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 Removing Windows Authentication

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muralidaran_r
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Posted - 2009-04-09 : 02:49:44
We have our project installed in client place.

Operating system Windows 2003
Databases on SQL Server 2005

I have backup jobs running daily(owner <servername>\Administrator)
I have mirrored using certificates
SQL services logon as <servername>\Administrator


We want to disable the SQL Server windows authentication login.

I have a plan to remove below logins:

<servername>\Administrator
Builtin\Administrator
<servername>\SQLServer2005MSFTEUser$<servername>$MSSQLSERVER
<servername>\SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$<servername>$MSSQLSERVER
<servername>\SQLServer2005SQLAgentUser$<servername>$MSSQLSERVER


Please help me in finding what side effects I will face if i do this.

Mangal Pardeshi
Posting Yak Master

110 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-09 : 04:05:07
Before doing this, make sure you have atleast one login with sysadmin rights.
Read the - What steps should I take prior to considering removing this group? from follwoing link
http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1017

Mangal Pardeshi
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-09 : 22:26:10
You just can't disable Windows authentication.
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jackv
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2179 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-11 : 08:03:02
If your intention is to disallow all Windows Authentication - manage this through the various Logon\user accounts.

Jack Vamvas
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