Hi Everyone,
I've taken over for an IT admin temporarily that "fell off the face of the earth", which is a nice way to put it, and am trying to migrate a specific SQL database that was installed on a workstation and move it to the server. As simple as it sounds, every angle I take to copy, take offline, detach or backup the database gives me a user permissions error.
I'm logged in as AD administrator, can see the database but the only users listed in the LOGIN parameters in SSMS is BUILTIN\USERS\ . Any attempts to add a new login fail upon save (insufficient permissions).
I've been googling this back and forth for a couple of hours and honestly my brain hurts. This is the first time that I'm dealing with a database that is locked up to this extent. Thanks!