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Feb 18, 2025Copper Contributor
SQL Server Account locked out and password did not match?
Hi I posted this discussion earlier today, but could not find it! Perhaps I did not add a tag? In any case, I am reposting it. We have this situation that a SQL Server account has been having ...
AyushBansal
Microsoft
Feb 19, 2025This error generally occurs when someone tried logging in using this SA account multiple times with wrong password and the password policy is enabled due to which the account gets locked after a certain number of failed login attempts. To solve this, you can either change the password of the account or remove the password policy by disabling the enforce password policy option in the login's properties.