SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part in ...

Call it the great shift for database professionals. Many a “doomer-and-gloomer” has suggested that data professionals may be seeing their roles usurped by automation and skills appropriation to other ...

Application roles have been around forever, but have you really ever implemented them in SQL Server? For that matter, do you really know what they are and how to use them? Here's a quick look. Before ...

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 ...

Learn how to use the Azure Portal to create a cloud-based SQL database with just a few mouse clicks. While the embrace of big data, machine learning, and IoT by business enterprises everywhere may ...