# SQL Server Connection Faulted

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** database, ignition79\
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sql-server-connection-faulted/46393 "2021-05-05T18:46:27Z")\
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You might need to downgrade. The case I encountered was a SQL Server 2008, which isn’t supported past driver 6.2. See this compatibility chart:

> **[Support matrix - JDBC Driver for SQL Server](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/jdbc/microsoft-jdbc-driver-for-sql-server-support-matrix?view=sql-server-ver15)**
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> This page contains the support matrix and support life-cycle policy for the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server.

I think with the correct driver, I didn’t need the extra connection properties, just the java.security changes. YMMV, of course.

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