Compare Patch levels across all installed sql instances
This script allows you to compare patch levels across instances.
2021-10-25 (first published: 2021-10-21)
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Installation
SQL Server 2017 Installation Error with KB2919355
Recently I was installing SQL Server 2017 and I could not believe a simple installation took up my whole day. I was installing an instance on one newly built Windows 2012 R2 server. After clicking next a few times, I got an error: a rule failure, for KB2919355. I downloaded the KB2919355 as mentioned in […]
2020-09-14
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Configure SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04 to use Active Directory Authentication
Learn how to get Windows Authentication working on an Ubuntu SQL Server on Linux instance.
2020-09-08
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Install SQL Server from Configuration File with Installation Center
Learn how to build a SQL Server Configuration file from the Installation Center and then use this configuration file for subsequent installations.
2020-05-21
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2018-04-17
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2018-03-19
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2018-03-15
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Installing SQL Server vNext on an AWS EC2 RHEL Instance
The steps required to create an Amazon Web Services EC2 instance and install the latest SQL Server version on the EC2.
2017-03-16
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DBCC CHECKIDENT
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