I had some earlier toolbar issues that cleared up when I deleted my cookies for SSC.

The toolbars that Luis posted...I can get either one depending on how I last left...

The certificate is for being able to know about the asymmetric key, it's not really like symmetric keys. Does reading through this help clear things up? The last paragraph explains...

Yup...that's what I was saying. Try it with one of the users - add them to the users on your PC using the same case, password, everything. Then add that...

The other computers don't need to install Express. You would typically use SQL authentication when you don't have a domain. Is this an option with ProNest? Otherwise you need matching...

One of the big considerations is that replication to non-SQL Server subscribers is deprecated. How much longer it will be available, who knows. But I'd keep that in mind. It's...

That could be a bit misleading as 8060 is the maximum data size for one record. Paul Randal answers this in the comments on one of his posts:

Inside the...

I've never had something like that written into any contract. You aren't responsible for what they do or change after you are done. It's their databases so they can do...

In control panel, go to Program and Features and find Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client. You can uninstall from there.

Sue

You can't fire off the reports from another report.

The reports for SSMS use the report viewer control so the reports are all rdlc files. They are stored in the file...

Did you check the Windows event logs when it happened? Most likely you can find some things in those logs.

Sue

You could suggest they used a managed hosting service but that would also involve moving the databases. Eventually, someone would have the final say regarding the databases as someone would...

Then maybe they have too many or incorrect users with admin access. Such users could also drop the database so you can't guarantee the databases will be available either. Admins...

Usually it's storage related but what did you do to resolve the issue?

Sue

Did you ever install an RC or CTP version of 2017 on this server?

Also, you may want to go through the installation logs in the setup bootstrap\log directory.

Sue

If it's supported in your environment, a great way to avoid that issue is to use group managed service accounts. You can find some information and the requirements for gmsa...