Give them access to an offline (replica/log-shipped) copy of the site database, hosted on a remote (or other) SQL Server and let them go to town :)
No need to provide access to CAS or primary site databases. Avoid doing that for a number of reasons... Troy L. Martin | Technical Architect 1E | Software Lifecycle Automation for the Digital Business US Mobile: +1 (678) 898-6147 | UK Phone : +44 208 326 9141 troy.mar...@1e.com<mailto:troy.mar...@1e.com> | www.1e.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.1e.com_&d=BQMFAg&c=Ln8c1CLEgbhz4W2FGOnrXYpHvIYN4k_cXHVmsANM4XI&r=zAhc69MwvUId2afOheLZsnttbIFqxDANe5KRT-ZKir4&m=uHdy6p01-w9GZjdBVTraJ5PHeWP6yKoA_xCBrm33uC4&s=lfm9K0cSqM44FHIoBa6p0wzT4MWYkn_0HYGNmWgkATs&e=> Facebook<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.facebook.com_1eglobal&d=BQMFAg&c=Ln8c1CLEgbhz4W2FGOnrXYpHvIYN4k_cXHVmsANM4XI&r=zAhc69MwvUId2afOheLZsnttbIFqxDANe5KRT-ZKir4&m=uHdy6p01-w9GZjdBVTraJ5PHeWP6yKoA_xCBrm33uC4&s=RRWJDZaMGcmivktB58TkvRLoQr1bC6jIDj-MN1oDLlE&e=> | Twitter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_1e-5Fglobal_&d=BQMFAg&c=Ln8c1CLEgbhz4W2FGOnrXYpHvIYN4k_cXHVmsANM4XI&r=zAhc69MwvUId2afOheLZsnttbIFqxDANe5KRT-ZKir4&m=uHdy6p01-w9GZjdBVTraJ5PHeWP6yKoA_xCBrm33uC4&s=6SY99zYqJ1R5pAavjFi-JmFdxUD0lt-n0XwOK-omJcI&e=> | YouTube<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.youtube.com_1enews&d=BQMFAg&c=Ln8c1CLEgbhz4W2FGOnrXYpHvIYN4k_cXHVmsANM4XI&r=zAhc69MwvUId2afOheLZsnttbIFqxDANe5KRT-ZKir4&m=uHdy6p01-w9GZjdBVTraJ5PHeWP6yKoA_xCBrm33uC4&s=XWjlpxF0vI8J3n42uqWMrEXgHphlWI2PD9XZHOHhX8U&e=> | Blogs<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__blogs.1e.com_&d=BQMFAg&c=Ln8c1CLEgbhz4W2FGOnrXYpHvIYN4k_cXHVmsANM4XI&r=zAhc69MwvUId2afOheLZsnttbIFqxDANe5KRT-ZKir4&m=uHdy6p01-w9GZjdBVTraJ5PHeWP6yKoA_xCBrm33uC4&s=tKrxeysyE64idSmjz1G3NP2ojp9RhRdpv1OljUgTbyg&e=> | RSS<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__blogs.1e.com_index.php_feed_&d=BQMFAg&c=Ln8c1CLEgbhz4W2FGOnrXYpHvIYN4k_cXHVmsANM4XI&r=zAhc69MwvUId2afOheLZsnttbIFqxDANe5KRT-ZKir4&m=uHdy6p01-w9GZjdBVTraJ5PHeWP6yKoA_xCBrm33uC4&s=qGt8-ZGt5rG-J3ClWoppG9TfmFKmktUZprrf0vtNjII&e=> [1E events banner]<http://info.1e.com/1e-regional-events> From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Enley, Carl Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 9:45 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] SQL Query question / best practice I am curious is anyone has any thoughts / suggestions surrounding 3rd party applications / tools running queries directly against the SCCM SQL database. In my organization depending upon the company we have a few different asset management systems some are home brewed and others are 3rd party (manage engine) vendors. One of our biggest challenges is keeping all of our inventory / asset management systems in "sync" so to speak. I have been approached by a few different departments / companies that would like to run queries directly against the SCCM SQL instance rather than use any type of built in reports / queries. They would like to automate the export of client information in their home grown tool without changing their process to include running canned reports out of the console or website. I offered to provide subscriptions to those reports they feel would be valuable but was told it would require a change to their current process they were not prepared to make. So my thought is it should be no problem to provide them read only access to the database but my real concern is surrounding performance. I don't want someone running a poorly written SQL query against the database and possibly slowing down the system speed. When I suggested this could possibly happen I was assured by the developers that they are very experienced in writing SQL queries and this would not happen....yadda, yadda, yadda. Thanks for any suggestions. ________________________________ Legal Notice: This email is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not an intended recipient and have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this email or calling +44(0) 2083269015 (UK) or +1 866 592 4214 (USA). This email and any attachments may be privileged and/or confidential. The unauthorized use, disclosure, copying or printing of any information it contains is strictly prohibited. The opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of 1E Ltd. Nothing in this email will operate to bind 1E to any order or other contract.
