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17 Questions Every SQL DBA Should Ask Before Supporting a New Third-Party Database
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17 Questions Every SQL DBA Should Ask Before Supporting a New Third-Party Database17 Questions Every SQL DBA Should Ask Before Supporting a New Third-Party Database

Questioning key requirements for a newly-purchased application with it's foundations for data in SQL Sever (any RDBMS actually) is critical to ensure that the security, resources, and all other critical architecture points are addressed before deployment when changes can be made flexibly and without end-user impact. These are the 17 key questions to address before a single piece of hardware is deployed or software is installed.

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