Asp.NET MVC 4 deployment issues related to LocalDb and SQLExpress - sql-server

I am trying to deploy a Asp.NET MVC 4 app to a third-party host, and encountered some problems while following this tutorial.
The tutorial created 2 New SQL Server Database, and set the Remote connection string of DefaultConnection to one SQLExpress database and that of SchoolContext to another. However, I want to have only one database, so I only created one New SQL Server Database, and used the same connection string for DefaultConnection AND MyAppContext. Would this cause problem?
Right now my app won't publish with the following error. not sure if it stems from this. MyAppUsr comes from a Grant script, Grant.sql, that I developed from this tutorial.
Error 3 Web deployment task failed. (An error occurred during execution of the database script. The error occurred between the following lines of the script: "8" and "11". The verbose log might have more information about the error. The command started with the following:
"CREATE USER [MyAppUsr] "
The login already has an account under a different user name. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=178587 Learn more at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_SQL_EXECUTION_FAILURE.) 0 0 MvcCP
MyAppContext uses LocalDb instead of SQLExpress. The deployment in the tutorial uses SQLExpress. Can I just create a new SQLExpress database and have MyAppContext (LocalDb) "points to" the SQLExpress database?

You must have run the script at least once prior, correct? Because what it is saying is that the user [MyAppUsr] already exists. You will need to drop the user first, then rerun it. ie:
DROP USER [MyAppUsr]
You can embed that into your script, better yet, put a conditional check if exists...

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Calling EnsureDbCreated in Entity Framework Core throws exception "Login failed for user Dev1"

I'm using EF Core in a small test application and I'm trying to create the database in SQL Server 2014 Express. Initially I used Update-Database script to create it and I didn't have any issues but when I tried to do this at runtime with dbContext.Database.EnsureCreated(), it no longer worked. I have checked the credentials for the SQL user multiple times and I'm sure that both approaches use the same. If I use the Update-Database script first, then all the queries work successfully in runtime using the same credentials.
Any idea what I might be missing here?

Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON' - MS SQL Server - possibility of being unable to solve the issue

Why not asking on dba.stackexchange: the description says it is for professionals, which I am not and SO has its "for enthusiasts" part.
I have an error
"Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON'"
This is a common error with several possible reasons and solutions. The problem is that I have no knowledge of the database and server administration and credentials authentication topics, thus I will need to spend some significant time understanding what is being said and proposed.
Before I do that I would like to ask if it might be possible for me not to be able to solve the problem due to technical limitations. I will describe the situation in more detail now.
There is an MS SQL Server A with database Adb and table dbo.At. I can read from it. There is also an MS SQL Server B. I can read and write here.
I have MS SQL Server Management Studio 2012 open on my computer. I have a connection with server A open with query "select * from Adb.dbo.At" which works just fine. The connection used Windows Authentication.
I have a connection with server B (Windows Authentication as well) with query "select * from A.Adb.dbo.At" which results in the aforementioned error.
At this point I do have read access to A, I have read and write access to B. I can export data from A and then import it to B using my computer, i.e. I can do a kind of a copy paste and I will end up having what I want. There is no insurmountable wall between these 2 servers with me being the middle man. I simply would like to make it easier. Before I dwell on SPNs, delegations, Kerberos, Active Directory and whatnot I would like to ask if, assuming that I have nothing more than read on A and read/write on B, I might not be able to solve the issue?
It seems I have a "double hop" problem.
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2008/06/13/understanding-kerberos-double-hop/
I have found a workaround. I can use Server Agent on server B. Using this I can use the server to perform some actions, for example query other servers. The Agent jobs are of a specific type (like T-SQL script). For specific job types the Agent can run the jobs in "run as" mode (requires a proxy). I created a proxy referring to my normal Windows login. Sadly T-SQL script type job cannot be executed in "run as" mode. But PowerShell type job can. PowerShell can also execute SQL statements. Thus I have created PowerShell job running with proxy with the command being:
SQLCMD -Q "select * into Bdb.dbo.Bt from A.dbA.dbo.At" -E
This solved my problem.

My SSIS Package works, but fails as a SSMS job (Error: 0xC0016016)

My SSIS Package works, but fails as a SSMS job (Error: 0xC0016016)
I am posting this question and sharing my solution to this issue as my own question because I didn't see the posed problem match the specific issue I encountered and the answers seemed to be scattered in different forum questions.
Background:
I have four SSIS packages on SQL Server 2012 that import a table from SQL Server 2008 R2, 2008, or 2005, depending on the specific package. I use a designated sql server login and password for the source database and integrated Windows security for the target database.
Within SSIS I am able to run each package without a problem.
To ensure this package ran on a schedule, I set up a SSMS job on the same server as the SSIS package. In Job step properties, I chose: SQL Server Integration Services Package > run as SQL Sever Agent Service Account > Package source: File system).
The Symptom:
When manually running the job to make sure it worked, I got an error and saw this in the Log File Viewer. This was the first of several errors, but as this was chronologically the first error, I looked into this one first.
Error: 2014-10-24 09:52:34.48
Code: 0xC0016016
Source: [Redacted -- the correct name of the table I was importing]
Description: Failed to decrypt protected XML node "DTS:Password" with
error 0x8009000B "Key not valid for use in specified state.". You may
not be authorized to access this information. This error occurs when
there is a cryptographic error. Verify that the correct key is
available.
End Error
I looked up the error code on Google and started looking at resolutions. Rather than retelling how I found the bits and pieces of the resolution, I am presenting an actionable result in sequence -- at least for me and the network infrastructure I'm working with.
In the "properties" panel of the SSIS solution (do this first) and each package in that solution, reset the "ProtectionLevel" attribute to EncryptSensitiveWithPassword and set a password. The package passwords must match the solution password.
Just a double-check, run your packages in debug mode to make sure that no other new issues arise. In my case, I needed to re-enter the sql server password for the source server database.
Rebuild your SSIS solution.
In SSMS, open your job and open the job step properties for the task in question.
Select the "Command Line" tab. A "Package Password" popup appears. Enter the password that you entered in step 1.
Select "Edit the command line manually" and place the same password from step 1 immediately after /DECRYPT.
Repeat steps 4-6 for each job step that runs this type of package.
Press the "OK" button and re-run your job.
I was able to run my job successfully after that.

EF Code first after deployment throws ProviderIncompatibleException

I have a simple EF 5.0 / Code First application developed in VS2012. In development it uses SQL Server CE. However, when I deployed it on a test server, I am getting the following stack of errors:
ProviderIncompatibleException: An error occurred while getting provider information from the database.
This can be caused by Entity Framework using an incorrect connection string.
Check the inner exceptions for details and ensure that the connection string is correct.
ProviderIncompatibleException: The provider did not return a ProviderManifestToken string
SqlException (0x80131904): Login failed for user 'MYDOMAIN\MYSERVER$'
IIS and the database are on the same server (MYSERVER). It's running Win2012, (with IIS 8 and .NET 4.5) and SQL Server 2012.
There are two things in web.config that caught my attention. First, connection string. I generated it from IIS UI; and I used my old connection strings that had "Data Source", rather than server. I used localhost and server name. I created a db user. I read somewhere that the database doesn't exist - so I deleted it. I gave permissions to NT AUTHORITY\NT SERVICE in the database. I probably did some other permutations - but the result is always the same.
The second place was Connection Factory under entity framework section. Apparently, it wasn't changed by Web Deploy; type was still SqlCeConnectionFactory, and parameter was System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0. I saw somewhere that SQL Server was the default - so I deleted it; and when that didn't work, I changed the values to SqlConnectionFactory and System.Data.SqlServer correspondingly - but again, result is the same.
By now I ran out of ideas... Given that I have a problem even when I am reading the data from existing database - I am missing something simple...

What state is my SQL server database in when msdeploy fails on user creation?

I am using msdeploy (version 2) to transfer a database from machine A to machine B.
On in the database on machine A there are some users that do not exist on machine B, thus the transfer (partially) fails with the message:
Error Code: ERROR_SQL_EXECUTION_FAILURE
More Information: An error occurred during execution of the database script.
The error occurred between the following lines of the script: "3" and "5".
The verbose log might have more information about the error.
The command started with the following: "CREATE USER [someDomain\someUser] FOR LOGIN [someDomain"
Windows NT user or group 'someDomain\someUser' not found.
Check the name again. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=178587
The database seems to be transfered, except for the user creation. Does anyone know what state the database is in after this failure?
Is there any way I can transfer the database without the users (or better without specific users) using msdeploy?
Web Deploy uses SMO (SQL Management Objects) to script out and apply the scripts for SQL databases, and exposes most of the SMO settings with the dbfullsql provider (so, most of these options: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.transfer_properties.aspx). If you want to skip the users due to this kind of login-not-exists or user-not-found error, you should be able to do this by adding the scripting option: copyAllUsers=false to the source of the sync. For example:
msdeploy.exe -verb:sync -source:dbfullsql="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Initial Catalog=MySourceDb;User Id=localUser;Password=LocalPass",copyAllUsers=false -dest:dbfullsql="Data Source=RemoteSQLServer;Initial Catalog=MyDestDb;User Id=remoteUser;Password=RemotePass"
Incidentally, I am surprised you note the db appears to have been sync'd - I would expect this is not actually the case. If you have the permissions for it, Web Deploy will create the database if it did not already exist when it initially tries to make the connection, but your failure occurred very early in the script execution, and I believe Web Deploy dbfullsql syncs are transacted by default (the db creation is separate from the script execution and is not transacted). Thus the db may exist where it did not pre-sync, but I wouldn't expect the data to be present in it.

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