I would advocate that rigorous internal controls and appropriate systems monitoring would greatly reduce one's ability to engage in mischief so IT management here has to take some responsibility for what...

It sounds like Rod is describing 2005 Reporting Services subscription features and the product out of the box enables email and file share subscriptions, but out of the box no...

I have read a few comments that seem a little 'strong' to me but I have to remind myself that this is an imperfect mode of communication and that one...

About all one can ever do is to offer their best professional recommendations and go from there.  It is management's choice to employ that advice or ignore it.   It helps...

Good article.  Social and communication skills are necessary, such as being able to explain to an executive "why anyone cared about the objects in the database". 

Happy Trails and all the best for the future for you three.  Thanks for a great site, great articles and commentary, and a great forum. 

Guess I need to hop...

Good points in the article. 

 My $.02:

The "Two Minute SQL Server Stumpers" have been helpful to me.  One can't know everything about a product (at least I find that difficult).  A lot...

Places I have been have been more than willing to fund a 'library' of recent books, 1 or 2 a month.  Training to acquire new skills is the responsibility of...

My $.02:

That powerful engine known as self interest is the major driver.  Outsourcing IT (or any other function) gives a short-term bump to the financials because the salary and burden moves...

I may not completely understand the question, but I don't have that issue when log shipping.  All of my target server logins are already setup (in master).  Any permission changes...

How about sp_helpdb?

I'm afraid I can't see the humor in it like the other posters seemed to be able to.

Part of the reliability question has to do with how insulated is the primary host site to outage due to loss of power or natural disaster.  Do they have a...

"...people being professional..."

Too many have no idea what it means to be a professional.  Nor is professionalism tied to how and employer treats the employee.   When folks work in a professional manner regardless...

Are there messages in the system event log that might be the hint of a hardware issue?  It might be worth a look.