How to restart the SQL Server service.

1 year ago
Liam
1 minute

To restart the SQL Server service, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the “Services” manager. In Windows operating system, you can press Win + R keys, type in “services.msc” and press Enter, or find the “Services” option under “Administrative Tools” in the Control Panel.
  2. In the list of services, look for the SQL Server service. Depending on your installation version and naming convention, there may be multiple SQL Server services. Typically, the main service name is “SQL Server” or “MSSQLServer”.
  3. Right-click on the SQL Server service that you want to restart and select the “Restart” option. If there is no “Restart” option, you can choose “Stop” and then select “Start” to achieve a restart.
  4. Wait for a while until the service restart is complete. You can check the status of the service in the service list to confirm if it has restarted.

Please be aware that restarting the SQL Server service may cause interruptions in database connections and temporarily prevent applications from accessing the database. Therefore, before restarting, ensure that there are no important database operations in progress and notify relevant users or application administrators in advance.

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