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Failed setup of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

David Herbert 1 Reputation point
2022-02-02T19:21:52.363+00:00

Hi,

I am trying to install SSMS locally in order to connect to an Azure SQL Database. The installation does not work as displayed below, how can I resolve this issue?

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  1. YufeiShao-msft 7,156 Reputation points
    2022-02-03T03:11:24.567+00:00

    Hi @David Herbert ,

    This may be due to the missing .DLL file which is sqlncli11.dll,please check if the sqlncli.mis is exists in the location
    try to download the 64bit version and put it in the windows/system 32 folder

    https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/edbc139a-296c-49e3-b0b7-8a3f8e150fe2/error-on-installing-sql-server-2012-express-and-ssms-16

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