At present, SQL Server 2008 continues to support two modes for validating connections and authenticating access to database resources: (Windows Authentication Mode) and (SQL Server and Windows ...

Windows Authentication Mode requires the user to be authenticated by NT or Win2K and is the new default for SQL Server 2000. In Mixed Mode, both SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode logins ...

SQL Server 2000 offers two security modes: Windows Authentication Mode and Mixed Mode. Windows Authentication Mode requires the user to be authenticated by NT or Win2K and is the new default for SQL ...

I realized after reviewing the past few posts that I omitted a new piece of functionality introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2. This feature, known as Extended Protection for Authentication (Extended ...