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Status Needs more information
Categories Onboarding
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 5, 2024

Support Native Authentication to SQL server databases in jdbc pools

Security teams are asking for zero trust setups when connecting systems to each other. Part of that is wanting to use centralized service accounts instead of local access.


currently, B2Bi is only supported to make SQL server pools with local authentication.

that limitation is quickly becoming prohibitive.

What is your industry? Computer Services
How will this idea be used?

To help the tool work in a way that aligns with modern security expectations.

  • Admin
    Mark Allen
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    Jul 31, 2024

    Thanks for the response. We have a few more questions to ensure we understand the request.

    SFG is a Java based application so we don't have all the components in a Windows environment natively. Today we support Windows Authentication using user/password and a URL to the DB.

    • Can you elaborate on the use case with an end-to-end state diagram?

    • Please describe any other additional components you want involved in this process, i.e. LDAP, Active Directory, etc.

    • A link to any Microsoft documentation would be helpful

  • Guest
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    Jul 24, 2024

    Hi, Thanks for looking into this, I checked with our DB team as well on this, and as per them the standard auth is Windows Auth and every other application is moving from SQL Authentication to Windows one. So we would like to have the same for SFG as well.

  • Admin
    Mark Allen
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    Jul 24, 2024

    Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. I truly value our relationship with you and appreciate your willingness to share details about your experience, your recommendations and ideas.

    I need a little more information to understand your idea. Could you elaborate on "native authentication"? Does this mean LDAP or Windows-based authentication? A link to Microsoft documentation would be helpful.


    I'm looking forward to your response. Once I can develop a clear picture of your request, I'll be able to let you know if we can add your idea to our future offering roadmap.

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