Let’s start by stating I’m not a SQL DBA đŸ˜‰ when it comes to databases, I’m just a user who needs a database for my applications đŸ™‚ Lately, in various environments, we’ve been creating different Ivanti Workspace Control and Automation Manager databases. We simply request an empty database from the SQL department and are assigned DBO rights. Subsequently, we establish a connection to the database from Ivanti Automation Manager (for example) and handle the initial database setup within the application itself.

After initializing the SQL database, the user who performed the initialization can start Ivanti Workspace Control, for example, without encountering any issues. Another user, who has the same permissions (DBO) on the database, is unable to launch the application. The second user is able to access the SQL Database using SQL Management Studio, where they seem to have full control over the database.

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