Configure MS SQL Server 2005 Rem…

Configure MS SQL Server 2005 Remote Access ( mixed mode )

MS SQL Server 2005 remote
access configuration is different from MS SQL Server 2000. Remote
access to MS SQL Server 2005 with user and password is required and
necessary for any database applications. If MS SQL Server 2005 is
originally configured for windows authentication, configuration for
remote access ( mixed mode or SQL Server authentication ) needs a
little more extra work to get it done.

Here is how to get this done.
 
1. Configuration in
SQL Server Management Studio
 
Click “All Programs” -> Click
“Microsoft SQL Server 2005” -> click “Microsoft SQL
Server Management Studio”
Log in to SQL Server 2005 with windows
authentication or sa user;
Highlight the server and right click
“Properties”;
Highlight “Security”  -> Under “Server
authentication”,  choose “SQL
Server and Windows authentication mode”;
Highlight “Connections” ->
Under “Remote server connections”, 
choose “Allow remote connections to this server”;
 
Click OK to save the settings.
 
2. Configuration in
SQL Server Surface Area Configuration
Click “All Programs” -> Click
“Microsoft SQL Server 2005” -> click “Configuration
Tools” -> click “SQL Server 2005 Surface Area
Configuration”
 
Click “Surface Area Configuration for
Services and Connections” -> click “MSSQLSERVER”
-> click “Database engine” -> click
“Remote connections ” -> Under “Local and remote
connections”, choose “Using TCP/IP only” or other
protocols.
 
Click “Apply” to save the
settings.
 
3. Stop SQL server
and restart SQL server
Use “SQL Server Management Studio” or
Services in Control Panel to stop SQL Server and then restart the
SQL Server. This process is used to initialize the change
settings.
 
4. Test the
changes
a. Create the user through “Security”
-> “Logins” -> “New
Logins…”
 
b. log in with the newly created
user  when
“Authentication”  is “SQL Server
authentication” under local SQL server or under remote SQL
server.
 
If you have any questions or suggestions,
please email me at hong_wei_li@yahoo.com
 
Happy SQLing!