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Licensing - what is Microsoft's stand on public licensing when it comes to Open Source software?

Published 31 July 8 4:8 AM | SSQA.net

It is a compulsory requirement that you need a license to work/operate a software application. That means it is required for each physical or virtual processor accessed by an operating system environment running such a software. I must admit Licensing...

Filed under: microsoft, community, code, licensing, strategy, policy, open source

SQL Server logins - enforce Password Expiration and policies

Published 7 January 8 1:11 PM | SSQA.net

Here is a quick snippet on enabling a SQL login to password expiration and password policies as per the Windows server: Open the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio. In the left pane, go to the desired server and navigate to the Security folder and expand...

Filed under: sql server, security, windows, BOL, password, best practice, authentication, books online, policy, logins, sql authentication

Error message in the SQL Server Errorlog file after you upgrade SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 on a server that is running Windows Server 2003: "Unable to update password policy"

Published 28 October 7 9:53 AM | SSQA.net

The following pages were recently modified. Source: Knowledge Base Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition & SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition Notification Contents: New and All Modifications Error message in the SQL Server Errorlog file...

Filed under: sql server, security, kba, password, servers, windows 2003, policy