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Friday, June 24, 2011

How do I configure SQL Server Express to allow remote tcp/ip connections on port 1433?

The following article explains how to allow SQL Server Express to accept remote connections over TCP/IP for port 1433. By default, when SQL Server Express is installed it gerates a random port to listen on. In addition, SQL Server Express only listens for connection on localhost. Using the SQL Server Configuration Manager, you will need to remove the dynamic port setting and tell SQL Server Express to use port 1433 and your assigned IP address (10.x.x.x).

To allow SQL Server Express to accept remote connections, please follow these steps:
1) Log into your server through Remote Desktop Connection (instructions for connecting to your server through RDC can be found here).
2) Click Start, Programs, Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 and select SQL Server Configuration Manager.


3) Select SQL Server Network Configuration


4) Double click on Protocols for SQLEXPRESS


5) Right click TCP/IP and select Properties

6) Click on the IP Address tab, and then under IP2 - IP Address, enter your internal ip address (10.x.x.x).


7) Scroll down to IPAll make sure TCP Dynamic Ports is blank and that TCP Port is set to 1433.

8) Click OK
9) Make sure that port: 1433 is enable on your VDS firewall (instructions for enabling firewall ports can be found here).
10) Mixed mode authentication must also be enabled for remote connections (instructions for enabling firewall ports can be found here).
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