Create a connection asset for Microsoft SQL Server.
Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system.
Supported versions
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Microsoft SQL Server 2000+
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000)
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Create a connection to Microsoft SQL Server
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To create the connection asset, specify these connection details:
Database name You don't have to specify the database. With no database specified, you can import metadata from every database that is available for that connection.
Hostname or IP address
Port number or Instance name If the server is configured for dynamic ports, use the Instance name.
Username and password
Domain name If the Microsoft SQL Server has been set up in a domain that uses NTLM (New Technology LAN Manager) authentication, select Use Active Directory and enter the name of the domain that is associated with the username
and password.
SSL certificate If required by the database server.
For Private connectivity, to connect to a database that is not externalized to the internet (for example, behind a firewall), you must set up a secure connection.
Choose the method for creating a connection based on where you are in the platform
You can use Microsoft SQL Server connections in the following workspaces and tools:
Projects
Data Refinery
Decision Optimization
Notebooks. Click Read data on the Code snippets pane to get the connection credentials and load the data into a data structure. For more information, see Load data from data source connections.