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Microsoft SQL Server Integration

This page walks through the Secoda and Microsoft SQL Server integration that Secoda supports

Getting Started with Microsoft SQL Server

There are three steps to get started using Microsoft SQL Server with Secoda:
  1. 1.
    Create a database user
  2. 2.
    Connect Microsoft SQL Server to Secoda
  3. 3.
    Whitelist Secoda IP Address

Create a Database User

The username and password you’ve already created for your cluster is your admin password, which you should keep for your own usage. For Secoda, and any other 3rd-parties, it is best to create distinct users.
To create a new user, you’ll need to log into the Microsoft SQL Server database directly and run the following SQL commands:
-- Create a user named "secoda" that Secoda will use when connecting to your Microsoft SQL Server database.
CREATE USER secoda PASSWORD = '<enter password here>';
-- Complete this query for any databases you would like Secoda to extract from
GRANT SELECT ON DATABASE <yourdbname> TO secoda;
When connecting to Microsoft SQL Server in Secoda, use the username/password you’ve created here instead of your admin account.

Connect Microsoft SQL Server to Secoda

After creating a Microsoft SQL Server user, the next step is to connect Secoda:
  1. 1.
    In the Secoda App, select ‘Add Integration’ on the Integrations tab
  2. 2.
    Search for and select ‘Microsoft SQL Server’
  3. 3.
    Enter your Microsoft SQL Server credentials
  4. 4.
    Click 'Connect'

Security

VPCs keep servers inaccessible to traffic from the internet. With VPC, you’re able to designate specific web servers access to your servers. In this case, you will be whitelisting the Secoda IPs to read from your data warehouse.
Allow Secoda to read into your Microsoft SQL Server database using 35.175.75.15/32 and 34.230.160.245/32