⟩ How To Change a Login Name in MS SQL Server?
If you want to change a login name, you can use the "ALTER LOGIN" statement as shown in this tutorial example:
-- Login with "sa"
-- Change login name
ALTER LOGIN ggl_Login WITH NAME = Dba_Login;
GO
-- View login names
SELECT name, sid, type, type_desc FROM sys.server_principals
WHERE type = 'S';
GO
name sid type type_desc-------- ----------------------------------- ---- ---------
sa 0x01 S SQL_LOGIN
ggl_DBA 0x348AF32B3B58CB40B67A5F5B7086B96E S SQL_LOGIN
Dba_Login 0x5EB8701EAEBAA74F86FCF5BD8E37B8C5 S SQL_LOGIN
