Today I installed Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to install the sample database Northwind. After installing the program, I opened it and at the startup page under "Connect to server" there was a field called "Server name". I am totally new to databases so I couldn't figure out what I should do. I did a quick search on the internet and tried "SQLCMD -L" command in cmd to see available servers but instead, it returned;
;UID:Login ID=?;PWD:Password=?;Trusted_Connection:Use Integrated Security=?;*APP:Ap pName=?;*WSID:WorkStation ID=?;
So it seems like I don't have a database (at least as I understand it so).
Can you help me to install this sample in SMSS?
P.S.: I use Windows 7
To determine the name of the instance of the Database Engine
1-Log into Windows as a member of the Administrators group, and open Management Studio.
2-In the Connect to Server dialog box, click Cancel.
3-If Registered Servers is not displayed, on the View menu, click Registered Servers.
4-With Database Engine selected on the Registered Servers toolbar, expand Database Engine, right-click Local Server Groups, point to Tasks, and then click Register Local Servers. Expand Local Server Groups to see all the instances of the Database Engine installed on the computer displayed. The default instance is unnamed and is shown as the computer name. A named instance displays as the computer name followed by a backward slash () and then the name of the instance. For SQL Server Express, the instance is named \sqlexpress unless the name was changed during setup.
if you want to connect to a local database just type a dot(.) or type (localhost) and click on connect button
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I'm working with ancient software using MS Access components on a Windows Server 2016 (configured as domain controller) Remote Desktop Terminal server (which I cannot circumvent or replace with local installations due to licensing hardware) that requires users to connect to a local SQL Server 2017 Express database.
Normal workflow is this:
User logs in to remote desktop with their own user/domain account
User starts software and uses it until end of workday, then closes software and remote desktop.
Situation now:
Being logged in as Administrator, I have access to the database and I can start the software and 'log in' on the software (using their software's dialog boxes) with the accounts specified in the database (table 'users'). But since we can't have everyone log in to the machine as Administrator (obviously) this is not a workable solution.
Back in the old days...
Back in 2009 when I did the installation of the old Windows 2008 R2 server in 2009 I remember installing SQL Server Express 2008 (?) and being able to run it as a sa user. This caused all connections to be run under this user as well, giving access to the database without problems by each and every (domain) user.
My problem now:
I can't seem to change the access to the database from user-based to a specific fixed user OR the administrator account for that matter. The access to the database is ALWAYS using the credentials of that of the USER.
I only see 2 ways out of this:
I set up some kind of sa-user replacement and run the database as that specific user account.
I give the domain group Personel access to the database in one way or the other.
My question for now:
Which option is best and/or where should I start looking for a solution?
In order to give every Remote Desktop User access to SQL Server via a database admin account, right click on the Server name and select properties. In the Select a page section of the Server properties dialog click Connections. Check the box next to "Allow remote connections to this server". Click OK to close the server properties dialog.
I have been running SQL Express on my local machine as part of a development environment for web development, but due to corporate requirements, recently had to change the computer name to join the new company domain. I also had to change my login/username as part of this process.
Because of this, I am no longer able to connect to my SQL Express instance, which i need to continue development. How can I migrate the existing SQL instance, which I connected to via Windows Authentication?
Let SQL Server engine works with Local System Account
as next:-
Press Window Button + R.
Type services.msc , then click Ok.
Select SQL Server Service , then choose properties.
Go to second tab Log On , then check Local System Account
Hope it helps.
Please try .\SQLEXPRESS instead of YourComputerName\SQLEXPRESS in server name.
I was going to process the cube deployment and found the error.
I changed the target server name from 'localhost' to this,and tried different way but in vain.
Here is the snap from my SSMS
You may have multiple issues going on but the first and foremost is you do NOT deploy SSAS Multidimensional [MDX] models to a SQL Database Engine Instance!
Unless you have a very odd configuration ATI-PC\MSSQLSERVER should point to the default MS SQL Server Database Engine Instance NOT an SSAS MDX instance!
The SSMS screen shot you show is for the local host connection you show is for a Database Engine with SQL Server Authentication (SA), which I would assume the instance is called MSSQLSERVER which is the default instance name.
1) What is your SSAS instance name?
2) Does your windows account have permissions? SSAS doesn't allow for SQL server authentication so it must be windows authentication.
3) Is SQL Browser running?
4) Have you configured SQL Browser to allow for the protocols and to allow connections from both Localhost and ATI-PC(InstanceName)?
to connect to Analysis Services Change the Server Type. When first launching SSMS you can do that via changing server type and then modifying the server name to the appropriate name.
If your SSMS is already open you can select "Connect" drop down and choose Analysis Services.
Check on your SQL Browser Configuration by Launching "SQL Server (Version) Configuration Manager" then step through the different areas as far as how to configure it is somewhat self explanatory and because you are deploying an AdeventureWorks cube I would surmise that the configuration would be earlier in you tutorial you are working on.
I am sure that you have 'SQL Browser' service running in services.msc. Still I doubt your account which you logged in has access to SSAS and also to connect to that underlying SQL Server. Try checking both for the access, if you selected deploy as service account check that account has access in SSAS. If still you have issues trying checking the eventvwr if you are getting any more errors. If it is development box try recycling SSAS services and try deploying?
I had recently installed SQL server 2012 and I used mostly the default settings. Database works fine and I can happily connect using SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) but when I connect to the Integration Services Server I get this message
Connecting to the Integration Services service on the computer
"localhost" failed with the following error: "Access is denied."
By default, only administrators have access to the Integration
Services service. On Windows Vista and later, the process must be
running with administrative privileges in order to connect to the
Integration Services service. See the help topic for information on
how to configure access to the service.
here is the screenshot
I am not sure why but I am the domain admin and have full rights over the server. Also why when I connect from my Desktop it can successfully connect, only if I connect from the server itself which gives me this issues. How do I fix this so that I can make SSMS on the server connect to its Integration Services instance.
As I understand it, User Access Control, or UAC, can basically intercept requests for your group membership so in this case, it appears it was preventing your membership getting passed to SQL Server.
Others have noted in their comments that you may still need to right click and run SSMS as an Administrator.
As noted by an astute observer "This is a quick-fix, not a real solution. People shouldn't just be running stuff as administrator. These security walls are in place for a reason" And I agree. UAC is designed to get Windows users into a Principle of least privilege mindset - only escalate to a powerful account when required. The issue is that SSMS is known to not "play well" with UAC. As I see it, this leaves you with three options
You can turn off UAC and get your work done
Leave UAC on and tell your boss you are unable to work
Write your own query tool that is not affected by UAC
Go to all programs Click on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 folder Right click on SQL Server Management Studio Click on Run as Administrator
This should take care of problem for now. (With this you need to always repeat the same process). To avoid this every time and for a more persistent solution you need to get permission(s). Please do the following process and you should be good.
In previous versions of SQL Server, by default when you installed SQL Server all users in the Users group had access to the Integration Services service. When you install the current release of SQL Server, users do not have access to the Integration Services service. The service is secure by default. After SQL Server is installed, the administrator must grant access to the service.
To grant access to the Integration Services service
Run Dcomcnfg.exe. Dcomcnfg.exe provides a user interface for modifying certain settings in the registry.
In the Component Services dialog, expand the Component Services > Computers > My Computer > DCOM Config node.
Right-click Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services 11.0, and then click Properties.
On the Security tab, click Edit in the Launch and Activation Permissions area.
Add users and assign appropriate permissions, and then click Ok.
Repeat steps 4 - 5 for Access Permissions.
Restart SQL Server Management Studio.
Restart the Integration Services Service.
(Source MSDN)
I hope this will help
Right Click on the Sql Server Management Studio and select Run as Administrator and try to connect
if it is installed on the local instance
You should check to see what user the SSIS Service is running under. Go to Start > Run > Type "services.msc" and scroll down to the SQL Server Integration Services 11.0 entry. Right click and check the properties to find out what user it's running under. The second tab should be the LogOn tab. Since you're just running on a local instance, you can set your user as the LogOn User account and SSIS will have the same permissions that you do.
Lost a day of work on that problem. My package has a .NET script task to copy file from a shared network folder to a local folder and I was stuck with the "access denied" exception every time I tried to execute the package from the server (Through SQL Studio). The package works fine when running locally.
Tried many things picked up here and there and at the end of the day what worked is to create a Job (owner is sa) which execute the package as SSISExecutor.
I have to mention that the file on the network has read access for everyone, and that I still don't understand what was wrong.
I have created an Amazon EC2 Instance that provides Windows Server 2008 with SQL Sever 2008 pre-installed. Now in order to use the SQL Server for creating databases, or restoring backups of the databases that I have on my local machine, I need the "sa" password for SQL Server 2008.
I have tried using the following but with no luck:
sa
password
"blank password"
"same password as the admin password for my EC2 instance"
Could someone please guide me as to how to get started with using the Amazon EC2 Datacenter with respect to the "sa" password.
Thanks
A bit of an update as of 2010-07-01, using a fresh Amazon image of Windows 2008 Datacenter (with SQL Server Express), SQL server was running, but the sa account was neither enabled nor with a known password. Follow these steps to fix it:
Use SQL Server Management Studio to connect to your data base server using Windows Authentication (Administrator user, for instance).
Expand the Security and Logins groups.
Open the sa account.
On the default screen ("General") set a new Password as you see fit.
Select the "Status" screen on the left.
Set the "Login:" option to "Enabled".
Click the OK button.
Right-click the root node (this will name your SQL server) and select Properties.
Select the "Security" screen on the left.
Set "Server authentication" to "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode"
Restart the SQL Server service.
Enjoy your new-found sa access! (finally)
On a fresh Amazon EC2 "small" instance, as of 2010-05-31, the SQL services are disabled by default.
Fix: Enable any service starting with "SQL".
"Start..Administrator Tools..Services".
Select every service starting with "SQL", set the startup type to "Automatic".
Start every service starting with "SQL".
Some services will refuse to start, don't worry about this.
Now, you can go back into "SQL Server Management Studio", and everything will work nicely.
Update
2010-05-31. I tested the instructions above, with a fresh Amazon EC2 instance with SQL Server installed, and everything worked just as I described.
Update
2010-10-07. The real reason Amazon EC2 disables SQL Server, by default, on a small instance is that it doesn't actually have enough RAM to run things properly. I'm not even sure why they installed it in the first place. From bitter experience, I'd recommend that you run MySQL, given the choice, as its faster and lighter, or upgrade to a decent sized instance.
Update
Another reason why SQL is disabled, by default:
I'm pretty sure they they want to avoid being "that" company that lets loose another
"code red" or "sql slammer" worm - #Dan Esparza
RDC to the server under Administrator and connect to MSSQL instance using Enterprise Studio, using trusted connection. Then go to Security and set sa password to what you need it to be.
The short answer for how to get into SQL Server is you must RDP to the server using the Administrator account for that server (not a domain admin) and then connect to SQL using Windows Authentication. From there, you can then enable sa or add any other accounts.
When running the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, make sure you run it as administrator even if you have administration rights.
You could not view the password directly as it would be present under syslogins in an encrypted format.
But, You can reset the pwd.
Login to SSMS with "Windows Authentication" --> Expand "Security--> Logins"
Under "Logins", Select the appropriate LoginName and open the properties window. There you can Provide a new Password to your login.