Database Requirements for the Workstation Housing the Notification Manager Database

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Database Requirements for the Workstation Housing the Notification Manager Database

A Notification Manager database requires an instance of Microsoft SQL Server. The following versions of Microsoft SQL Server can be used to store the Notification Manager policy information in either a named instance or the default (unnamed) instance:

Database	Minimum ServicePack	Edition	32- bit or 64-bit
SQL Server 2005	Service Pack 4	Standard, Workgroup, or Enterprise	x86 or x64
SQL Server 2008	Service Pack 2	Standard, Workgroup, or Enterprise	x86 or x64
SQL Server 2008 R2	Service Pack 1	Standard, Workgroup, or Enterprise	x86 or x64
SQL Server 2012	Service Pack 1	Standard, Workgroup, or Enterprise	x86 or x64

The SQL Server instance that is used to maintain the Notification Manager Database requires the following settings:

The mixed-mode authentication
The dictionary sort order of case-insensitive or case-sensitive
1252 Character Set

Note: The version of SQL Server (including service pack levels) must be currently supported by Microsoft.