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PI OLEDB Enterprise cannot connect to PI AF? I get a following System Exception: Cannot connect to SQL Server. Please make sure SQL Server 2012 Native Client is installed..
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SQL SERVER - Linked server creation error: OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI11" for linked server returned message "Invalid authorization specification" - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave
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