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SQL Saturday #273 Recap

I attended and spoke at SQL Saturday #273 on February 22, 2014. Selfie in @aboutsqlserver session My presentation "SQL Server Security Easy Button" went off without a hitch. My presentation files can be found here . This was the first time the event was held at the University of South Florida's College of Business Building on the main campus in Tampa, FL.  It was an excellent facility for a SQL Saturday. No crowding, no bottlenecks, great classrooms. The atrium in this building provided the perfect place for vendors to setup and for people to network. As usual, an  excellent lunch was provided by Latam's . A  college campus is the perfect venue for a SQL Saturday. They have well-equipped classrooms and it gives students a chance to interact with people who are working the real jobs for which they are studying.  Our event provided another public service. We were able to thaw out several people from the Great White North. Tom LaRock , Allen White , Grant Fri

SQL Saturday #273 Tampa - I'm speaking!

I'll be speaking at SQL Saturday #273 in Tampa on February 22, 2014. If you work in an organization that is finding it increasingly difficult to allow SQL Server DBAs 24x7x365 sysadmin access to your Production servers, then I think you will find my session "SQL Server Security Easy Button" very interesting. Attendees will learn how to define a permission set with a single script that allows database administrators to do routine work without sysadmin permission and how to elevate permissions quickly to respond to production emergencies. Attendees will leave this session with a complete script that provides the minimum necessary access database administrators require to maintain the database server without granting access to business data. In addition, I’ll talk about our real world experience with reduced permissions. I'm looking forward to SQL Saturday #273 in Tampa. Hope to see you there!