By Gregg Keizer – Security flaws have a half-life, just like radioactive materials, according to new research unveiled this week at the Black Hat security meetings being held in Las Vegas. Critical vulnerabilities, such as SQL Slammer, Code Red, and the in-the-news Microsoft Windows DCOM Remo

By Susan Harkins – Securing SQL Server is vital to the design of any database system. Learn how to install SQL securely, protect data, and ensure its validity.

SQL Server 2000 security tools are used to scan instances of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) 2000. The tools help detect instances vulnerable to the Slammer worm, and then apply updates to the affected files.

Extend the enterprise data storage functionality of SQL Server 2000 to your desktop, small workgroup, and low-volume Web applications with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000), a data engine built on core SQL Server technology.

Yukon is Microsoft’s codename for the next version of SQL Server, due to be released in 2004. Tim Anderson talks to Euan Garden, Microsoft’s Product Unit Manager for SQL Server Tools.

By Martin J. Garvey – For many companies, disaster recovery means trying to minimize downtime as they try to restore systems and get them back online. A better approach, say experts, is to develop a plan that prevents a disaster from taking down systems in the first place.

By Margie Semilof – Microsoft said next month it will release more information about a reporting-service feature originally designed for Yukon database software, which will be available for SQL Server 2000 by the end of the year.

In this article, the XMLVersion tool is provided to help developers detect which MSXML parsers are installed on a computer and the mode of the installation (that is, Replace mode or side-by-side mode) of each parser.

By Michael Otey – SQL Server provides a host of useful features that many customers aren’t taking advantage of. And when you need to do more with less, that’s almost as good as money in the bank.

by MAK [Muthusamy Anantha Kumar] – A particularly tedious job for Network Administrators is the creation of ODBC DSN on multiple client machine or server for front-end applications. MAK shares a script for creating ODBC DSN (for SQL server) on multiple machines.