white circle in microsoft SQL server management studio 2012

Question

I\'m new in SQL server management studio 2012

now i\'m use data from server and it has a white circle on my database

4 people in my team use this server and ever

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with the firewall nor SQL Server Browser services. By default SQL Server is going to listen on port 1433 unless you change it. If the port was blocked, you would not be able to access the instance.

SQL Server browser listens for incoming requests, again, if disabled, you would not be able to connect remotely to the server.

The status bubble is caused by a permissions issue. Easy way to troubleshoot, close Management Studio, right click, it and run as administrator. If the status shows up, you have a permissions issue.