At present, SQL Server 2008 continues to support two modes for validating connections and authenticating access to database resources: (Windows Authentication Mode) and (SQL Server and Windows ...

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 ...

SQL Server lets you disconnect a database from the main server ... Select a server on your network. Set the "Authentication" pull-down list to "Windows Authentication" and click the "Connect ...

or scroll to the bottom half of the page and locate the "Microsoft SQL Server OLE DB Provider" links. Click the "X 86 Package" link to download the provider for a standard 32-bit Windows operating ...

The feature streams transaction log data from a primary database ... release of SQL Server 2012. Still, it has always relied upon access keys or shared access signatures for authentication.

The sample data in SQL is provided by Microsoft's AdventureWorks training database ... as the example uses SQL Server Authentication. If Windows Authentication is used, this must be adapted.