Tag: security

  • Add your OWN server role in DENALI

    Microsoft this week unveiled its newest version of SQL server code named DENALI most probably will be known as SQL server 2011. I have had a bit of play around with the new version and found some of the new features being added to the Database engine. The first coolest thing that I looked at…

  • Use xp_logininfo to retrieve AD group members list

    I was discussing with one of my colleague and during the discussion he told me that he is not able to view the list of members available in a AD group since he dont have permission on AD forest. Normally to retrieve this he will sent the request to the AD team and they will…

  • Change Transfer Schema for all Objects

    In my working environment we will be using different schema for production and development environments. Our development apps are configured to Dev schema and Production apps are configured to Prod schema, so when we restore the db from production to development environment, all our dev apps stopped working since the objects securable will be using…

  • IP Address Blocking or Restriction in SQL Server

    I have seen some questions in forums asking for the answer is it possible to block connections to SQL Server based on IP address. As far as now there is no official way in SQL Server to block the connections in SQL Server based on IP address. However this can be done from the OS…

  • Script to Retrieve Security Information SQL Server 2005 and above

    In my working environment I’ve asked to write a script to find security information which should return Server Logins, Database Logins and object level permissions. I’ve written that and I’m sharing this to you since this could be helpful to you.