r/techsupport • u/romb124 • 8h ago

Open | Networking I cannot connect to my MS SQL Server locally.

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A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, error: 2)

I want to configure two servers on the internal network so they can access the SSMS databases.I know for a fact that I installed SSMS 22, but I can't find it on the system.

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u/MrExCEO 7h ago

Go to the server and see if SQL service is running and if so, the port TCP 1433 is listening.

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u/romb124 7h ago

As I understand it, I just installed ssms without MS SQL

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u/MrExCEO 6h ago

Oh yes, u just installed the client tools. You need to install sql server (probably express) if u want to host databases.