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Whose got my DAC?

By Allen Kinsel, 4 months and 26 days ago

What is the DAC?

The Dedicated Admin Connection, Commonly called the DAC is used to manage SQL Server when a regular connection wont succeed.  Here's what SQL Books Online (BOL) has to say about the DAC «This diagnostic connection allows an administrator to access SQL Server to execute diagnostic queries and troubleshoot problems even when SQL Server is not responding to standard connection requests.»

DAC Errors

Occasionally, while troubleshooting SQL servers in a large environment, especially one thats managed from many different geographic locations you could come up with this error, if more than 1 person is using the DAC.  It should also be noted this only happens if you have remote DAC enabled in your environment

Error 17810

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