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    This document provides steps to enable remote connections to an SQL Server instance installed on a remote server or VM. It involves configuring settings in SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Configuration Manager on the remote server to allow remote connections and setting the TCP port to 1433. It also includes setting up firewall rules to allow inbound connections on ports 1433 and 1434 for TCP and UDP respectively. The SQL Server and SQL Browser services also need rules added and configured to restart automatically if they fail.

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    Nishan Chathuranga Wickramarathna Feb 4, 2019 · 5 min read

    Problem in hand

    So you have a VM or a remote server, that you have installed SQL Server, but you also
    want to connect to SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio on your local
    system, but gives you this error.
    This is because you haven’t configured it to allows inbound connections from firewall or
    from SQL Server itself, could be both.

    Prerequisites

    1. Remote server/VM must have SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server
    Configuration Manager Installed.

    2. Remote SQL Server must have a user that have read and write privileges (Here I’m
    using sa user)

    All set, let’s start

    Connect to the server/VM using Remote Desktop Connection and open up SQL Server
    Management Stdio on remote server, then connect to the SQL Server instance.

    Connect to SQL Server instance from remote server.


    Go to server properties.

    Now right click on the server and go to Properties.


    On the Connections page under Remote server connections, make sure that the Allow
    remote connections to this server is checked.

    Now open SQL Server Configuration Manager.


    Visit Protocols for <instance name>, in my case Protocols for MSSQLSERVER under
    SQL Server Network Configuration node, go to TCP/IP and make sure the ‘Status’ is
    set to Enabled. If not, right click and select Enable.

    After that, again right click and select Properties of TCP/IP protocol.
    Goto IP Addresses tab and go down until you see IPALL section. Make sure the TCP Port
    is set to 1433. If not set it to 1433.

    This warning will appear, so we need to restart the server. we can do it by using SQL
    Server Configuration manager.

    Locate SQL Server under SQL Server Services, right click and select Restart.

    Now lets configure the firewall.


    Open up Windows Firewall.
    Go to Inbound Rules and select New Rule.

    Add the following rule. Follow images if unclear.

    Rule Type: Port

    Protocol and Ports: TCP, 1433

    Action: Allow the connection

    Profile: Domain, Private, Public

    Name: SQLTCP1433
    Click finish. We need to add another rule for UDP connections as well.

    Rule Type: Port

    Protocol and Ports: UDP, 1434

    Action: Allow the connection

    Profile: Domain, Private, Public

    Name: SQLUDP1434
    Let’ make SQL Server and SQL Server Browser accessible through firewall.

    Rule Type: Program

    Program: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<Server version>.<Instance


    name>\MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe

    e.g. C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL14.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn

    Action: Allow the connection

    Profile: Domain, Private, Public

    Name: SQLSERVER
    One more rule for the SQL Server Browser.
    Rule Type: Program

    Program: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared\sqlbrowser.exe

    Action: Allow the connection

    Profile: Domain, Private, Public

    Name: SQLBROWSER

    Now all four rules are setup.


    Make sure the SQL Server Browser and SQL Server is set to start automatically. Go
    back to SQL Server Configuration Manager and right click on SQL Server Browser
    under SQL Server Services, click Properties.

    Under Service tab, select Automatic for Start mode.

    Click Apply. Now let’s make sure that we keep the service failures to minimum.

    1. Click the Windows key + R to open the Run window.


    2. Type services.msc in the Open: box.

    3. Click OK.

    Find the SQL Server service, right click and select Properties.

    On the Recovery tab select Restart the Service for First failure, Second failure,
    Subsequent failures.

    …and Done!.

    Try again to connect.


    Awesome! You did it. :)

    Microsoft Sql Server Remote Server


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