I'm trying to create a symmetric key in SQL Server 2005 and restrict it to just the sa and application user accounts.

I have worked with SQL Server for many years now, back to Sybase SQL Server days and there has always been confusion over Logins and Users.

During the last few articles, we have covered the basics of working with SQL server using the Server Management Objects (SMO) and PowerShell. We have covered things such as viewing the state of ...

Microsoft Purview data governance empowers data owners to author and apply access policies to data sources and assign permissions to users at scale.

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