Microsoft KB Archive/938217

= Error message when you run the &quot;SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration&quot; wizard to configure SharePoint Server 2007: &quot;Failed to create the configuration database&quot; =

Article ID: 938217

Article Last Modified on 7/16/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 on a server in a server farm. The server farm deployment uses Microsoft SQL Server 2005 as the database server. You run the &quot;SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration&quot; wizard to configure SharePoint Server 2007.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message during step 2 of the wizard:

Failed to create the configuration database

An Exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException was thrown. Additional Exception: unable to connect to database. Check database connection information and make sure the database server is running.



CAUSE
This issue occurs if the following conditions are true:
 * The default instance of SQL Server 2005 was created as a named instance.
 * You did not specify the instance name in the &quot;SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration&quot; wizard.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, specify the instance name of SQL Server 2005 when you specify the database server in the &quot;SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration&quot; wizard. When you do this, use the following format:

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MORE INFORMATION
If you use the default instance of SQL Server 2005, the service is listed in the Services tool as SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER). If you use a named instance of SQL Server 2005, the service is listed in the Services tool as SQL Server .

Additional query words: MOSS2007

Keywords: kberrmsg kbtshoot kbprb kbexpertiseinter KB938217

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