Connection string using Windows Authentication

MDC picture MDC · Jan 11, 2013 · Viewed 369.3k times · Source

I am creating a website, but in the database I use windows authentication.

I know that you use this for SQL authentication

<connectionStrings> 
    <add name="NorthwindContex" 
       connectionString="data source=localhost;
       initial catalog=northwind;persist security info=True; 
       user id=sa;password=P@ssw0rd" 
       providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> 
</connectionStrings>

How do I modify this to work with windows authentication?

Answer

heads5150 picture heads5150 · Jan 11, 2013

Replace the username and password with Integrated Security=SSPI;

So the connection string should be

<connectionStrings> 
<add name="NorthwindContex" 
   connectionString="data source=localhost;
   initial catalog=northwind;persist security info=True; 
   Integrated Security=SSPI;" 
   providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" /> 
</connectionStrings>