Tag Archives: security

SSMS 17.4 Vulnerability Assessment

Posted on March 5, 2018 by way0utwest

SSMS 17.5 is out as of February 2018, but the the Vulnerability Assessment (VA) was released in SSMS 7.4 It seems that the Microsoft tools team is trying to build us better tools that come with the platform. There are … Continue reading →

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Republish: Elevation of Privileges

Posted on March 1, 2018 by way0utwest

It’s another day in the office in the UK and I’m republishing Elevation of Privileges while  I’m stuck in meetings all day.

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Classifying Data with SSMS 17.5

Posted on February 20, 2018 by way0utwest

I upgraded SSMS to 17.5 recently and found an interesting addition. This version has incorporated the ability to classify data. With the GDPR coming for many of us, this is a welcome addition. This is a quick look at this … Continue reading →

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Enabling Guest in a Database–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on February 15, 2018 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. The guest account exists in all your databases. This is installed by default, and guest is used to map … Continue reading →

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