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Double-click on SQL Server Browser, the Properties window will show up.If the state on SQL Server Browser is not running, you have to configure and start the service. On SQL Server Configuration Manager, select SQL Server Services on the left window.Click Start -> Programs -> Microsoft SQL Server 2008 -> Configuration Tools -> SQL Server Configuration Manager. Open SQL Server Configuration Manager.Step-by-step to enable remote connection on SQL Server 2008 express Note: In SQL Server 2008 Express, there isn’t SQL Server Surface Area Configuration so you have to configure from SQL Server Configuration Manager instead. If you want to specify user for connect to the SQL Server, you have to change Server Authentication to SQL Server and Windows Authentication. By default, SQL Server 2008 Express allows only Windows Authentication mode so you can connect to the SQL Server with current user log-on credential. (Optional) Change Server Authentication to SQL Server and Windows Authentication.Enable TCP/IP protocol for SQL Server 2008 Express to accept remote connection.SQL Server Browser listens for incoming requests for Microsoft SQL Server resources and provides information about SQL Server instances installed on the computer. Start SQL Server Browser service if it’s not started yet.To enable remote connection on SQL Server 2008 Express, see the step below: (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 26 – Error Locating Server/Instance Specified) (Microsoft SQL Server)” When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: SQL Network Interfaces, error: 28 – Server doesn’t support requested protocol) (Microsoft SQL Server)”Īn error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. “Cannot connect to SQL-Server-Instance-NameĪn error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server.