What are user accounts?

User accounts are unique names and passwords used to identify a person or client application that connects to your database. User accounts perform the following functions:

Outside of ArcGIS, you can create user names in SQL Server that contain special characters. These user names must be delimited whenever they are used. ArcGIS will add the delimiter automatically when it is passed to SQL Server; you do not need to provide it when you log in. For example, if your user name is map.user, type map.user, not "map.user" when you log in to SQL Server from ArcGIS. For more information on regular and delimited identifiers, see your SQL Server documentation.

11/14/2016