Policy Management for Surface Area Configuration in SQL Server 2008

In this video Brian covers how to use policy management to configure the surface area facet condition in a SQL Server 2008 database.

Brian is a SQL Server author, columnist, and MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He currently serves as database administrator / architect at AgFirst Farm Credit Bank where he can focus on his passion: SQL Server. He formerly served as a systems and security architect for AgFirst Farm Credit Bank where he worked on Active Directory, Windows security, VMware, and Citrix. In the technical...

Dharmendrakumar on 1/1/2009

Good demo which shows PBM feature of SQL 2008.

dia on 1/13/2009

top notch explanation; the 2005 interface was obliterated because it was merged into policy managment.

3EAA01C6D4 on 9/2/2009

Love the simplicity of these webcasts in general

Denny Eapen on 9/2/2009

Good stuff

Brian Savoie on 9/2/2009

Love it! Just a touch overly simplistic though.

Dugi on 9/3/2009

Nice and simple presentation!

janet macdonald on 9/3/2009

good new knowledge for me -- I'm still on SQL2005

A666B97A58 on 9/3/2009

The video is easy to follow yet very informative.

Steve Harris on 9/3/2009

Are there other reasons to use the policy manager? Examples would be helpful.

steven on 9/10/2009

This was a good intro for the surface area security. Thanks.

Aamir Ali Ansari on 12/18/2009

Really good for starters.

Robert Johnson on 1/6/2010

Instructor talks too fast and doesn't explain why he's doing certain tasks.

R on 3/4/2010

Simple and useful video.. Thank you..

Chris on 3/7/2010

Short video but a good one. Hope to see more on Policy Based Management

achied on 6/26/2010

great , i luv it

achied on 6/26/2010

great , i luv it

Keith Badeau on 5/3/2011

Extremely helpful video.

Mark Bowen on 1/19/2012

Nice one Brian - thanks

aasim abdullah on 1/19/2012

Great Video

Peter Xu on 1/19/2012

very good.

Rene on 1/19/2012

Completely understood the purpose of this video

Gordon Alley on 1/19/2012

Might have been nice to mention what "surface area" refers to in the SQL Server context.

John O'Sullivan on 1/19/2012

very good demo

shivaprasad on 1/20/2012

Good

Steve Harris on 1/20/2012

Excellent example. Might want to show how to automate this or send results to an operator if there is a problem.

David Hunter on 1/22/2012

Clear and concise - good job !

A4A72D151B on 2/23/2012

pretty straight forward