Application Roles offer a better, more secure way for users to gain access to SQL Server data. Here's why. They have been around forever, but have you really ever implemented Application Roles in SQL ...

Application roles have been around forever, but have you really ever implemented them in SQL Server? For that matter, do you really know what they are and how to use them? Here's a quick look. Before ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part in ...

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