SQL Server “.” Alias Not Working

Question

I\'ve added an alias of \".\" which should point to my local (named) instance, \".\\SQL2008\". But when I try to connect to \".\", it times out.

Am I missing something o

Answer 1

I have a similar issue ,however on SQL server I did create alias on 32bit and 64 bit.I did the same thing on Sharepoint server using CliConfg. In short, for 64 bits Windows operating systems run: C:\windows\syswow64\cliconfg.exe For 32 bits Windows operating systems run: C:\windows\system32\cliconfg.exe on all server which you need to access to your database. Please see great article below. https://knowledge.zomers.eu/SharePoint/Pages/How-to-create-a-SQL-Alias-to-use-with-SharePoint.aspx

Answer 2

It was not working for me after applied all the options mentioned here. For me, port number to TCP/IP protocol was not assign.

After assigning (highlighted in yellow color) it started working for me.