How to fix the SQL Server error “Could not connect to database” when installing Umbraco
19 Oct 2017
This video shows you how to fix the error Could not connect to database when you are trying to install Umbraco.
It shows you how to enable mixed mode on your SQL Server instance, allowing Windows Authentication mode as well as SQL Authentication mode.
I hope you find it useful.
Paul Seal
Umbraco MVP and .NET Web Developer from Derby (UK) who specialises in building Content Management System (CMS) websites using MVC with Umbraco as a framework. Paul is passionate about web development and programming as a whole. Apart from when he's with his wife and son, if he's not writing code, he's thinking about it or listening to a podcast about it.
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