Jira Align Enterprise Insights Self-Hosted: Invoke-Sqlcmd A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Credential'

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Summary

When running the installation for Enterprise Insights Self-Hosted, it will fail with the error message Invoke-Sqlcmd A parameter cannot be found that matches the parameter name 'Credential'

Environment

Jira Align Self-Hosted

Diagnosis

You are attempting to install EI Self-Hosted and are running .\Install.ps1 as per step 3 of the Installation Instructions (found: Jira Align Self-Hosted Enterprise Insights installation – Jira Align)

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Cause

The version of Invoke-SqlCmd does not have the Credential Parameter

Solution

Install a more recent version of the SqlServer Module

1 Install-Module -Name SqlServer -AllowClobber -Force

Updated on April 14, 2025

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