One of my clients came with an issue with SQL Server startup. As per them, they just changed the password of SQL Server Service account using the configuration manager. In this blog we would learn about how to fix Initializing the FallBack certificate failed with error code: 1, state: 20, error number: 0 during SQL startup.
SQL SERVER – Unable to Load User-Specified Certificate [Cert Hash(sha1) “Thumbprint.here”]. The Server Will Not Accept a Connection
While preparing for a security demo, I broke my SQL Server and was unable to start it. In this blog, we would lean about fixing error Unable to load user-specified certificate.
SQL SERVER – Error: 26014 – Unable to Load User-Specified Certificate
After seeing various issues with SQL Server startup problem, I felt that I know almost most of the errors, but I was wrong till someone contacted me with a new error. But I learned that Errorlog is always a good place to start with. SQL SERVER – Where is ERRORLOG? Various Ways to Find ERRORLOG Location. Let us learn in this blog post we are going to learn how to fix unable to load user-specified certificate. Here is what I saw in my client’s machine.
SQL SERVER – Error: 26014, Severity: 16. Unable to Load User Specified Certificate
Recently I was consulting a customer and they had plans to change certificate used by SQL Server. After making changes to certificate, we found that we were not able to start the SQL Server Service. Let us learn about how to fix error 26014 about unable to load User Specified Certificate.
SQL SERVER – Microsoft Certification – SQL Server 2012
Microsoft has recently introduced a few changes in how the certification works. I have tried to simplify the same thing over here. The new certification line is called Microsoft cloud-built Certifications. Let us read more about Microsoft Certification.
The mapping of the certifications is here.
Exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Exam 70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases
Exam 70-463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
SQLAuthority News – Exam 70-433 – MCTS – Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development
I often receive lots of questions regarding how to pass SQL Server Certification exams. I have previously written about the road map over SQL SERVER – Roadmap of Microsoft Certifications – SQL Server Certifications. I have tremendous respect for Microsoft Certification and I enjoy the preparation phase as well as…
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Regular readers of my blog will be aware of my friend who called me few days ago with very a funny SQL Problem SQL SERVER – SSMS Query Command(s) completed successfully without ANY Results. This time, it did not take long before he called me up with another interesting problem,…
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