Your company has an Active Directory domain with primarily Windows XP and Windows 7 Professional clients that all have Active Directory accounts, but you also have a few Unix clients that do not have Active Directory accounts. Only your Windowsbased clients will need access to your SQL Server. Which authentication mode setting should you select when installing SQL Server?

Your company has an Active Directory domain with primarily Windows XP and Windows 7 Professional clients that all have Active Directory accounts, but you also have a few Unix clients that do not have Active Directory accounts. Only your Windowsbased clients will need access to your SQL Server. Which authentication mode setting should you select when installing SQL Server?

Your company has an Active Directory domain with primarily Windows XP and Windows 7 Professional clients that all have Active Directory accounts, but you also have a few Unix clients that do not have Active Directory accounts. Only your Windowsbased clients will need access to your SQL Server. Which authentication mode setting should you select when installing SQL Server?


Answer – Mixed Mode

(Because all the clients that need access to your SQL Server have Active Directory accounts, you should select Windows Authentication Mode.)