This recipe explains how to enable FileStream in SQL Server.
Let's take a look at the steps to enable FileStream in SQL Server:
Open PowerShell ISE as an administrator.
Import the
SQLPS
module as follows:#import SQL Server module Import-Module SQLPS -DisableNameChecking
Add the following script and run it:
$instanceName = "localhost" $server = New-Object -TypeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server -ArgumentList $instanceName <# These are the FileStreamLevel Enumeration values: Disabled TSqlAccess TSqlFullFileSystemAccess TSqlLocalFileSystemAccess #> #enable $server.Configuration.FilestreamAccessLevel.ConfigValue = [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.FileStreamLevel]::TSqlLocalFileSystemAccess $server.Alter()