I am installing SQL server 2000 (standard edition) to support several different 'Administrative' packages I use at work. Namely, Altiris, Mcafee Management Console, OpenManage to name a few. This ...

Despite the plentiful information in Books Online and on the official “SQL Server 2000 Security” document Microsoft offers online, setting up a truly secure SQL Server remains a difficult task. In ...

I don't know whether they were fed up with third-party alternatives, in need of new features, or what, but the Microsoft SQL Server team has jumped into the Web-based reporting fray. SQL Server 2000 ...

For many system administrators, myself included, Perl is the scripting language of choice. Perl is nearly ubiquitous, available for most operating systems in popular use today. Thanks to the free ...