Use Microsoft Entra authentication when possible. For more information, see Use Microsoft Entra authentication for authentication with Synapse SQL. To build your connection string using the Azure ...

We have our SQL server configured to only allow Windows accounts (i.e. not mixed). However, in some cases we are connecting from non-domain boxes and we want to specify a domain account to connect ...

for a single database So, if the value for @dbname is null or an empty string, this script will return connection strings for all AGs defined in the current sql session */ declare @dbname nvarchar ...

To test a SQL database connection, you'll need at least four pieces of information: the user name password, database name and endpoint (such as a DNS name or IP address). For this article, we're only ...

Please note that Integrated Security=false was set in the connection string used above, as the example uses SQL Server Authentication. If Windows Authentication is used, this must be adapted.

When you encounter the "Network-related or instance-specific error" in SQL Server, it usually happens when trying to connect to a database, and the ...