OLE DB provider SQLNCLI11 for linked server unable to begin distributed transaction

Today in working with a new virtual machine that was spun up with Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014, I was asked to troubleshoot an issue where distributed transactions were not working from this particular VM and other SQL servers and failing with the error OLE DB provider SQLNCLI11 for linked server unable … Continue reading OLE DB provider SQLNCLI11 for linked server unable to begin distributed transaction