How do I set up SQL authentication login?

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Procedure In the SQL Server Management Studio, open Object Explorer. Click Server_instance_name > Security > Logins. Right-click Logins and select New Login. On the General page, in the Login name field, type the name for a new user. Select SQL Server authentication. In the Password field, type a password for the user.

To create this user:1In SQL Server Management Studio, right-click Security > Logins; then select New Login.2Enter the username (for example, papercut).3Change the Server Authentication to SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode.4Enter the user's password.5Disable password expiration.6Click OK.

How do I get SQL authentication?

Right-click the server you wish to modify and then click Properties. Select the Security Page. Under the Server authentication heading choose either the desired authentication: Windows Authentication or SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode. Click OK.

How do I find my SQL Server authentication username and password?

In SQL Server Management Studio Object Explorer, right-click on the server name, click Properties and go to Security page to check the SQL Server Authentication. In this case we can see that it is Windows Authentication mode.

What is my SQL Server authentication?

Connecting Through SQL Server Authentication. When using SQL Server Authentication, logins are created in SQL Server that are not based on Windows user accounts. Both the user name and the password are created by using SQL Server and stored in SQL Server.

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