• Question – How to restore lost ‘sa’ password for MSSQL?
• Answer – Start CMD in administrator mode

net stop MSSQLSERVER && net start MSSQLSERVER -m #start in single user mode
sqlcmd
1>ALTER LOGIN sa enable
2>GO
1>CREATE LOGIN NewSA WITH PASSWORD = 'Password@1234';
2>ALTER SERVER ROLE sysadmin ADD MEMBER NewSA
3>GO
net stop MSSQLSERVER && net start MSSQLSERVER #start normally

Then reset the password through the security section

• Tags – MS Sql Sql Server
• Links/related reading
  • https://www.sqlshack.com/recover-lost-sa-password/
  • https://www.wikihow.com/Reset-SA-Password-in-SQL-Server

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