Sql Server Network Configuration Protocols Not Available

Question

After installing SQL Server 2008 32 bit, I tried to configure it to allow remote access. So I opened the SSCM (sql server configuration manager) to set the protocols to enab

Answer 1

I faced a similar issue when I installed a (second) named instance of SQL server (2016). The default instance is also running on SQL server 2016.

2 things to check:

If you have installed 64bit SQL server, the "SQL Network Configuration (32bit)" section will be empty. You will have to check under "SQL Network Configuration" --- (without the 32bit indication)

In mycase, the "SQL Network Configuration" --- (without the 32bit indication) was not showing up as an option. I was able to see only "SQL Network Configuration (32bit)" which was empty and "SQL Network Configuration" was missing. I did some research and then realised that earlier this server hosted SQL server 2017 instance which was uninstalled after which the 2 X 2016 instances were installed. The server still had the 2017 components like SSMS (sql server management studio) , sscm (sql server configuration manager) etc., I had opened the SQL server configuration manager of 2017 where as my instances are running on SQL server 2016. Later I manually opened SQL server configuration manager (2016) which had "SQL Network Configuration" as expected.

Hope this helps.

Regards, Kishore