Cannot connect to SQL Server from PowerShell with domain credentials

Question

I have a problem where I cannot connect to a SQL Server using domain credentials. Using the SA credentials it works and the query runs as expected. But when I use domain cre

Answer 1

You cannot pass username and password as string.

Try something like this -

#$cred = Get-Credential
# this will prompt for username and password, fill them in
# use this in your connection string
$secpwd = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force

$SqlConnection.ConnectionString = 'Server=$SQLServer; Database=$SQLDBName; User ID=$username; Password=$secpwd;'