Reference no: EM13977258

Managing Users and Permissions 

For this Critical Thinking Assignment, you will use the SQL Server instance named SQLSERVERCSU and the HandsOnOne database and tables that you created in previous Critical Thinking Assignments. The objective of this project is to practice creating a new SQL Server login, granting and testing server-level and database-level permissions, and enabling or disabling the login.

1. Create a new Windows user account called WinCSU1.
2. Create a new SQL Server login that uses Windows authentication and is mapped to the Windows user WinCSU1. Ensure that the SQL Server login is enabled and granted permission to connect to the SQLSERVERCSU instance.
3. Map the new SQL Server login to a new database user on the HandsOnOne database. Grant the database user the db_datareader role.
4. Test the new SQL Server login by logging on to your computer using the new Windows user account, WinCSU1, which you created in Step 1, and use SQL Server Management Studio to connect to the SQLSERVERCSU instance using Windows integrated authentication. In Object Explorer, confirm that you are able to browse the folders within the HandsOnOne database, but not the AdventureWorks2012 database.
5. You will now test that the database user has read access to all tables in the HandsOnOne database. In SQL Server Management Studio, log on as the WinCSU1 user and open a new Query Editor window. Write a SELECT statement to query all rows in the Customer and Address tables. Document this step by taking a screenshot of the Query Editor window after successfully executing the query.
6. You will now test that the database user does not have INSERT permission to add records to the tables in the HandsOnOne database. Write a SELECT statement to INSERT a new record in the Address table. Document this step by taking a screenshot of the Query Editor window after attempting to execute the query.
7. You will now test that the database user does not have permission to delete records from the tables in the HandsOnOne database. Write a DELETE statement to delete a record from the Customer table. Document this step by taking a screenshot of the Query Editor window after attempting to execute the query.
8. Close SQL Server Management Studio and log off of your computer. Log back on using your usual administrator account and disable the WinCSU1 SQL Server login and the associated WinCSU1 Windows account.
9. Your final step is to compose a one page report that outlines your experience completing this assignment. Which task was the most difficult for you?  Which was the easiest?  Your report should follow the APA format for writing.

After you have completed this Critical Thinking Assignment, submit one MS Word document that contains the three screenshots and the written report. Insert all of the screenshots into the document, label each of them carefully, and include the one page report below the screenshots; then upload this single MS Word document to the assignment page.