Some OLE DB Driver for SQL Server APIs use connection strings to specify connection attributes. Connection strings are a list of keyword and associated values; each keyword identifies a particular ...

Below is a cheat sheet for creating SQL Server client connection strings and finding them in common configuration files. Connecting to instances by name, forcing a named pipes connection.

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 ...

It may not be immediately obvious, but you cannot set your own connection string properties when connecting to SQL Server using the built-in SQL Server connector from either Power BI or a modern data ...

Patch Tuesday fixes 137 vulnerabilities, including critical flaws in SQL Server, Netlogon, Office, and the .NET Framework.

Power Apps’ implicitly shared connections are ones that use a fixed credential such as a SQL Server connection string rather than the end user’s specific credentials (e.g., AAD.) The most prominent ...