Hi @Kyle Krul ,
The SQL Server version should be at lease SQL 2016, for a business central server instance to connect to and access a database in SQL Server, the server instance must be authenticated by the database, and it supports Windows Authentication and SQL Server Authentication
Please refer to this doc:
Configuring the Business Central Database
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