Breaking changes

The following changes should be considered before upgrading to this release from an earlier version.

Breaking changes introduced in version 2026 R1

  • New certificate requirements for SQL Server are introduced:
    • Your SQL Server must be configured with a TLS certificate signed by a trusted root certificate authority, and the SQL Server service account must have the necessary permission to access this certificate. Refer to the Microsoft guidance on certificate requirements for SQL Server for further information.
    • Granta MI services are configured to use encryption for SQL Server connections by default.
    • Database connection settings for Granta MI components must include the fully-qualified name of your SQL Server. Use of (local) for the SQL Server name where you have a local SQL Server instance, for example in a test environment, is no longer supported. If you experience database connection issues after upgrading a Granta MI installation that includes a local SQL Server instance, check the database connection settings in the configuration tools for MI Server, MI Settings Service, and MI Selection Service, and ensure the fully-qualified SQL Server name is used.
    Note: if you are upgrading your Granta MI Pro installation using the automated upgrade method, with a local SQL Server instance, you do not need to do anything: the SQL Server certificate configuration changes, and any required changes to database connection settings, will be carried out automatically.