SQL Server 2008 has some great new features. One of them is the new auditing capability. Now we can audit at the server, database and table level according to specifications provided by the DBA. We ...

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In the past, the question of how to perform auditing under SQL Server has had a simple answer: Do it yourself. But now, SQL Server 2000 has eased the burden of auditing by introducing an extensive and ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: Developers and DBAs using Microsoft SQL Server always look for ways to log events of interest to them as they occur on the server. SQL Server '08 fulfills this need with the ...

Microsoft recently published a new version of its service-level agreement (SLA) for Azure SQL Database, adding uptime perks for organizations that use the "Business Critical" tier. If organizations ...

Regulatory compliance is a critical aspect of the IT landscape these days, and the ability to audit database activities showing who did what to which data when is a specific requirement of many ...

However, the Compatibility Level property for that database remains at the release it was upgraded from. For instance, if you copy a SQL 2000 database to SQL Server 2008, the new copy is an upgrade to ...