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All versions of Microsoft SQL Server (not MySQL). Please also add a version-specific tag, like sql-server-2016, since it is often relevant to the question.

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How to uniquely identify SQL instance

I need to find a way how to identify SQL Instance no matter what changes were done to SQL Server and\or Windows Server where it is running, because we're collecting remotely information about instance …
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How to change default database to all logins?

I'm bit new to SQL Server and I'm trying to script out Microsoft SQL Server (2005-2014) post installation activities and I got bit stuck on altering logins. Corporate policy states that none login sho …
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Export SQL Agent jobs with steps and scripts

I recently saw some kind of export of SQL jobs configured under SQL Server Agent that I would like to achieve as well. Unfortunately I don't have any trace to author of that report to ask him\her abou …
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Risk in evicting node from SQL Server cluster without prior uninstalling of SQL Server binaries

I have to perform upgrade of a SQL Server failover cluster with several SQL Server 2005 instances running on two Windows Server 2003. Since the plan is to have servers running Windows Server 2008 and …
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Risk in evicting node from SQL Server cluster without prior uninstalling of SQL Server binaries

Decided to take a risk and test it in production. Took out 2 nodes from 4 node cluster without uninstalling SQL from those and I can confirm for the two weeks of being in this situation I haven't rece …
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