Most RecentMost ViewedMost LikesMicrosoft Excel, TLS & SQL Server - Important Considerations First published on MSDN on Sep 27, 2017 BackgroundAs you may know, TLS 1. Login Failed for xxx - Who's Keeps Trying to Connect to my Server? First published on MSDN on May 04, 2017 I recently ran into an issue in which a machine was connecting to SQL and continuously generating a login failure every second. Increasing the Number of SQL Server Error Logs - My Automation Journey - Part 2 First published on MSDN on Feb 09, 2017 In my last post, I discussed how to increase the error logs through the GUI and explained the back end stored procedure that is used to set the value in the registry. Increasing the Number of SQL Server Error Logs - My Automation Journey - Part 1 First published on MSDN on Oct 28, 2016 I recently ran into an issue (will describe it in a follow-up post) in which I needed to review SQL Server Error logs after a weekend of server patching. TCP Port Is Already In Use First published on MSDN on Oct 05, 2016 It's 3 AM on a Saturday morning and you receive that dreaded phone call – "The SQL Server just had maintenance.