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SQL Server Agent fails to start on Windows Server 2022 due to Application event log policy setting

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cleng-ms
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May 17, 2023
Problem   A customer recently reported that they tried to build a SQL Server running on Windows Server 2022 but found that the SQL Server Agent failed to start. Below is the error popup when star...
Updated May 23, 2023
Version 2.0
SQL Server Agent
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ben-thul
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Aug 31, 2023

Would it be possible to integrate this into the installer such that Agent works out of the box? Expecting everyone who is installing SQL on Win 2022 (which is going to be a growing number over time) to find this post and manually apply a fix feels bad.