Question

I’m trying to restrict access to a database on my server to only allow users from a specific Windows group.

I have enabled Windows authentication for the server, but it seems as if I can only allow access to specific users, not specific groups…

Is there any way I can do this?

Most of the resources I’ve found contain SQL Server 2005 specific instructions, and I have thus far been unable to translate them over to 2008.

Answer 1

Do the following:

In the New user Dialog click the Search button.
Then click Object Types.
Select Groups, deselect Users and Built-in Security Principals
Click Ok.
Then click on Find Now

At this point you should see a list of groups available.
Pick the one you want and click OK.

Assign rights as necessary.