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Hi Experts, I'm not able to &nbsp;get Act to work on my new server Windows 2016. It’s version 16. The message is: “Unable to connect to the database. Please verify the Act17 SQL instance is running.”<br />
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It's working on my old server which is still online. I'd like to get some help on resolving this. I have the database in the old server too invade I need to do something their or invade i didn't back it up correctly please advise on how to.
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Hi Experts, I'm not able to  get Act to work on my new server Windows 2016. It’s version 16. The message is: “Unable to connect to the database. Please verify the Act17 SQL instance is running.”

It's working on my old server which is still online. I'd like to get some help on resolving this. I have the database in the old server too invade I need to do something their or invade i didn't back it up correctly please advise on how to.

Act Version 16 -  unable to connect to the database

Act! (previously known as Sage ACT!) is a customer relationship management (CRM) software application which is used to keep track of client and prospect details in a single database that can be shared by multiple users. Act! features include contact, company and opportunity management, a calendar, communication tools, the ability to track prospective customers, "dashboards", reports, and the ability to synchronize data from other applications or other Act! users over the web.