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Then reboot the SQL server(s) to apply the settings.
Important Note: third party dependencies will need to be tested to ensure that they support TLS 1.2. For example if the SQL Server also needs to send emails via TLS it is important to test that the mail server will support TLS 1.2. For example, one issue encountered whilst we were testing was sending email via smtp.office365.com, the following error was returned via the sample Powershell command 'Send-MailMessage : The client and server cannot communicate, because they do not possess a common algorithm'. This required the TLS 1.1 and 1.0 Client Protocols to be reactivated to be able to send emails successfully.
6. Test that encryption is working
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