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SQL Server 2005 Login Security - CHECK_POLICY and CHECK_EXPIRATION setting, how it affects the password policy?

Published 30 April 8 3:53 AM | SSQA.net

Adding password complexity and password expiration to SQL Server logins is one of best feature I quote for SQL Server version 2005 onwards, similarly such password complexity policies are designed to deter brute force attacks by increasing the number...

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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...

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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

Disaster Recovery: What to do when the SA account password is lost in SQL Server 2005

Published 24 July 7 6:21 AM | SSQA.net

As a DBA you might have come across this situation where you have forgotten the sa password for SQL Server - so what can you do? If you are experienced with such situation then definetly you might have an alternative solution to keep the passwords in...

Filed under: sql server, security, disaster recovery, sa, password, sysadmin, privilege

Alert particular set of users about PASSWORDY EXPIRY policy notification

Published 23 July 7 3:33 AM | SSQA.net

As you may be aware using SQL 2005 version you can set PASSWORD EXPIRY policy that can apply the same complexity and expiration policies used in Windows Server 2003 operating system to passwords used inside SQL Server. This functionality depends on the...

Filed under: sql server, management, security, mail, login, alerts, password, dbmail, expiry