Manual:$wgDBWindowsAuthentication/en

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<translate> Database settings</translate>: $wgDBWindowsAuthentication
Use Integrated Windows Authentication rather than $wgDBuser /$wgDBpassword combo.
<translate> Introduced in version:</translate>1.23.0 (Gerrit change 105138; git #I25df820)
<translate> Removed in version:</translate>1.35.0 (Gerrit change 550014; git #1aa6cdab)
<translate> Allowed values:</translate>(boolean)
<translate> Default value:</translate>false

Details

Microsoft SQL Server specific configuration setting. If set to true, MediaWiki will use Integrated Windows Authentication rather than ask you to authenticate to your database using the normal $wgDBuser and $wgDBpassword combination.