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Description This script generates a list of Logins, Users and the Database Roles that the user belongs to in all the databases in A SQL Server; with a couple of other useful information detailed below. Other benefit: you can use…
Introduction Data security is a critical aspect of database management, and encrypting sensitive data is crucial to safeguarding it from unauthorized access. In SQL Server, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) provides real-time encryption and decryption of the entire database, ensuring the…
In a SQL Server environment, it can be useful to monitor the user activity and track who is connected to the databases, from which machine they are connected, when they connected and what application they are running. In this blog,…
As a SQL Server DBA, I would rephrase the statement as follows: While SQL Server does not keep track of license information, it can provide you with details about the installed edition and version. To ensure proper licensing, it is…
Are you interested in the world of database management? Do you aspire to become a SQL Server Database Administrator (DBA)? In this post, we will explore the primary responsibilities of a SQL Server DBA and shed light on their crucial…
Scenario How to Identify and Store Currently Running Queries in a Table? To retrieve information about currently executing requests on a Microsoft SQL Server database, we can use several Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) to gather information about the status of…
We can take a COPY_ONLY backup of a TDE protected (encryption enabled) database on Azure SQL Managed Instance using the following steps. 1. Connect to your Azure SQL Managed Instance using SQL Server Management Studio or Azure Data Studio2. Check…
The number of tempdb data files in an SQL Server depends on several factors, including the number of logical processors on the server. As a general recommendation, it’s best to have one tempdb data file for each logical processor, up…
Introduction In SQL Server, TempDB is a system database used to store temporary objects, intermediate results of queries, and other temporary data. Over time, TempDB can grow significantly, leading to disk space issues. Shrinking TempDB can help reclaim disk space…
Scenario Troubleshooting host name changes. When the machine name is changed where we have installed SQL Server, all the instances services are started but replication, Jobs, Alerts, Maintenance plans causes errors. Hence we have to rename the instance. Solution To…