You can use SQL to create, modify, search, and display database information. Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server.

I've got a SQL server that I'm reviewing that uses mixed mode authentication. I have an entry in the syslogins table that lists a user with a NULL password, this user is an NTUser that does have ...

Click "SQL Server Management Studio" to open the Connect to Server dialog box. Select a server on your network. Set the "Authentication" pull-down list to "Windows Authentication" and click the ...

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. To ...

I realized after reviewing the past few posts that I omitted a new piece of functionality introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2. This feature, known as Extended Protection for Authentication (Extended ...

Instead of using SQL Server Management Studio to bridge the gap, as used in Azure SQL Database, Microsoft's free SQL Server Data Tools (which can be downloaded here) will be used instead. The improved ...