Chapter 13. Administering SQL Server Security

Important changes have been introduced with SQL Server 2005 to allow a much more effective method of design, implementation, and administration of security across resources and services provided by the SQL environment. Security permissions can be defined on a wide range of objects, from network endpoints that facilitate client communication, to execute permissions on a stored procedure, even down to the cell level within a table. Complex security implementations can be efficiently controlled with granular role-based authorization and database security schemas.

Administering SQL security is a key database administrator task that normally begins immediately following the hardening of the system, and ...

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