Installation of 'Visual C++ Redistributable 2012 Update 4' for Teradata connector

Question

Hi,

I am trying to establish connectivity from data factory to Teradata vantage. I have created self hosted integration runtime on window 2019 server. I am following steps mentioned in the following Microsoft document https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/connector-teradata?tabs=data-factory.

As per the document, one of the Prerequisites is installing the 'Visual C++ Redistributable 2012 Update 4" . According the below document it is compatible with following Operating Systems
"Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows XP"

Link for operating system compatibility with "Visual C++ Redistributable 2012 Update 4" https://www.microsoft.com/en-sg/download/details.aspx?id=30679

Please suggest how process on this further?

Regards,

Mani

Answer 1

Hello @Mani

To install the Visual C++ Redistributable 2012 Update 4 on your Windows 2019 server, please follow the steps below:

1. Download the Visual C++ Redistributable 2012 Update 4 from the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679
2. Select the language and click on the "Download" button.
3. Choose the appropriate version of the redistributable package based on your system architecture (x86 or x64).
4. Once the download is complete, double-click on the downloaded file to start the installation. 5.
5. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard to complete the installation. After the installation is complete, you can proceed with the Teradata connector setup as mentioned in the Microsoft document you referred to.

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