Microsoft KB Archive/918321

= Error message when you run a query in the Group Hub of the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Administration Console: &quot;Object reference not set to an instance of an object&quot; =

Article ID: 918321

Article Last Modified on 7/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 Enterprise Edition

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SYMPTOMS
When you run a query in the Group Hub of the Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 Administration Console, you may receive an error message that resembles the following:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if all the following conditions are true:
 * You have multiple BizTalk Server 2006 Message Box databases.
 * One of the BizTalk Server 2006 Message Box databases is hosted on a remote server.
 * One of the Microsoft SQL Server instances is not running.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, start the instance of SQL Server on the remote server.

Keywords: kbbtsadmin kbbts kbtshoot kbprb KB918321

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