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verify your environment meets these requirements supported hardware {{vectera}} , 7 2 x x or later supported operating systems windows 10 or later required access an account on the {{vectera}} with administrator permissions to create application partitions, identities, tls pki, and update system settings local administrator privileges on the computer where microsoft sql server is installed network and firewall allow outbound tcp port 9100 (default excrypt port) from the computer running microsoft sql server to the {{vectera}} , specified by fqdn (for example, hsm example com ) or cidr (for example, 10 0 0 0/24 ) tls inspection or ssl proxies can break mutual tls handshakes exempt the {{vectera}} fqdn(s) from inspection configure the vectera plus with a fqdn so the exemption applies other microsoft sql server 2016 or later microsoft sql server management studio (ssms) {{futurex}} cng 5 4 or later (32 bit) you must use the 32 bit version of fxcng for this integration microsoft sql always encrypted is a 32 bit application and cannot integrate with the 64 bit version of fxcng