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How to Create the Database Accounts

This topic provides steps for creating database accounts in SQL Server for the Active Directory user or group accounts as described in What Are the Accounts and Groups to Create?. After you create these database accounts, you specify the database permissions for these accounts.

Create these database accounts on the SQL Server to create new logins in SQL Server for each user or group account.

To create the database accounts in SQL Server

  1. Connect to the version of SQL Server that you are running.

  2. In SQL Server, expand SQL Server computer, expand Security, right-click Logins, and then click New Login.

  3. In the Login - New dialog box, in the Login name box, type <domain name>\<account name>, and then click OK.

  4. Repeat this procedure for all remaining accounts you need to create.

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