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

Having problems connecting to SQL Server?

Try disconnecting firewall.

If you can connect with firewall disconnected, may be you miss some input rules like "sql service broker", add this input rules to your firewall:

"SQL ADMIN CONNECTION" TCP PORT 1434

"SQL ADMIN CONNECTION" UDP PORT 1434

"SQL ANALYSIS SERVICE" TCP PORT 2383

"SQL BROWSE ANALYSIS SERVICE" TCP PORT 2382

"SQL DEBUGGER/RPC" TCP PORT 135

"SQL SERVER" TCP PORT 1433 and others if you have dinamic ports

"SQL SERVICE BROKER" TCP PORT 4022