SqlFileStream Access is Denied
I started playing around with SQL filestreams yesterday. We have a need to store large binary objects both quickly and efficiently from SharePoint in our SQL database for regulatory purposes. I found a great article on Code Project on how to actually store binary data in a filestream column. However, as I ran the code, I encountered a Win32Exception with the message “Access is denied.”.
I double (and triple) checked that the permissions for the account executing the code were correct. Since we’re using SharePoint, we are using only Windows authentication. Furthermore, I made sure that our connection string was using Integrated Security:
Server=sqlserver01;Database=Journaling;Integrated Security=true;
Ultimately, it came down to the fact that the SQL Server was not setup to allow remote server connections to filestream. I managed to fix this by following the Enable and Configure FILESTREAM article on MSDN. The Allow remote clients to have streaming access to FILESTREAM data. box was not checked, thus causing my problems.
