SQL Server 2005 introduced a means to enforce password and lockout policies for SQL Server login accounts when using SQL Server Authentication. SQL Server 2008 continues to do so. The SQL Server ...

I'm trying to copy an ASP.NET 2.0 application from one environment to another and having some issues.<BR><BR>The main problem is that the ASP.NET 2.0 application uses integrated authentication on both ...

I realized after reviewing the past few posts that I omitted a new piece of functionality introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2. This feature, known as Extended Protection for Authentication (Extended ...

I've got a SQL server that I'm reviewing that uses mixed mode authentication. I have an entry in the syslogins table that lists a user with a NULL password, this user is an NTUser that does have an NT ...

Microsoft has updated its Azure SQL Data Warehouse service with several key new features including Azure Active Directory authentication, eased cloud migration through support for large data rows and ...

Security upgrades lead the list of enhancements for a key storage service on Microsoft's public cloud platform. They come as a response to user feedback. Microsoft has updated its Azure SQL Data ...