>>>>>>Hi,
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>>>>>>I am testing access to a new customer database (not the first time a very similar environment). What happens is when I use Windows authentication (specify in the connection string IntegratedSecurity True) connection works. But when I try SQL Server authentication I get connection error (basically connection denied). For SQL Server authentication I created login and then in the database I created user of the same name. The user has roles: db_datareader, db_datawriter, db_owner. But nothing works. I have double checked the password (I made it very simple 'test') but can't make the SQL Server authentication to work.
>>>>>>What could be missing? TIA.
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>>>>>Could you connect with SSMS using this login?
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>>>>No. I get error "Cannot connect to SERVERNAME" What could it tell me? Thank you
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>>>Connect with SSMS using Windows authentication. Right click on this login and "Properties->Status"
>>>Also make sure that this login has rights on master DB.
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>>No problems there. The Status is Grant permission to connect to database engine and Enabled Login. The login also has rights on master DB. I even created a second login and user, very simple, both name and password are 'test' and still no luck.
>>Anything else I can try?
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>You may not have SQL Server Authentication turned on. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188670.aspx

You are so right! The SQL Server Authentication was not turned on. Thank you.
But now I need to restart the SQL server. How do you do that?
UPDATE. I found how to stop and restart the server.
Now I can connect. Thank you!