How to Create Logins for Orphaned Database Users in SQL Server

USE AdventureWorks
GO
EXEC sp_change_users_login 'Auto_Fix', 'UserName', NULL, 'Password';
GO

The above example will create a new SQL Server Login for the given user name and use as a password the given password string.

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