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The document discusses issues connecting to a SQL Server database from Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7 using SQL Server authentication. Changing the server authentication mode to mixed mode solved the problem. The solution was to use SQL Server Management Studio to change the server properties security setting to SQL Server and Windows authentication, then restart the server. This allowed successful connections from Visual Studio using SQL Server authentication.

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Visual Studio 2010

The document discusses issues connecting to a SQL Server database from Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7 using SQL Server authentication. Changing the server authentication mode to mixed mode solved the problem. The solution was to use SQL Server Management Studio to change the server properties security setting to SQL Server and Windows authentication, then restart the server. This allowed successful connections from Visual Studio using SQL Server authentication.

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 Visual Studio 2010 - Add Connection / Use SQL Server Authentication - fails on Windows 7

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May 05, 2010 08:03 PM

I'm using VS 2010 RTM and SQL Server 2008 on my clean development laptop, running Windows 7 Pro.

Using Visual Studio's Server Explorer, I can easily do an Add Connection by simply right-clicking, and then
completing the dialog, and choosing "Use Windows Authentication".  I can then click the button "Test
Connection".  This works great.

However, if I wish to do an Add Connection, and then choose "Use SQL Server Authentication", I get a
message "Login failed for user 'appSlir'", as shown here:

When I try the same thing on my other development machine, which is VS 2008, SQL Server 2008, and
Windows XP Pro, it works fine.

There seems to be a problem/bug that prevents Add Connection with "Use SQL Server Authentication" to
SQL Server 2008, when running on Windows 7 Pro.

Has anybody else encountered this?  Any thoughts or ideas will be appreciated.   Thanks.

Miyamoto

necro_mancer
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Re: Visual Studio 2010 - Add Connection / Use SQL Server Authentication - fails on Windows 7 Pro
May 06, 2010 07:57 AM

hi there,

pls try to change the Server Name to "localhost". I believe that you do not host your database elsewhere,
do you? Please try to use localhost then and see how you go

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Miyamoto
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Re: Visual Studio 2010 - Add Connection / Use SQL Server Authentication - fails on Windows 7 Pro
May 06, 2010 05:48 PM

necro_mancer,

I really appreciate your help.  I did as you suggested and tried Server Name of "localhost".  Then I tried
Server Name of "(localhost)".  The resulting error messages are shown below.  Can you see any meaning
there?

Here's the first.


And here's the second.
Any thoughts or ideas will be appreciated.  Thanks.

Miyamoto


beharavenkat...
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Re: Visual Studio 2010 - Add Connection / Use SQL Server Authentication - fails on Windows 7 Pro
May 06, 2010 06:03 PM

Just a query, have you checked dual mode (Windows & SQL Authentication) while installing the SQL
Server 2008. If yes then

1:Start->Programs-> SQL Server 2008-> SQL Server Configuration Tools-> MSSQLSERVER10 and click
on TCP/IP and enable it.

2: Right click on SSMS shortcut and run as Adiministrator and logon SSMS with administrator id/password,
select Security tab and click on Logons and check whether appSlir id is present.

3: start->run->services.msc and select MSSQLSERVER and check whether the service is running, if not
then start service, if service is failed then right click and select security and select logon option and enter
your windows authentication and start the service.

Please 'Mark as Answer' if my reply helped you.. 


Nanda


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Re: Visual Studio 2010 - Add Connection / Use SQL Server Authentication - fails on Windows 7 Pro
May 07, 2010 01:15 AM

necro_mancer and beharavenkata -- Thanks for your replies and suggestions, I really appreciate it.  I tried
it all.

The solution turned out to be surprisingly simple:  I had to configure the server for Mixed Mode
Authentication, as follows:

First, in order to use Mixed Mode Authentication for SQL Server 2008, it's required that your passwords,
including sa, must all be "strong", meaning at least 8 chars, and have upper/lower case, numbers, and
special chars, as defined here:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281849.aspx
But the real trick is, instead of using Sql Server Configuration Manager, just use SQL Server Management
Studio 2008.  There, in the upper left panel, right-click on the server, then choose Properties.  Then, in the
left panel, choose Security. Then, in the Server Properties dialog, choose the radio button "SQL Server
and Windows Authentication mode".  Then click OK, then do a restart.
Then everything started working for me.

In VS 2010 I can now successfully use the Server Explorer to easily add a new connection using SQL
Server Authentication.

Miyamoto


necro_mancer
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Re: Visual Studio 2010 - Add Connection / Use SQL Server Authentication - fails on Windows 7 Pro
May 07, 2010 02:24 AM

hi miyamoto,

that is SUPERB. It is good to know that you can resolve the problem :-)

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