com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Login failed for user error troubleshooting shooting tips to the rescue. Read on to find out more. 

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Let’s take a look at how our Support Team is ready to help our customers with several troubleshooting tips to resolve com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.sqlserverexception: login failed for user ‘xxxx’ error.

Resolved: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Login failed for user ‘xxxx’

If you have been running into the following Login failed for user error message while attempting to connect to the database you are in the right place.

com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Login failed for user 'xxxx;

Several of our customers have come across this error message in different scenarios. So, our Support Techs have put together this list of troubleshooting tips to help you get to the root of the Login failed for user error and resolve it.

• To begin with, verify that the SQL Server is in “mixed-mode authentication. We can do this with the following steps:
  • First, right-click on the Server and head to Security.
  • Then, choose the SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode and click OK.
  • Next, restart the SQL Express Service and we will be able to log in with the user and password without running into Login failed for user error.
• If the issue persists, try adding the Windows username to SQL and the Server with these steps:
  • First, we have to create a new login with our Windows username.
  • Then, click Search and enter our name in the box and select Check Names
  • After that, add the user to the server by right-clicking on Server (inside Object Explorer Dialog) and navigating to Permissions > Search > Browse, and selecting our user.
• If we get the message while connecting to SQL DB in Azure, putting the password in single quotes as seen below may resolve the issue:

  mssql -s server.database.windows.net -u user@server -p 'your_password' -d your_db -e
• Alternatively, verify if the port requirements on MSSQL server are fulfilled to avoid the “ com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Login failed for user” error.

Let us know which troubleshooting tip helped resolve the com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Login failed for user error. If you are still having trouble, talk to our experts today.

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled MSSQL Server Support Engineers at Bobcares introduced us to different methods to resolve the com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.sqlserverexception: login failed for user ‘xxxx’ error.