For information on how to upgrade your evaluation software please go to When running SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or SQL Profiler, you can also see this error: Evaluation period has expired. 10:19:12.22 Server SQL Server evaluation period has expired. SQL Server evaluation period has been expired.Įrrors like these appear in %sqlserverinstallpath%\log\ERRORLOG: 10:19:12.22 Server Error: 17051, Severity: 16, State: 1.
If this is a non-Microsoft service, contact the service vendor, and refer to service-specific error code 17051.Īt the same time, you will see these errors in the Event Viewer -> Application: EventID: 17051, Source: MSSQLSERVER For more information, review the System Event Log. However, if you restart the SQL Server service or reboot the host, your SQL Server service (mssql) won’t start and the following error message will appear: Windows could not start the SQL Server (MSSQLSERVER) on Local Computer.
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (Help -> About).You can find out the date when your SQL Server Evaluation expires by using: Microsoft SQL Server Evaluation enables you to use all Enterprise edition features for 180 days ( SQL Server Licensing Explained). You can download SQL Server 2019/2017/2016/2014 evaluation editions here.