hardware-offload-enable-configuration-option.md

title	Server Configuration: hardware offload enabled
description	Learn about the hardware offload enabled option.
author	MikeRayMSFT
ms.author	mikeray
ms.reviewer	dpless, wiassaf, randolphwest
ms.date	08/26/2025
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	configuration
ms.topic	how-to
helpviewer_keywords	hardware offload enable HARDWARE_OFFLOAD
dev_langs	TSQL

Server configuration: hardware offload enabled

[!INCLUDE sqlserver2022]

The hardware offload enabled configuration option allows integrated acceleration and offloading with validated solutions from partners. For more information, see Integrated acceleration and offloading.

Changing option requires a restart.

Examples

Set the server configuration option hardware offload enabled to 1. By default, this setting is 0. This setting is an advanced configuration option. To set this setting, run the following commands:

EXECUTE sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1;
GO

RECONFIGURE;
GO

EXECUTE sp_configure 'hardware offload enabled', 1;
GO

RECONFIGURE;
GO

Note

If hardware offload enabled is disabled (0), all offloading and acceleration solutions are disabled.

Related content

• sys.dm_server_accelerator_status
• Server configuration options
• ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION (Transact-SQL)