Failover Groups for Managed Instances are a great option to replicate data, but they don’t replicate key instance elements – one of which is logins that live in the master database. If left unchecked, failovers leave systems unable to connect and panic ensues. To alleviate this we’ll look at a script to synchronise logins and […]
Reporting Services deployments aren’t exactly the latest fashion, so any you stumble upon are probably a little dated and in need of TLC. One place to review would be the security. Security in SSRS comes in two flavours: Item level roles are what we’re digging into here. Before we start, it’s worth defining a simple […]
When developing database solutions we’ll typically spend some time considering security requirements, which will result (in part) with database roles being assigned to users or groups of users. Whilst security considerations will likely be focused on what folks can do in our databases, there’s a separate impact on what they can see in them too. I’ve had more than […]
Andy Brownsword 