Authentication question

I have a question about authentication with SQL 2005. I want to create a
group in our Active Directory (Win 2003) and make it a user in MS SQL 2005.
Would users of the AD group then be able to authenticate to the SQL Server
because the group is in SQL Server or not?You need to connect to your instance and create a login principal from the
Security for the mentioned Windows Group and map it to whatever resource
they need to reach.
To achieve this, your SQL Server server also has to be joined to the
mentioned domain.
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"Tom Reis" <reistom@.cdnet.cod.edu> wrote in message
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>I have a question about authentication with SQL 2005. I want to create a
>group in our Active Directory (Win 2003) and make it a user in MS SQL 2005.
>Would users of the AD group then be able to authenticate to the SQL Server
>because the group is in SQL Server or not?
>