3.3. SECURITY
The security model used by Microsoft SQL Server is described in this section.
3.3.1. Client Program Login to SQL Server
The SQL Server Database Engine does not have a GUI as part of the database server. As shown in Figure 3-11, the only way to communicate with the server process is via a “Client Application” program, or a “client,” such as Query Analyzer, an interactive SQL interface program; Enterprise Manager, a DBA GUI; or any other program written using any of the interfaces previously discussed.
Figure 3-11. Microsoft SQL Server (MSS) Client-Server.
For a client application to connect to SQL Server it must use a login and password ...
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