Microsoft SQL Server Databases

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

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.

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