SQL Server accounts that aren't protected by systems administrator passwords are vulnerable to a new worm, analysts warn.

Ok, for SQL server 2000, I need to change the account it runs under. I know you need to go to the Enterprise Manager, find the database, right click, properties, choose security tab, and at the ...

They created accounts in SQL Server, and Windows was ignorant of these accounts. SQL Server has continued with this concept, largely for maintaining backward compatibility.

For more information, see Set Up Login Accounts for Database Mirroring or Always On Availability Groups (SQL Server). If [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] is running as a built-in account, such as Local System, ...

SQL Server 2008 continues to do so. The SQL Server polices that can be enforced include password complexity, password expiration, and account lockouts.

Security firms are warning of a new worm spreading fast through Internet-connected SQL Server accounts that aren't protected by administrative passwords.

Microsoft’s first major release of SQL Server in many years includes such sweeping improvements that it’s sometimes hard to see the old SQL Server underneath. Not a single area of the database ...