Home Forums SQL Server 2014 Administration - SQL Server 2014 What is the default sa password? RE: What is the default sa password?

  • January 14, 2014 at 9:09 am

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    Keith Tate (1/14/2014)

    I'm not sure what is being asked now? There is no default password that I know of for every instance. I'm also not sure how strong the password is that is supplied during setup (with Windows only), but why do we care at this point? The advice is to create your own strong password for sa and disable the account if it is not being used.

    Is there something I'm missing?

    I think Patrick noted it. It's set to an empty string if not specified during install. If I remember the install for 2012 correctly, if you do not choose mixed mode, no pwd is entered.

    This is a bad idea. Personally I'd say always choose mixed mode, enter a random password if you don't need it, and then change to Windows only once you complete the install.