PaulineXiong

-e "MSSQL_AGENT_ENABLED=true" did not work in my case. (did not give error either). I connected to SQL Server instance using SSMS, then use EXEC SP_CONFIGURE to set 'Agent XPs' to...

I meant, in my case, by changing 'Agent XPs' to enable agent, I can start the agent service with no problem. by default the agent is disabled.