Configuring Authentication and Auditing

You configure authentication and auditing options with the Security page of the Server Properties dialog box. This page is shown in Figure 6-2.

The Security page options

Figure 6-2. The Security page options

Setting Authentication Mode

SQL Server security is completely integrated with Windows domain security, allowing for authentication based on user and group memberships as well as standard SQL Server user accounts. To use combined authentication, select the SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode option button. Now users in Windows domains can access the server using a domain account, and other users can be logged on using a SQL ...

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