Daily ArchiveOctober 4, 2017

#skype4b #powershell *-CsDatabase Common Error Messages (and Fix)

Even with the right administrative account and permissions, and proper network as well as firewall (port) settings provisioned, a number of common error messages when working with *-CsDatabase cmdlets in Skype for Business Server prove to be rather challenging to decipher and resolve:

PS C:\> Install-CsDatabase -SqlServerFqdn sql01.leedesmond.com -SqlInstanceName sql01inst01 -Update -ConfiguredDatabases
Install-CsDatabase : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-CsDatabase -SqlServerFqdn sql01.leedesmond.com -SqlInstanceName sql01inst01 -Update -ConfiguredDatabases
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Install-CsDatabase], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,Microsoft.Rtc.Management.Deployment.InstallDatabaseCmdlet