Article ID: 930462 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 1.0 Error message when you try to migrate content from Content Management Server 2002 to SharePoint Server 2007: "Unable to connect to the database server"SYMPTOMSYou use SharePoint Central Administration to try to migrate content from Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. When you click Connect in the Source Database area of the Create Migration Profile page, you receive the following error message: Unable to connect to the database server. Verify that the authentication method, username, and password are correct. CAUSEThis issue occurs if the user who you use to connect to the MCMS server is not configured to use the master database as the default database in Microsoft SQL Server. WORKAROUNDTo work around this issue, make sure that the user has Read access to the master database in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Then, configure the user to use the master database as the default database.
To configure the user to use the master database as the default database, follow these steps:
MORE INFORMATIONFor more information about how to migrate MCMS 2002 content to SharePoint Server 2007, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480225.aspx
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