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Target System SQL Database Considerations
Configure SQL Server Database to Contained Database Authentication
The SQL Server database instance on the host where you are installing the target Windchill application must be configured to use ‘contained database authentication.’ Execute the following statement on the SQL Server database instance:
use master
GO
sp_configure 'contained database authentication', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE
GO