Symptoms
If you set the Turn on Script Execution Group Policy setting to Allow all Scripts, the sqlps utility fails to run, and you receive the following error message:
Microsoft (R) SQL Server (R) PowerShellVersion 11.0.5058.0Copyright (c) 2012 Microsoft. All rights reserved.set-executionpolicy : Windows PowerShell updated your execution policy successfully, but the setting is overridden by a policy defined at a more specific scope. Due to the override, your shell will retain its current effective execution policy of "Unrestricted". Type "Get-ExecutionPolicy -List" to view your execution policy settings. For more information, please see "Get-Help Set-ExecutionPolicy."At line:1 char:20+ set-executionpolicy <<<< RemoteSigned -scope process -Force + CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (:) [Set-ExecutionPolicy], SecurityException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ExecutionPolicyOverride,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetExecutionPolicyCommand
Additionally, the syspolicy_purge_history job fails.Note The Turn on Script Execution Group Policy setting can be configured in the following location in the Group Policy Management Console:
Administrative Templates\Classic Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows PowerShell
Resolution
This issue is fixed in the following cumulative updates of SQL Server:
Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2016 SP1
Cumulative update 9 for SQL Server 2014 SP1 Cumulative update 3 for SQL Server 2014 SP2
Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:
Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016
Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2012 SP3 Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2014 SP1/SP2
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
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