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Fix “Cannot Connect to WMI Provider” in Configuration Manager

February 19, 2016
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Error message when you open SQL Server Configuration Manager in SQL Server: “Cannot connect to WMI provider. You do not have permission or the server is unreachable”

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/956013

 

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