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SQL Server 2017 Administrator's Guide

You're reading from   SQL Server 2017 Administrator's Guide One stop solution for DBAs to monitor, manage, and maintain enterprise databases

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786462541
Length 434 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
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Preface
1. Setting up SQL Server 2017 FREE CHAPTER 2. Keeping Your SQL Server Environment Healthy 3. Backup and Recovery 4. Securing Your SQL Server 5. Disaster Recovery Options 6. Indexing and Performance 7. Troubleshooting SQL Server Environment and Internals 8. Migration and Upgrade 9. Automation - Using Tools to Manage and Monitor SQL Server 2017 10. Always On High Availability Features 11. In-Memory OLTP - Why and How to Use it 12. Combining SQL Server 2017 with Azure

Authentication and authorization


SQL Server security works in layers. As a first step, SQL Server will perform authentication, where SQL Server is determining who you are and if you can log in. If you're successfully logged on, then SQL Server will perform authorization, determining if you can do what you're trying to do. In the next part of the chapter, we will see how to configure the server authentication, how to work with server objects, and how to assign server-level permissions.

Authentication

SQL Server comes with two authentication modes--SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode and Windows Authentication mode. You can choose the authentication mode during installation and you can always change the mode afterward in the SQL Server configuration, which requires a service restart after the change. The following image gives a good idea of authentication options:

If the Windows Authentication mode is turned on, then SQL Server can use several different principals to evaluate your access...

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