You can only create a user with a password in a contained database
If you attempt to create a user in SQL Server and get the following error:
You can only create a user with a password in a contained database
You probably didn’t quite configure your database as you intended. You can use the script below to fix it up (substitute DatabaseNameHere
with your actual database name.
EXEC sp_configure 'contained database authentication', 1 GO RECONFIGURE GO ALTER DATABASE DatabaseNameHere SET containment = PARTIAL GO
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