When trying to connect to a SQL Server database, there is an option to connect via SQL Server authentication, but the only option I have with Analysis Services is connecting via Azure Active Directory or Windows Authentication (which I don't think I have).
However, every time I enter in my Microsoft user/password it just keeps prompting for it again and again, going in an infinite loop:
How do I actually connect to SSAS from SSMS?
Note:
Authentication type, Active Directory - Universal with MFA support, is recommended.
Follow the offical document(Manage Analysis Services), it works for me.
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Testing SQL queries with large datasets against Azure SQL server may be costly, so it is better for me to test my code against a local server. I would like to create a new local server with "SQL Server authentication" rather than "Windows authentication", and I would like to keep my default local server that uses Windows authentication.
In lack of better phrasing:... is it "common" to have multiple SQL servers with different authentication methods on the same Windows-10 pc ?
If it is "straight-forward" to do this, then please share "how-to", or share better jargon for web searches. I did not find much information on this when googling "create new local server with sql server authentication"
As you may easily catch from the text: I'm not an IT expert...
Yes, you can use at an instance and solely your will to provide the accesses.
where you can use Windows Authentication mode and mixed mode.
More information about Windows Authentication may be found at: Connecting Using Windows Authentication.
We may utilize SQL Server Authentication to solve your problem by passing the user name and password.
I am new to SQL Server, I am planning to build a distributed application in Java for SQL Server. I am curious to know that if there is a way to handle the following scenarios:
UserA logs in on MachineA and chooses Windows authentication as credentials in app. My application's 2nd component is on MachineB (components communicate using RESTful web services) and MachineB has SQL Server installed on it. MachineB has the code to connect to SQL Server.
I want to know what are the steps to make this happen, is it possible to use windows authentication here?
UserA logs in on MachineA and uses Windows authentication, code to connect is on MachineB and SQL Server is on MachineC. What are the required steps here to make this happen, connection string and if I need to make any domain etc.
Assuming all machines are on the same DOMAIN, yes it will work. You may need to configure Kerberos (SetSPN) to make sure the service is trusted. You should check Microsoft® Kerberos Configuration Manager for SQL Server® from Microsoft. If Java is used from a Web site, you will also need to configure a SPN for this service as well. When it's all configured, To connect using Java, your ConnectionString should look like this:
jdbc:sqlserver://localhost;databaseName=AdventureWorks;integratedSecurity=true;
Hope it help.
We have a client who uses MS Access to manipulate data in their SQL Server DB. I know that we can set up SQL Server to authenticate using Active Directory. If we set this up, can they use their AD logins to connect to SQL Server through Access? How?
I tried Googling this, but to no avail. Any links or direction would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Also, please direct me to the correct place, if I should ask this question elsewhere.
Yes this should be pretty straight forward. You can use Windows Authentication to connect to sql server.
When establishing ODBC connection from your Client, The Wizard for connection configuration to SQL Server takes you to a page which gives you options to choose how you want to connect to SQL SERVER. There you can choose to use Windows Authentication or SQL Server Authentication. You can choose the Windows Authentication Option.
Now when a client tries to connect to the SQL Server their windows credentials will be used to authenticate the user. And obviously if they are on a network their AD Account will Authenticate them.
See below a snapshot from ODBC Data Source Administrator wizard when configuring connection to sql server.
I have a website that is backed by a database. I requested a SQL Server login with read/write/execute privileges to be created in our Production environment, and our DBA indicated that a non-interactive service account would be preferred.
Are there any potential issues with using a service account in this manner over a SQL Server login?
According to Microsoft, it is a "best practice" to use a service account (i.e. Windows account) and use SQL logins only for legacy applications that are not able to use Windows accounts (see Microsoft Recommendation).
So, only if your website is based on a non Microsoft technology or not hosted by IIS an SQL login might be the better choice.
At my current employer's we've been using non interactive Windows accounts to connect from our ASP.NET applications to SQL server all the time without any problems. It also makes managing and deploying connection strings easier because you don't have to care about securing them.
If you have an ASP.NET application it's good to add the account under which the IIS app pool runs (or a domain group it's in) as a login on the SQL Server.
However an SQL login might also have the practical advantage to be easier to test with: E.g. you can connect to the server using this account with SQL Management Studio to check if the permissions are sufficient.
I have followed these steps https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/windows/how-to-guides/capture-an-image/ to capture an image of a VM. Used sysprep as mentioned and I was able to replicate the VM. The problem is that when I rdp into the machine, I can't connect to SLQ Server. Login fails for Windows Authentication. Usually this means that the SQL Server is on another domain, but in this case the error is on local machine.
So my question is, how to capture an image of a VM with SQL Server in Windows Azure and ensure that I can login with Windows Authentication at least when deployed?
I don't think you can, I think you will need SQL Server Authentication before sysprep (I haven't tested this), as far as I know this is the same on-premises and not an Azure feature per se...
If you run sysprep on Windows, you shouldn't have any expectations that the current principals provisioned in SQL Server will continue to work. SQL Servers references Windows accounts by their SIDs and running sysprep on Windows will create a new set of SIDs for the Windows account. Therefore, you will have to re-add them to SQL Server as you've discovered.
Adding a solution that worked for me, in case anyone facing same problem and haven't found any working solution.
After creating an Azure VM from the Image based on a generalized VM (sysprep run):
Launch SQL Server Configuration Manager.
Navigate to SQL Server Services.
Right click on SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)->Properties from the right side panel.
Select 'This account:' and enter details of current VM Administrator credentials.
Apply changes and restart SQL Server.
Now, try connecting to the SQL Server. It should work.