SQL Server Collation Settings Requirements for System Center 2012 Explained

Already with the predecessors of System Center 2012 the SQL Server Collation settings requirements for SCOM and SCSM could be a real challenge. With System Center 2012 this challenge became a pain in the a** since the documentation for those products (OM12 and SCSM12) contradicted with each other and – in some cases – even conflicted with itself…

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Gladly Microsoft realized this omission and corrected it. They’re correcting the related documentation and posted an excellent blog posting all about this topic.

Anyone involved with OM12/SCSM12 should read this posting since it contains tons of good information all about SQL Server Collation settings requirements for OM12 and SCSM12.

So finally there is a single source which brings it all together! Many thanks to Travis who wrote this posting. Want to know more? Go here.