You can give your users rights to check if reports have run or jobs are complete without granting full admin rights. Here's how you can do so by using SQLAgentReaderRole in SQL Server.

Understanding SQL Server Agent SQL Server Agent is a popular tool from Microsoft for scheduling programs to run on Microsoft's SQL Server database platform.

It is possible to use the SQL Server Agent to execute PowerShell scripts. If you've worked with the SQL Server Agent to run jobs on your server, you already know that whenever you define a job ...

To do this, we’ll use an SQL Server Agent Job. Using SQL Management Studio, create a new SQL Server Agent Job: Fill in the general details and then go to the Steps page to add a couple of steps.

It is possible to use the SQL Server Agent to execute PowerShell scripts. If you've worked with the SQL Server Agent to run jobs on your server, you already know that whenever you define a job ...