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Dedicated Admin Console (DAC) a reserved connection on SQL Server that grants special access to system tables and can help diagnose problems

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Is it possible to estabilish Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC) using SSMS?

This error occurs when you try to connect to DAC using the right click Connect and the Connect to Server dialog from the Object explorer However, you can connect to DAC via SSMS by clicking the Database … Type the "admin:" prefix before the server name and you'll be connected to DAC Hope this helps …
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