Merge pull request #194958 from v-ksreedevan/13Apr-servercred

server credentials

Author: PRMerger8

articles/migrate/add-server-credentials.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The types of server credentials supported are listed in the table below:
 
 Type of credentials | Description
 --- | ---
-**Domain credentials** | You can add **Domain credentials** by selecting the option from the drop-down in the **Add credentials** modal. <br/><br/> To provide domain credentials, you need to specify the **Domain name** which must be provided in the FQDN format (for example, prod.corp.contoso.com). <br/><br/> You also need to specify a friendly name for credentials, username, and password. <br/><br/> The domain credentials added will be automatically validated for authenticity against the Active Directory of the domain. This is to prevent any account lockouts when the appliance attempts to map the domain credentials against discovered servers. <br/><br/>For the appliance to validate the domain credentials with the domain controller, it should be able to resolve the domain name. Ensure that you have provided the correct domain name while adding the credentials else the validation will fail.<br/><br/> The appliance will not attempt to map the domain credentials that have failed validation. You need to have at least one successfully validated domain credential or at least one non-domain credential to start the discovery.<br/><br/>The domain credentials mapped automatically against the Windows servers will be used to perform software inventory and can also be used to discover web apps, and SQL Server instances and databases _(if you have configured Windows authentication mode on your SQL Servers)_.<br/> [Learn more](/dotnet/framework/data/adonet/sql/authentication-in-sql-server) about the types of authentication modes supported on SQL Servers.
+**Domain credentials** | You can add **Domain credentials** by selecting the option from the drop-down in the **Add credentials** modal. <br/><br/> To provide domain credentials, you need to specify the **Domain name** which must be provided in the FQDN format (for example, prod.corp.contoso.com). <br/><br/> You also need to specify a friendly name for credentials, username, and password. It is recommended to provide the credentials in the UPN format, for example, [email protected]. <br/><br/> The domain credentials added will be automatically validated for authenticity against the Active Directory of the domain. This is to prevent any account lockouts when the appliance attempts to map the domain credentials against discovered servers. <br/><br/>For the appliance to validate the domain credentials with the domain controller, it should be able to resolve the domain name. Ensure that you have provided the correct domain name while adding the credentials else the validation will fail.<br/><br/> The appliance will not attempt to map the domain credentials that have failed validation. You need to have at least one successfully validated domain credential or at least one non-domain credential to start the discovery.<br/><br/>The domain credentials mapped automatically against the Windows servers will be used to perform software inventory and can also be used to discover web apps, and SQL Server instances and databases _(if you have configured Windows authentication mode on your SQL Servers)_.<br/> [Learn more](/dotnet/framework/data/adonet/sql/authentication-in-sql-server) about the types of authentication modes supported on SQL Servers.
 **Non-domain credentials (Windows/Linux)** | You can add **Windows (Non-domain)** or **Linux (Non-domain)** by selecting the required option from the drop-down in the **Add credentials** modal. <br/><br/> You need to specify a friendly name for credentials, username, and password.
 **SQL Server Authentication credentials** | You can add **SQL Server Authentication** credentials by selecting the option from the drop-down in the **Add credentials** modal. <br/><br/> You need to specify a friendly name for credentials, username, and password. <br/><br/> You can add this type of credentials to discover SQL Server instances and databases running in your VMware environment, if you have configured SQL Server authentication mode on your SQL Servers.<br/> [Learn more](/dotnet/framework/data/adonet/sql/authentication-in-sql-server) about the types of authentication modes supported on SQL Servers.<br/><br/> You need to provide at least one successfully validated domain credential or at least one Windows (Non-domain) credential so that the appliance can complete the software inventory to discover SQL installed on the servers before it uses the SQL Server authentication credentials to discover the SQL Server instances and databases.