I've been using SQL Server Express with Windows authentication for many years with no problems. However, for a different application I need to use server authentication. I'm running SQL Server 2008 R2 Express.
Here is what I've done so far in SSMS:
Enabled "SQL Server and Windows authentication mode" in the "Security" section of Server Properties
Created a new server Login with 'public' and 'sysadmin' server roles
Created a new database user with the above login and assigned it db_accessadmin, db_datareader and db_datawriter.
When I try to connect to the server using SSMS and SQL Server authentication I get the "Login failed..." with 18456 error.
I'm definitely providing a correct password.
Is there anything else that needs to be done for the server authentication to work?
Thanks.
It is required to restart SQL Server after enabling the SQL Server authentication mode.