Set Up Database Connection dialog

This dialog is displayed when the product is started, if the local SQL Express service has not been set up in the default way (for example, under a different name, or if it does not allow trusted connections).

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Item Description
Server Name Input box for entering or selecting the name of the server, as advised by the Administrator who configured Microsoft SQL Server on the client machines.
Authentication Drop-down list for selecting the type of authentication, as advised by the Administrator who configured Microsoft SQL Server on the client machines.
Validate Checks that authentication is working for the selected server.
Username Input boxes for entering details supplied by the Administrator who configured Microsoft SQL Server on the client machines.
Password

Setting up local database communications