During my testing of SCCM 2012, I determined that it needs a specific configuration of SQL server. This post tells you what needs to be done. I have a SQL server 2008 instance already installed for use with SCCM 2007. I was hoping I could use the same VM for SCCM 2012 testing. This post is in reference to that VM. Check out the official SQL server requirements list. Out of this I am listing my own experiences here: 1. Database collation: My SQL server has SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS I also checked a few other DB servers, they already have the Database collation required by SCCM 2012 installed by default. So I did not…