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Microsoft has documented a SQL Server 2025 issue where linked server queries that use the MSDASQL provider and include a provider string can fail with error 7416. The note applies to CU6 and CU7, and points to stricter connection validation in the Database Engine as the reason some configurations are rejected.
Microsoft has documented an issue where linked server queries that use the MSDASQL provider and specify a provider string can fail with Msg 7416. The note says a stricter connection validation check in the Database Engine can reject some linked server configurations that earlier builds accepted.
Microsoft has documented an issue in SQL Server 2022 CU24 where availability group listeners can trigger error 10013 entries in the SQL Server error log during service start, failover, or listener creation.