Tag Archives: administration

My SQL Server Service Account Philosophy

Posted on July 23, 2015 by way0utwest

Recently someone sent me a question about service accounts. They weren’t sure how they should go about setting accounts up for various instances and services in their environments. Specifically they asked me about having domain accounts, or accounts separate for … Continue reading →

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No Defaults – T-SQL Tuesday #68

Posted on July 14, 2015 by way0utwest

It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and time for T-SQL Tuesday. This month’s invitation is from Andy Yun, where he asks you to Just Say No to Defaults. This is the monthly blog party started by Adam Machanic, and … Continue reading →

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Does It Count?

Posted on June 19, 2015 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Jan 28, 2011. It is being re-run as Steve is out of town. I wrote a blog recently about downtime and SLAs, and the need to have not only downtime SLAs, but also a … Continue reading →

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Using the DAC with SSMS

Posted on June 11, 2015 by way0utwest

I’m writing this post as a way to help motivate the #SQLNewBloggers out there. Read the bottom for a few notes on structuring a post. While troubleshooting another issue, I needed to connect to SQL Server with the DAC. I … Continue reading →

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