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Asked: 2026-05-26T21:52:06+00:00

I have a SQL 2005 Express database with security configured for Windows authentication on

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I have a SQL 2005 Express database with security configured for Windows authentication on my development machine. Occasionally I need to copy it to a SQL 2008 R2 test server that uses SQL authentication. I’ve tried detaching and attaching the development copy on the test server, as well as restoring a development backup on the test server, but in both cases the SQL account’s role membership and permissions that I had configured previously are lost and I have to reconfigure them.

Is there a way to copy the database to the test server and keep the existing SQL user security configuration intact after restore/attach?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Sure:
    The SSMS GUI has a quick’n’dirty way to copy users: , Tasks, Generate scripts …., select “users”.

    Here’s another alternative:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246133

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