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EXTERNAL_SCRIPT_PREPARE_SERVICE

Category: Other
SQL Server versions: 2016, 2017

What is EXTERNAL_SCRIPT_PREPARE_SERVICE?

Never

This wait has never occurred recently

EXTERNAL_SCRIPT_PREPARE_SERVICE has not occurred recently on 4207 instances checked.

Prevalence of EXTERNAL_SCRIPT_PREPARE_SERVICE across the Spotlight Population