I had exactly the same problem, despite the arcgis account already been a database user. I solved this issue by installing the Microsoft® ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server, avaible in http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36434. I found this tip at Unable to register gdb with the server due to sql server client incompatibility - Geographic Information Systems Stack E…
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