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The sa account renaming is a good idea and it increases security but it cannot stop attackers from their attemptes...
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The sa account renaming is a good idea and it increases security but it cannot stop attackers from their attemptes...

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&quot;you can use the Windows authentication, that would be a great idea, but make sure that you chnage the connection string &quot;<br />
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Rather than auth using the users set up in the database? 
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"you can use the Windows authentication, that would be a great idea, but make sure that you chnage the connection string "

Rather than auth using the users set up in the database?

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Yup. Windows authentication provides additional security, thats why i suggested you to use that. 
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Yup. Windows authentication provides additional security, thats why i suggested you to use that.

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The Windows authentication allows each Windows admin full SQL administrator access. I don't think this is correct in all situations.
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The Windows authentication allows each Windows admin full SQL administrator access. I don't think this is correct in all situations.

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I am receiving a lot of audits for people trying to access the SA account on SQL 2005. It looks to me to be from one IP address. I don't tend to use the SA account, so is this something I can rename or something similar? Would this stop the SA failed audits? I know it's probably a good idea to disable or rename the SA account so any help would be appreciated. 
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I am receiving a lot of audits for people trying to access the SA account on SQL 2005. It looks to me to be from one IP address. I don't tend to use the SA account, so is this something I can rename or something similar? Would this stop the SA failed audits? I know it's probably a good idea to disable or rename the SA account so any help would be appreciated. 

Windows Event Viewer has a lot of 'failure audit' events for failed logins

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