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Cannot connect to SQL Server from remote machine?

Check each of these… Make sure SQL Server is running on the target machine (SQL Server Configuration) Ensure TCP/IP is enabled (SQL Server Configuration) Ensure “Allow remote connections to this server” is enabled (SSMS server properties) Note default setting:  2005=disabled, … Continue reading

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How to get configuration and properties for your SQL server e.g version, type, licence type, collation

Use the SERVERPROPERTY function with a parameter. There are 30 (ish) of them so the follow gets them all or just cut and past the one you need. Run this in any DB SET NOCOUNT ON SELECT ‘BuildClrVersion’ as PropertyName … Continue reading

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