http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mohamed_el_ashmawi/archive/2012/10/10/sharepoint-2013-preview-deployment-failed-to-create-the-configuration-database.aspxOn deploying 2013 on SQL Server 2012, you might get an error when running the configuration wizard to create the SharePoint farm: &ldquo;Configuration Failed.&rdquo; &ldquo;Failed to create the configuration database&rdquo; &ldquo;An exceptionen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mohamed_el_ashmawi/archive/2012/10/10/sharepoint-2013-preview-deployment-failed-to-create-the-configuration-database.aspx#10405271Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:49:59 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10405271mel<p>Did not work for me: My &quot;max degree of parallelism&quot; was already set at &quot;1&quot;.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10405271" width="1" height="1">