Enable remote connections for SQL Server Express 2012

Question

I just installed SQL Server Express 2012 on my home server. I\'m trying to connect to it from Visual Studio 2012 from my desktop PC, and repeatedly getting the well-known e

Answer 1

You can also set

Listen All to NO

in the protocol dialog then in the IP address IP1 (say)

set enabled to Yes,

define yr IP address,

set TCP Dynamic to Blank and

TCP port to 1433 (or whatever)