SQL Server

Unable to install SQL Server 2019 – SQL Install Error: The MOF compiler could not connect with the WMI server

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The other day I was doing K2 5.5 installation on top of Windows Server 2019 and somehow that install beat all the records in terms of weird issues I run into, and even after re-provisioning server and starting from scratch I had to do resolve quite a few of them. One of those errors (not … Unable to install SQL Server 2019 – SQL Install Error: The MOF compiler could not connect with the WMI server

SQL Server’s Binary Collations

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I was reading up on database engine Always Encrypted feature while preparing for 70-473 exam, and bump into these binary collations which I somehow never heard of before. While configure Always Encrypted one of the choices you have to made is whether to use Deterministic or Randomized encryption (and you have to know the differences … SQL Server’s Binary Collations

SQL Script to switch all currently RO databases to RW mode

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I was doing some testing of K2 databases consolidation process which required me to re-run database consolidation process more than once to re-try it. Unfortunately K2 Database Consolidation Tool leaves all databases in read-only mode if something fails during consolidation process. If you remember K2 used to have 14 separate data bases prior to consolidated DB … SQL Script to switch all currently RO databases to RW mode

SQL Server: new instance installation frozen on “SqlEngineConfigAction_install_startup_Cpu64” step

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I was installing additional new instance of SQL Server 2012 on a machine where other instance was installed earlier. In the process I run into the problem where Setup wuzard just frozen on about 99% on SqlEngineConfigAction_install_startup_Cpu64 step without flagging any errors and making no progress for hours, so that Setup window looks like that all … SQL Server: new instance installation frozen on “SqlEngineConfigAction_install_startup_Cpu64” step