Comments on: How To: Connect to SQL Server, VS TFS, etc using Windows Authentication when computer is not on Active Directory Domain (XP and Vista!)

By: sam

sam — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:51:06 +0000

Awesome. Thanks. The 'runas' version, at least, also works in Windows 2000. (Yes I know nobody uses that any more… but it's the only Windows OS I have set up in my virtualbox, the 'real' OS is a different platform.)

By: Jonathan Despain

Jonathan Despain — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:42:10 +0000

Awesome tip, just what I was looking for. Thanks!

By: Seb

Seb — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:01:23 +0000

Thanks alot for this, i was able to launch MS SQL Server Management Studio just like if I was on the domain...

When the Mgt Studio loads it still shows my local credentials in the grayed out box, but if I click ok it connects without any problem. Funny thing is that if I load the app with usual runas procedure (right click run as), that doesn't work at all...

Now I just created an icon with the following command:
C:WindowsSystem32runas.exe /netonly /user:domainusername “C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL Server90ToolsBinnVSShellCommon7IDESqlWb.exe”

I get prompted for a password in the dos window and that's it.

Thanks again!

By: Hans Hilzinger

Hans Hilzinger — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:17:42 +0000

Xcellent stuff. I am in exactly this position using windows 7 and the above works just great.

Much appreciated
Hans

By: Piet

Piet — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:52:35 +0000

Brilliant, just what i needed to know!

The XP-trick using \\\C$ doesn’t work with MSSQL 2008 anymore it seems, but the ‘Vista’ approach works very nicely.
Thanks a lot!

By: Adnan

Adnan — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:03:42 +0000

That trick worked fine for Vista and Windows 7 as well. I was getting TFS31004 error before and running the application as the domain user fixed the problem. Thanks.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:00:45 +0000

You’re my hero.

By: David

David — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:23:12 +0000

Thank you, that made life sooo much easier