I'm rebuilding our SQL 2000 box and trying to figure out the best way to configure the permissions settings. The first question is whether to use a local or domain account for the SQL service account.

Understand SQL Server Security SQL Server grew out of the UNIX world, and administrators maintained accounts (at that time) in a fashion similar to the "no domain" scenario in Windows. They created ...

How to protect your database from SQL injection, data theft, rogue users, and well-meaning meddlers without tying your environment in knots Like so much of IT, database security requirements largely ...

I am pretty much at a loss here, this should be easy. All I am trying to do is install a simple instance of SQL 2008 R2 Express on a Windows 2K8 x64 Server. No luck. The domain name is COPPER, the ...