Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

We have our SQL server configured to only allow Windows accounts (i.e. not mixed). However, in some cases we are connecting from non-domain boxes and we want to specify a domain account to connect ...

Finding Connection Strings in .bacpac Files. One of the SQL Server backup file formats used with Azure is .bapac. Traditionally, .bacpac files are viewed through SQL Server Management Studio. However, ...

The SQL Server connection using Azure AD authentication will not be shared when an app is shared. This is similar to how authentication works for Office 365 Outlook, SharePoint and other Azure AD ...

Please note that Integrated Security=false was set in the connection string used above, as the example uses SQL Server Authentication. If Windows Authentication is used, this must be adapted. To ...