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Asked: 2026-05-16T04:58:55+00:00

I have an application that uses a database on SQL Server and I want

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I have an application that uses a database on SQL Server and I want users to connect to that server using integrated windows authentication. The connection string is:

SqlConnection scn = new SqlConnection("Data Source='server name';Initial Catalog=temp;Trusted_Connection=true;Integrated Security=SSPI");

When I run the application from my pc it works just fine and it recognizes my user name. But when I run it from the server then it gives me the following error:

Login failed for user ‘domain\server Name$’.

As I understand it doesn’t recognize the user name and thinks that the user name is the server name.

Any idea how to fix it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The application correctly connects as the server machine account. Processes running as LocalSystem or as Network Service authenticate over the network as the machine, domain\machine$, this is by design, intentional and desired.

    You can grant domain\server$ login rights into SQL as needed. Or you can change the application to run under a different account (I assume the application is a service?).

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