Most have been said, but SQL Server is a tool like many others. Not using it the way it is intended to, what are they expecting then?
Almost any tools will...

imo: For most companies, they will comply only if it will cost less than taking the risk of not doing it.

I would go for the normalized form, whenever possible (it depends applies but it's for exceptions).
Integrity is my main concern plus it's easily extendable without much maintenance overhead, take...

Thank you for sharing me this experience.

You're right there will be exceptions down the road.

Hello, could it be possible to publish what the attacks were, how the setup was done and how to protect from those please? I can't get to any details 🙁 Or maybe...

My definition of "real time" is somewhat different and can vary greatly from place to place.

It's the time I have before the business needs the information.

If they (business) get their...

I'm no manager but I had to screen some DBAs from time to time.

To my eyes, an easy technical question, which if I recall correctly was from Grant Fritchey, was...

I definitely learned something this morning, however I often ask myself "what/how/why that question emerged in the first place in the mind of that person?". What sparkle the idea? Often...

Ok but why does it works like this under the hood? Why 20 minutes? Why on schedule?

msdn web page is not very chatty about it.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-CA/library/ms188924.aspx

I go first with the way the business model works and run.

If a ties occurs, I go with the most easiest way the developer will uses it.

If a ties still...

The real argument is that by taking a layered approach (best practices) to designing and developing your application, the net result is a more scalable and testable application (google layered...

No.

The first time it was discovered, if not by someone who deliberately search to find issues (QA,...

I have not seen this. I suspect it's a query with some hex in it, though the KB mentions a call to a virtual function. They typically don't publish the...

For curiosity and prevention, what does the "special crafted" (as MS says it) query looks like? I often see SQL Instances not patched (not under my control / jurisdiction) so...

Nothing. Otherwise it's data duplication which is another NF violated (DML anomalies). If...