I have created a dmoan called prodappaccess and added my prod amesh id to the group prodappaccess. the group prodappaccess has been added to the sql server with db access. i have logged in to the server but not able to connect SQL server, becuase my authenication has been failed. SQL Version: 7 standard edition user name: prodappaccess DB access : public and some db access prodappaccess - Windows domain group some one please let me know resolution.