix a big security loophole. I read the post then, but it was only this morning that I finally got around to REALLY looking at it, thinking about it, and testing it out for myself. Aaron can do …
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