--- title: "Microsoft SQL Server Databases" slug: "microsoft-sql-server-databases" updated: 2024-04-16T11:16:12Z published: 2024-04-16T11:16:12Z canonical: "help.mail-and-deploy.com/microsoft-sql-server-databases" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.mail-and-deploy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 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. |