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    This document provides instructions for creating SQL Server user accounts in SQL Server 2012. It describes using either Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication to set up accounts. The steps outlined include opening SQL Server Management Studio, navigating to the Logins folder, right-clicking to create a new login, selecting the authentication method, providing credentials, customizing options, and clicking OK. Tips are provided such as using strong passwords and assigning permissions after account creation.

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    Creating SQL Server 2012 User Accounts

    How to Add a User to a SQL Server Database


    by Mike Chapple

    Updated March 16, 2017

    SQL Server 2012 provides a wide range of security features designed to protect the
    confidentiality, integrity and availability of data stored in your enterprise databases.
    One of the most important tasks that database administrators perform is the
    implementation of role-based access control that limits the ability of users to retrieve
    and modify data in the database unless they have an explicit business need to do so.

    This requires the identification of individual users through the use of named user
    accounts.

    SQL Server provides two methods for creating database user accounts: Windows
    authentication or mixed mode, which supports Windows authentication and SQL Server
    authentication. In Windows authentication mode, you assign all database permissions
    to Windows accounts. This has the advantage of providing a single sign-on experience
    for users and of simplifying security management. In SQL Server (mixed mode)
    authentication, you can still assign rights to Windows users, but you can also create
    accounts that exist only in the context of the database server.

    Generally speaking, it's best to use Windows authentication mode because it reduces the
    layers of complexity in your environment. By having a single source of user accounts,
    you can be more confident that users who leave the organization are fully deprovisioned.

    However, it's not always possible to meet all of your authentication needs with domain
    accounts, so you may need to supplement them with local accounts designed to work
    only with SQL Server databases.

    CREATING A SQL SERVER 2012 ACCOUNT

    If you need to create a SQL Server account when using mixed mode authentication,
    follow this process for SQL Server 2012:

    1. Open SQL Server Management Studio.


    2. Connect to the SQL Server database where you want to create a login.
    3. Open the Security folder.
    4. Right-click on the Logins folder and select New Login.
    5. To assign rights to a Windows account, select Windows authentication. To
    create an account that exists only in the database, select SQL Server
    authentication.
    6. Provide the login name in the text box. You may use the Browse button to select
    an existing account if you chose Windows authentication.
    7. If you chose SQL Server authentication, you must also provide a strong password
    in both the Password and Confirmation text boxes.
    8. Customize the default database and language for the account, if desired, using the
    drop-down boxes at the bottom of the window.
    9. Click OK to create the account.

    ADVICE FOR ACCOUNT CREATION

    Here are some tips you should follow when creating SQL Server 2012 user accounts:

     Be sure to use a strong password if you are creating a SQL Server login.
     To remove an existing account (using either SQL Server authentication or
    Windows authentication), right-click on the account in the Logins folder, and
    select Delete.
     Creating an account does not create database permissions. The next step of the
    process is to add permissions to the account.

     SQL Server authentication is available only if you have selected mixed mode
    authentication for your SQL Server instance.
     Whatever authentication mode you use, be sure to create accounts and assign
    user privileges with care. Security administration isn't the most glamorous of
    database administration tasks, but it's one that you want to be sure to get right.

    Note: This article applies to SQL Server 2012. If you are using the earlier version SQL
    Server 2008, the procedure is the same, but be aware that Microsoft ceased
    support of SQL Server 2008 in 2014.

    References:

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