[AccessD] Using Windows Authentication with Access/SQL Apps

Dan Waters dwaters at usinternet.com
Tue Nov 25 12:46:28 CST 2008


Thanks Drew - I'll look that up.

-----Original Message-----


There's a thread just a week or so ago with the subject 'Active
Directory Authentication or Lookup for ...' has some good points.  In
addition to what was posted in that thread, your SQL Server, if it is
using NT authentication, you shouldn't have to do anything special for
your users to connect to linked tables, because it should be
automatically using their logged in credentials.

Drew

-----Original Message-----

I'm working on upsizing one of my customers to SQL.  They have asked if
we could eliminate the Access workgroup username and password login that
I currently use (mostly just so the database knows who is logging in).

With SQL using Windows Authentication, my Access app could simply pick
up on the current username and go from there, without going through an
additional username and password entry.

Has anyone done this?  Any pros, cons, or gotchas?

Thanks!
Dan




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