Create SQL Server Login

In this article, we will show you the step by step approach to create SQL Server Login using Management Studio, and Transact query. Before we start creating new SQL login, let me show you the list of available logins in our Management Studio

Create SQL Server Login using SSMS

To create a new, please expand the Security folder, and right-click on the SQL Server Login folder to open the context menu. Please select the New Login.. option to create it.

Once you choose the New option, the following window will open. By default, Windows Authentication selected so, let me change the login to SQL Server Authentication.

• Login Name: Please use a unique name for this newly created SQL Server Login. It is the one that you are going to use for the Database Engine.
• Password: Here, you have to specify the password for the above-specified username.
• Enforce Password Policy: If you checkmark this option, your password should follow the standard password policy.
• Enforce Password Expiration: Password will expire after a certain period.
• User Must Change Password at Next Login: When the user signin with this newly created credentials, Server will ask to change the password.

We assigned the name as John and some random password.

Default Database: Here, you have to select the default Database name that you want to assign for this user. For now, we are choosing the default database.

Default Language: You can select the language as per your requirements. For now, we are leaving it default, which is English.

Server Roles: Use this page to assign the Server Roles to this User. We already explained everything about the Server roles in Create Roles. For now, let me select the default Public option.

User Mapping: Use this SQL Server Login page to select the database, and assign database roles to this User. Since we selected the below one as the default database, Login has automatically mapped the user to this database.

Again, We will write a dedicated article to explain each database role. So, for now, let me select the default Public and db_Owner option.

Securables: This page is used to select the Object. Please click on the Search button to search for Objects.

For now, let me select the Server

You can use the Grant, With Grant, and Deny options to grant permissions, or to deny. For now, we are leaving it without any changes.

Status: It has two options:

• Permission to connect to database Engine: If you want to provide, then select Grant; otherwise, choose Deny.
• Login: If you want this user as the Database Manager, select Enabled otherwise, Disabled.

See our newly created Login in SQL Server Management Studio. Please click on the Connect button to connect the Database Engine using John

Please change the Authentication mode from Windows Authentication and provide the Username and Password.

We had successfully logged into the database engine using our newly created login.

Create SQL Server Login using Transact Query

The basic syntax to create SQL login is:

-- Create Syntax
CREATE LOGIN [LoginName] -- This is the User 
WITH PASSWORD = 'provide_password' MUST_CHANGE,
CHECK_EXPIRATION = ON, -- This is Optional
CHECK_POLICY = ON, -- This is Optional
DEFAULT_DATABASE = [Database Name], -- This is Optional
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = [Language Name];-- This is Optional

It will create a new one called Mahesh with default settings.

CREATE LOGIN Mahesh
WITH PASSWORD = 'password'

Run the above query

Messages
--------
Command(s) completed successfully.

It will show our newly created Mahesh

Please go to its properties to see or edit the login properties. As you can see, this log in is pointing to the master database.

It will create a new signing Rob, and his default database, and the default language is English.

CREATE LOGIN Rob
WITH PASSWORD = 'password', 
DEFAULT_DATABASE = [SQL Tutorial], -- This is Optional
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = [English];-- This is Optional

You can see the same in its properties.

The below Sql Server code snippet will create a new login Christy.

• Her password must change when she starts login,
• Password will expire after a certain period.
• Given a password should meet the standard password policy.
• And here, we used the below one as default database, and the default language is English.

CREATE LOGIN Christy
WITH PASSWORD = 'password' MUST_CHANGE, 
CHECK_EXPIRATION = ON, -- This is Optional
CHECK_POLICY = ON, -- This is Optional
DEFAULT_DATABASE = [SQL Tutorial], -- This is Optional
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = [English];-- This is Optional

See the Christy in the section

You can see the properties by going into their properties.

Let me try to connect with Christy

Once you click on the Connect button, SSMS will ask you to enter a new password. It is because we used the MUST_CHANGE in our query. It only happens if you checkmark the User Must Change Password at Next Login option also

Edit SQL Server Login

To edit the existing ones, Please go to the Sql Server Logins folder to select the required name. Right-click on the name and select Properties option.

Use this Properties window, to alter the Server Roles, User mappings, Status, Securables, etc.

Delete SQL Server Login using SSMS

Please go to the Logins folder to select the required name. Right-click on the name that you want to delete and select Delete option from it.

Once you select the Delete option, the below-shown window will open. Click OK to delete the existing SQL Server login.

Delete SQL Server Login using Transact Query

The query to delete the login.

DROP LOGIN Rob

Run the above query

Messages
--------
Command(s) completed successfully.

See that there is no Rob user.