Configure computers and accounts

Installation steps:

  1. Join the domain.

  2. Create domain accounts.

Join the domain

Windows authentication is used in this integration for added security. The Entrust nShield HSM solution for Microsoft SQL Always Encrypted enables keys that are associated with one user to be used by other users, providing secure access to a common database.

Both the client computer and the remote server computer must join the same Windows domain.

Create domain accounts

Create the following three Windows domain accounts:

  • <domain>\<SQL Administrator>

  • <domain>\dbuser

  • <domain>\dbuser2