Like others I like to pre download Prerequisite Installer Files and Update Packages. We create a nice installation point witch include the latest version of the software.
In most cases this is recommended but: “do not use the latest SQL Native Client for SharePoint 2013”. We did use the “Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client“ and everything seems to work accept the User Profile Service, this one could not start.
After a lot of searching we downgraded the client to “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client” on the SharePoint server and after that we ware able to start the user Profile service (UPS).
Our configuration:
Multiple server farm all with Windows 2012 OS.
Multiple SQL servers with Windows 2012 OS and SQL server 2012.
In most cases this is recommended but: “do not use the latest SQL Native Client for SharePoint 2013”. We did use the “Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client“ and everything seems to work accept the User Profile Service, this one could not start.
After a lot of searching we downgraded the client to “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client” on the SharePoint server and after that we ware able to start the user Profile service (UPS).
Our configuration:
Multiple server farm all with Windows 2012 OS.
Multiple SQL servers with Windows 2012 OS and SQL server 2012.
