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Sharepoint Troubleshooting: Connection could be established to application DB server but Mixed mode authentication isn’t enabled

Background

When trying to configure access services in SharePoint 2013 this error appeared: "A connection could be established to the application database server but Mixed mode authentication isn’t enabled"

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Cause:

  1. For configuration of access services in SharePoint 2013 it has to be SQL Server 2012. It won’t work on SQL Server 2008 or R2.

  2. We need to provide the Application database server as SQL Server 2012 only.

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  3. Note that you must have a SQL Server 2012 server to host these Access app databases. These databases don’t need to be on the same SQL Server as the rest of the SharePoint databases.

For a very detailed article on How to configure Access services 2013:

http://www.sp2013blog.com/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=37

See more at:

http://expertsharepoint.blogspot.de/2013/12/error-connection-could-be-established.htm

Note: If you find a different solution, please report it as a comment to this post. This will be useful to the SharePoint Community. Be sure to double-verify it: undo your solution and verify that the problem comes back, then redo it and verify that the problem goes away.

See Also

  1. SharePoint Resources on the TechNet Wiki
  2. SharePoint 2013 Portal
  3. SharePoint 2013 - Service Applications
  4. SharePoint 2013 - Resources for Developers
  5. SharePoint 2013 - Resources for IT Pros