Failure to connect the SERVER 2008

Asked By joseph matthews 40 points N/A Posted on - 05/11/2012

While trying to connect I am receiving the following error message form SERVER 2008. Please, look at the image and provide me with a solution.

Error:

This server version is not supported. Only servers up to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 are supported.

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Answered By Norwood-Koonce 0 points N/A #195751

Failure to connect the SERVER 2008

 

Hello,

 

I understand you problem since I had this problem two three days ago. In my situation I tried to connect to the database in remote machine in my office. That server is MS SQL 2005 and the server I tried to connect is MS SQL 2008. 

 

The problem is we cannot connect to a MS SQL 2008 server using MS SQL 2005 server. Because it is not supported to that version. This is called compatibility issues in IT industry. 

 

I did not try to connect to MS SQL 2005 server from MS SQL server 2008. Sometimes it may be works. But not sure.

 

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