Microsoft SQL Server

In the Database tool window ( View | Tool Windows | Database) , click the Data Source Properties icon .

Select File | Data Sources.

On the Data Sources tab in the Data Sources and Drivers dialog, click the Add icon () and select Microsoft SQL Server.

Check if there is a Download missing driver files link at the bottom of the data source settings area. As you click this link, WebStorm downloads drivers that are required to interact with a database. The IDE does not include bundled drivers in order to have a smaller size of the installation package and to keep driver versions up-to-date for each IDE version.

You can specify your drivers for the data source if you do not want to download the provided drivers. For more information about creating a database connection with your driver, see Add a user driver to an existing connection.

From the Authentication list, select the authentication technology that you want to use. The following options are available:

• User & Password: use your login and password for a database.

• Kerberos: use Kerberos for authentication.

• No auth: connect to database by using connection URL only, no authentication is required.

• Domain credentials: use Windows domain authentication for the connection. For more details about Windows domain authentication, see the Connect to MS SQL server tutorial.

To ensure that the connection to the data source is successful, click the Test Connection link.

(Optional) If you are connecting to a data source that contains a lot of databases and schemas, in the Schemas tab, select the schemas that you need to work with.

Click OK to create the data source.