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GP to Business Central migration - Failed to prepare the systems for replication

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Posted on by kjjson

I am working through a GP to BC migration and testing it, but I can't connect. I have the integration service setup, but when I try and connect, I am given this message:
The call to prepare servers failed. Run id='96546fb9-bf15-4d5b-8866-34301cef3b7f', Name='msft1a6720t63301344_GP_Preparation', ErrorMessage='Operation on target CheckCompatibilityLevel failed: ErrorCode=InvalidParameter,'Type=Microsoft.DataTransfer.Common.Shared.HybridDeliveryException,Message=The value of the property '' is invalid: 'Keyword not supported: ': server'.'.,Source=,''Type=System.ArgumentException,Message=Keyword not supported: ': server'.,Source=System.Data,''

Below is my SQL connection String:
: Server=EU-GP\GP;Database=ENAB;User ID=username;Password=ActualPassword;

I also tried

Server=EU-GP\GP;Database=ENAB;User ID=username;Password=ActualPassword;

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Kevin

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Gavin 2,444 on at

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RE: GP to Business Central migration - Failed to prepare the systems for replication

Hi,

To add to this, I also noticed the text "CheckCompatibilityLevel" in the error as per below:

According to this MS article you have to ensure the databases are set to a compatibility level of 130 or higher. (Migrate on-premises data to the cloud - Business Central | Microsoft Learn)

Therefore, it might also be worth checking this.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

Gavin
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Marco Mels on at

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RE: GP to Business Central migration - Failed to prepare the systems for replication

Hello,

The connection string is wrong. It should be in correct format. E.g.:

For example, Server=MyServer\BCDEMO;Database=BC180;UID=MySQLAccount;PWD=MyPassWord;, if you're migrating from Business Central on-premises, version 18. For more information, see the SQL Server blog.

The following snippets illustrate a couple of connection strings with different formats:

Server={Server Name\Instance Name};Initial Catalog={Database Name};UserID={SQL Authenticated UserName};Password={SQL Authenticated Password};

Server={Server Name\Instance Name};Database={Database Name};User Id={SQL Server Authenticated UserName};Password={SQL Server Authenticated Password};

Important

In the second connection string format, don't forget to add the space in User Id parameter as it's mandatory and can throw an error if it's missing.

Hope it helps (the below applies to GP as well).