Just Say No!

Most security administrators are eager beavers when it comes to deploying and running antivirus software on any computer they can get their hands on. This includes Microsoft Windows Servers running your SQL Server Database engine. Do not let security administrators scan your database files and make your 2012 Dell xeon with eight cores perform like a 1996 Gateway Pentium 4 single core. I have seen the results of antivirus software scanning the database files while I am trying to execute basic queries. It is extremely painful.   With that said.…

RunAs SSMS VB Script

A seperation of power between a day-to-day user account and a special occasion adminstrator account can be beneficial for a DBA. By usig a less privledge account for daily activities can avoid costly human mistakes. A mistake will be denied due to not having the correct privledges. It is standard to use Microsoft Windows Domain Accounts for daily adhoc queries. A Standard SQL Account is usually used by custom applications to connect and perform work in the database. How does one easily switch from one windows account to another? A…