Documentation

Connecting to databases

Choose a provider, configure your connection, and decide how connections should be reused.

Choose a sign-in method in Library authentication or CLI authentication. The method pages list database and client operating-system support.

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Table of contents

• Choose a database provider
• Configure and register your provider
• Authentication and connection options
• Reuse connections and transactions
• Required and optional configuration
• Connection encryption and defaults
• Connect through ODBC
• Read-only connections
• Connect through OLE DB
• Connect to Analysis Services