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Transfer Logins Task Editor (Logins Page)

Use the Logins page of the Transfer Logins Task Editor dialog box to specify properties for copying one or more SQL Server logins from one instance of SQL Server to another. For more information about this task, see Transfer Logins Task.

Important

When the Transfer Logins task is executed, logins are created on the destination server with random passwords and the passwords are disabled. To use these logins, a member of the sysadmin fixed server role must change the passwords and then enable them. The sa login cannot be transferred.

Options

  • SourceConnection
    Select a SMO connection manager in the list, or click <New connection...> to create a new connection to the source server.

  • DestinationConnection
    Select a SMO connection manager in the list, or click <New connection...> to create a new connection to the destination server.

  • LoginsToTransfer
    Select the SQL Server logins to copy from the source to the destination server. This property has the options listed in the following table:

    Value

    Description

    AllLogins

    All SQL Server logins on the source server will be copied to the destination server.

    SelectedLogins

    Only logins specified with LoginsList will be copied to the destination server.

    AllLoginsFromSelectedDatabases

    All logins from the databases specified with DatabasesList will be copied to the destination server.

  • LoginsList
    Select the logins on the source server to be copied to the destination server. This option is only available when SelectedLogins is selected for LoginsToTransfer.

  • DatabasesList
    Select the databases on the source server that contain logins to be copied to the destination server. This option is only available when AllLoginsFromSelectedDatabases is selected for LoginsToTransfer.

  • IfObjectExists
    Select how the task should handle logins of the same name that already exist on the destination server.

    This property has the options listed in the following table:

    Value

    Description

    FailTask

    Task fails if logins of the same name already exist on the destination server.

    Overwrite

    Task overwrites logins of the same name on the destination server.

    Skip

    Task skips logins of the same name that exist on the destination server.

  • CopySids
    Select whether the security identifiers associated with the logins should be copied to the destination server. CopySids must be set to True if the Transfer Logins task is used along with the Transfer Database task. Otherwise, the copied logins will not be recognized by the transferred database.