A desktop database client makes two demands nobody writes down: every laptop has to reach the production network, and every laptop has to hold a copy of every credential. Move the client onto a server next to the data and both demands disappear. The credential lives in one place instead of sixty.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/cevheri/four-problems-you-inherit-the-moment-your-sql-client-runs-on-a-server-424e)