Below the principal hierarchy, SQL Server provides a rich set of functionality for securing data. This chapter discusses the appropriate use of schemas, ownership chaining, impersonation, row-level security, and dynamic data masking.
Note
Row-Level Security and dynamic data masking are new features of SQL Server 2016.
Schemas
Schemas provide a logical namespace for database objects. They also provide a layer of abstraction between objects and their owners. Every object within a database must be owned by a database user. In much older versions of SQL Server, this ownership was direct. In other words, a user named ...
