Rob Kerr, MCDBA, MCTS is a Principal Consultant for BlueGranite, a Microsoft Business Intelligence Gold Partner. The views expressed in this blog are his own and are not reviewed or endorsed by BlueGranite or Microsoft.
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Windows Firewall and SQL Server 2008

Recently I've been working on deployments of Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008.  I thought I'd start to post some of the nuances of these new product editions.  One of the first things to encounter is, not surprisingly, security.  Security is always loads of fun ... [More]
Posted:7/21/08, 01:58 by Rob | 0 Comments
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Microsoft BI with Constrained Kerberos Delegation

In a Microsoft BI environment, we very often want to grant data visibility permissions at the datebase level.  The most common way to accomplish this is to use Kerberos delegation.  In Active Directory, delegation comes in two flavors: Constrained and Unconstrained. Constraine... [More]
Posted:5/17/08, 23:40 by keruibo | 0 Comments
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Trouble installing software onto Windows server from a network share

Microsoft’s security focus over the last few years has brought many improvements in the overall level of security.  Along with this level of security also comes an increasing number of hoops to jump through to accomplish simple tasks. Recently I found that it became impossible to ... [More]
Posted:5/2/08, 20:58 by Rob | 0 Comments
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Encrypted e-mail in Outlook for free!

In this article I'll provide some basic guidelines for implementing X.509 PKI-based e-mail encryption that you can implement for free!  The goal for this article is a process you can use with your business associates and/or friends to exchange e-mail securely, with no additional software ... [More]
Posted:4/28/08, 01:28 by Rob | 0 Comments
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