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Kerberos fails on AG Listener — only from cluster nodes, ticket not generated
Environment: SQL Server Always On AG on top of FCI, Windows Server cluster, domain-joined nodes. Problem: Connections to the AG listener always fall back to NTLM, but only when connecting from the cluster nodes themselves. From any other machine on the…
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Why is SQL AO-AG slower to failover than SQL Mirroring
Encountered problem: Our use-case has 3 x Server 2022 in a topology of a domain controller with two node cluster. This is a SQL Always On AG architecture. The cluster hosts the SQL availability group roles. This is a replacement for the MS deprecated SQL…
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asked 2024-03-08T16:31:28.7933333+00:00
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Anonymous
commented 2026-05-29T09:13:11.97+00:00
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Niklas Engfelt
21
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
NOT BEING ABLE TO INSTALL SQL SERVER IN MY DEVICE
I can't insatall SQL SERVER 2025 , tried all the version and failed on every please help me !!!
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asked 2026-03-29T11:33:41.1366667+00:00
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Arpit Sharma
0
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commented 2026-05-28T15:24:58.0833333+00:00
Arpit Sharma
0
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2 answers
We need to retrieve a SQL 2019 key
We purchased SQL 2019 Standard in 2022 from First Technology Group in South Africa (DG7GMGF0FKX90003). We have recently lost our server after a violent storm resulting in a power surge and now need to re-install SQL 2019 on a new server. We contacted…
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asked 2026-05-17T11:16:50.7766667+00:00
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Charmaine Lindsay
0
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commented 2026-05-28T12:14:48.46+00:00
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Lakshmi Narayana Garikapati
1,315
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Moderator
2 answers
Distribution Cleanup Job Failing Silently in SQL Server 2019 Transactional Replication Causing Distribution DB Growth to 1.5 TB
Hello All, We are facing an issue with SQL Server Transactional Replication where the Distribution Cleanup job has been failing silently, and the distribution database has grown to approximately 1.5 TB, causing severe disk space issues. Environment SQL…
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asked 2026-05-16T08:14:26.1766667+00:00
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Parag Nimbhore
5
Reputation points
commented 2026-05-28T12:13:59.3266667+00:00
Lakshmi Narayana Garikapati
1,315
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Moderator
2 answers
The error was while running the store procedure runs xp_cmdshell to run a batch file
The stored procedure SP_CreateClientDatabase internally uses xp_cmdshell to execute a batch file located at: F:\ECLOUD_DB_Script\CreateDB.bat However, the execution is currently failing with the below error:An error occurred during the execution of…
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asked 2026-05-13T05:50:36.9933333+00:00
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Jeyamani Sekar
20
Reputation points
commented 2026-05-28T06:33:33.94+00:00
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Akhil Gajavelly
1,825
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
Unable to connect anymore to SQL Server..
I used SQL last year for sometime just fine, then recently this month tried getting back to it & suddenly it doesn't work. I might have deleted some files by accident so I uninstalled everything SQL related & installed again. Still not connecting…
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asked 2025-01-23T23:05:50.4266667+00:00
Anonymous
answered 2026-05-27T23:16:48.0533333+00:00
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Deepesh Dhake
0
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1 answer
Create Crystal report error in Programs files folder .
I have a Crystal report which is having a data source from MS SQL server. I am always getting this error when we want to show the report: Unknown Query Engine Error Error in File C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Test.rpt: Unknown Query Engine…
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asked 2025-02-10T13:13:27.78+00:00
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Eduard Kenin
0
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answered 2026-05-27T22:30:11.0366667+00:00
Deepesh Dhake
0
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1 answer
Migration feature on SSMS 22
Hi Expert, I'm running first time Migrate SQL Server feature on SSMS 22 for Database Assessment with 10TB size, this report as below: "Status": "Error", "**AssessmentRecommendations": [],** "Name":…
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asked 2026-05-25T02:27:55.1566667+00:00
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Urbel
605
Reputation points
commented 2026-05-27T07:15:27.3333333+00:00
Akhil Gajavelly
1,825
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
2 answers
Best Practice For Database Access In Blazor MAUI Hybrid App
I'm porting a project from MVC into a Blazor MAUI Hybrid app with the intent to share common components and data. I have a Razor Class Library which does this, but was wondering if I should also put my SQL Server data access in here as well or keep that…
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14,743 questions
asked 2024-04-30T17:24:11.6166667+00:00
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Daniel Kovach
0
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commented 2026-05-25T11:21:18.07+00:00
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Jimmy Arthur
0
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We require clarification regarding Microsoft SQL Server 2025 licensing for our production environment.
Our current environment details are as follows: HCI Cluster Environment Two-node cluster setup Primary and Secondary SQL Server instances SQL Server configured in synchronous replication mode Secondary server intended for failover/disaster recovery…
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SQL Express ODBC Connection
Hi, I am trying to connect UPS WorldShip to a SQL server to pull shipping data. It keeps telling me the connection has failed, this is a replacement server, the old server still connects. I turned off the firewall on the server for testing, I…
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asked 2026-05-13T11:23:01.49+00:00
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Brian Branco
0
Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T05:13:37.3233333+00:00
Lakshmi Narayana Garikapati
1,315
Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
Moderator
1 answer
Mssql Log Shipping Requirement
I want to know about Mssql Log Shipping requirement to make it and the setup in details
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asked 2026-05-04T02:05:32.8966667+00:00
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David Prodata
80
Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T05:06:17.77+00:00
Lakshmi Narayana Garikapati
1,315
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Moderator
0 answers
SQL Snapshot Replication Fails with BCP EOF / NULL Errors (Works in Transactional Replication)
Issue: We have Snapshot Replication on a production server that was working fine but recently started failing with the below error: Agent message code 20037. The process could not bulk copy into table "XXX". Message: End of file…
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asked 2026-04-29T12:20:04.25+00:00
Parag Nimbhore
5
Reputation points
commented 2026-05-18T20:48:34.8733333+00:00
Erland Sommarskog
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4 answers
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SSRS Going Away?
I was informed by my IT department that the next upgrade they are making to upgrade our SQL server will not be supporting SSRS. I couldn't find any information to back-up their claim from Microsoft's website, other than that in SQL Server 2022,…
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asked 2024-04-19T19:31:42.4666667+00:00
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Colin Sachs
85
Reputation points
commented 2026-05-15T18:32:59.75+00:00
Colin Sachs
85
Reputation points
2 answers
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SQL Server temporal tables - storing the user who deleted a row
Hi all; I am going to use temporal tables to keep a full audit trail of all changes to records in my key tables. One thing I have already implemented is each of those key record models implements: public interface IAuditTrail { /// <summary> …
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asked 2023-07-28T14:54:27.87+00:00
David Thielen
3,231
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commented 2026-05-15T16:21:16.3933333+00:00
Erland Sommarskog
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1 answer
How To send mail with attachment from SQL MI
Hi Team, I am using msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail to send mail from sql mi. I need to send this mail with attachment. Since SQL MI does not support file attachment i am looking for the alternatives. I have one https service like https://test/getfile service…
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asked 2024-05-17T08:52:23.3666667+00:00
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Radhakrishnan, Yadu Krishnan (Allianz Technology)
0
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commented 2026-05-15T11:00:49.47+00:00
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Simon Dooley
0
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2 answers
SQL Product Key
I need the SQL product key. I purchased SQL 2019 Standard but can not get to the product key.
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asked 2025-11-18T21:27:27.6133333+00:00
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Adam Poche
0
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recommended 2026-05-12T06:14:07.78+00:00
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Madhavi Taniparthi
0
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Breaking Changes - SQLOLEDB to MSOLEDBSQL/MSOLEDBSQL19 (SQL OLE DB Provider to SQL OLE DB Driver)
Hello. Very much behind the times, one of our clients needs to migrate their applications from using SQLOLEDB to MSOLEDBSQL or better MSOLEDBSQL19 (i.e. the original OLE DB Provider for SQL Server to the latest OLE DB Driver 19 for SQL Server). …
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asked 2022-11-08T10:56:14.397+00:00
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Clive Crocker
66
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commented 2026-05-09T22:20:54.13+00:00
Andrew Jakobs
25
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3 answers
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How to add PDF Ifilter for SQL 2025?
Hi everyone, I am recently facing an issue regard Full-Text indexing in SQL Server 2025. I have installed SQL 2025 with Full-text indexing. Then i install Adobe IFilter. Unlike SQL 2022, i am not able to find any output for pdf when i run the below…
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asked 2026-03-25T08:02:31.93+00:00
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Suresh Sukumaran
20
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answered 2026-05-08T13:29:20.7533333+00:00
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Krespan, William (OMB)
0
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