Accessing SQL Server over an SSH tunnel

Question

In my development shop, we deploy code on virtual servers that sit on a remote network.

We access the machines on that network by first opening an SSH connection to

Answer 1

The issue is probably that SSMS is trying to access the SQL Server Browser Service, which is UDP port 1434. Take a look at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646023.aspx for an overview of the additional ports you may need to forward to get this to work.