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title: "Microsoft SQL Server Databases"
slug: "microsoft-sql-server-databases"
description: "How to set up a connection to a Microsoft SQL Server database, including the connection details and authentication options available."
updated: 2025-10-07T09:58:25Z
published: 2025-10-07T10:23:36Z
canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/microsoft-sql-server-databases"
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# Microsoft SQL Server Databases

### Introduction

These types of datasources represent the connection to a Microsoft SQL Server database.

### Properties

Microsoft SQL Server Datasources have the following properties: This type of datasource has the following properties:

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Name | The name of this datasource. This does not have to be the name of the database on the Microsoft SQL Server instance. |
| Host | The host (i.e. the IP address or computer name including the instance name) of the Microsoft SQL Server instance to connect to. |
| Use Custom Port | When this setting is enabled, a custom provided port will be used to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server instance. |
| Custom Port | The custom port used to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server instance. This property is only applicable when *Use Custom Port* is enabled. |
| Type | The type of credentials to use to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server instance. |
| Username | The username or windows account name used to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server instance. |
| Password | The password used to connect to the Microsoft SQL Server instance. |
| Database | The name of the database to connect to. |