GUI Enhancement on Instant File Initialization (IFI) in SQL Server 201
Ability to enable Instant File Initialization during the installation of SQL Server 2016.
2016-05-03
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Instant File Initialization (IFI)
Instant File Initialization
This article describes a way to speed up various file operations performed by SQL Server.
2014-07-10
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The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers