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Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection - Fix test failure when Named Pipes is disabled #10326

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions tests/Test-DbaLinkedServerConnection.Tests.ps1
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Expand Up @@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ Describe $CommandName -Tag IntegrationTests {
$server = Connect-DbaInstance -SqlInstance $TestConfig.InstanceSingle
if ($server.VersionMajor -ge 17) {
# Starting with SQL Server 2025 (17.x), MSOLEDBSQL uses Microsoft OLE DB Driver version 19, which adds support for TDS 8.0. However, this driver introduces a breaking change. You must now specify the encrypt parameter.
$server.Query("EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server=N'$target', @srvproduct=N'', @provider=N'MSOLEDBSQL', @provstr = N'encrypt=optional;TrustServerCertificate=yes'")
# Use @datasrc with tcp: prefix to force TCP/IP and avoid Named Pipes dependency.
$server.Query("EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server=N'$target', @srvproduct=N'', @provider=N'MSOLEDBSQL', @datasrc=N'tcp:$target', @provstr = N'encrypt=optional;TrustServerCertificate=yes'")
} elseif (-not $env:AppVeyor) {
$server.Query("EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server=N'$target', @srvproduct=N'', @provider=N'MSOLEDBSQL'")
# Use @datasrc with tcp: prefix to force TCP/IP and avoid Named Pipes dependency.
$server.Query("EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server=N'$target', @srvproduct=N'', @provider=N'MSOLEDBSQL', @datasrc=N'tcp:$target'")
} else {
# AppVeyor images do not have the MSOLEDBSQL provider installed, so we use SQLNCLI11 instead
$server.Query("EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server=N'$target', @srvproduct=N'SQL Server'")
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