SQL Multicast

Connections: Authentication

Connections: Authentication

Last updated 2026-10-21

The Connections editor showing the Authentication setting, SQL Login, with its user name and the Set Password button.
The Connections editor showing the Authentication setting, SQL Login, with its user name and the Set Password button.
  • Integrated — your Windows account. Nothing to store.
  • SQL login — user name and password. Save the password or be prompted each run.
  • Microsoft Entra — uses the default credential flow, which picks up whatever the machine is already signed in with. Other Entra modes are deliberately deferred; see Appendix C.