Tip T108 -Sql Authentication Modes; Extra Reference Links - Cisco TMS SQL DATABASE Configuration Manual

TIP T108 –SQL authentication modes
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When a client connects to a SQL server, it must authenticate to the server with a SQL Login. The server
can be configured in one of two modes for how clients authenticate. Windows Authentication or Mixed
Mode Authentication. Windows Authentication is using accounts from the Windows Server system.
Accounts can be either local or domain users. Mixed Mode Authentication allows Windows
Authentication but additionally SQL Server Authentication where logins can be defined in the SQL server
itself.
When using Windows Authentication, the credentials of the user running the SQL client are
automatically used to authenticate against the SQL server. When using SQL Server Authentication, the
SQL client provides a specified username and password which may differ from those of the user
themselves.
The authentication mode is configured for an entire SQL instance. When installed, an administrator
account named 'sa' is created as the Administrator when using SQL Server Authentication. If installing
with Windows Authentication, local administrators of the Windows Server are automatically granted
administration rights within SQL Server.
Cisco TMS requires the SQL Server be in Mixed Mode Authentication as it uses SQL Server
Authentication to connect to the SQL server.

Extra reference links

Authentication Modes in SQL Server 2000
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