Authentication
This section provides a complete list of the Authentication properties you can configure in the connection string for this provider.
| Property | Description |
| AuthScheme | Specifies the scheme used to authenticate the connection to SQL Server. |
| Server | Specifies the name or network address of the SQL Server instance to connect to. |
| Port | Specifies the network port used to connect to the SQL Server instance. |
| Database | Specifies the name of the SQL Server database to connect to. |
| User | Specifies the authenticating user's user ID. |
| Password | Specifies the authenticating user's password. |
| Domain | Specifies the Windows domain used for NTLM authentication. |
| NTLMVersion | Specifies the version of the NTLM protocol to use for Windows authentication. |
| Encrypt | Specifies whether to enable TLS/SSL encryption for the connection to SQL Server. |