October 2008
Beginner to intermediate
1024 pages
31h 30m
English
Like many other features, FILESTREAM is disabled by default in SQL Server 2008, and you must first enable it before the feature can be used. Enabling FILESTREAM is slightly more involved than configuring other SQL Server features because it requires two distinct steps. First the feature needs to be enabled for the machine (Microsoft Windows service), and then it needs to be enabled for the server instance. These two FILESTREAM configuration layers are by design, in order to draw a separation of security responsibilities between the roles of Windows administrator and SQL Server administrator.
The first step is to enable FILESTREAM for the machine by setting an access level. This step can actually ...
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