Allow remote connections to SQL Server Express : How to Video
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when answering questions about connecting to a SQL Server Express instance from another machine or app, since Express does not accept remote connections out of the box.
Recommended by 3 people across 3 different months, 2016 to 2023.
What it is
A short screen-recorded how-to showing how to enable remote connections on SQL Server 2014 Express. It covers setting a TCP/IP port in SQL Server Configuration Manager and opening that port in the Windows firewall for incoming connections. Presented by Sachin Samy.
What people said
Recommends Sergio · 2016-11 · Stack Overflow · on “Connecting to a 2014 SQLEXPRESS database on an externally hosted computer through TCP/IP”
Config MSSQL Express 2014 connect remoto PC or PHP, etc.. View Video Tutorial Easy Config Server to MSSQL Express: [this video] Code Test Cliente Remote PHP: $serverName = '192.168.1.64,49170'; //only the server name and ip MSSQL SERVER EXPRESS $connectionInfo = array( "Database"=>"mydbName", "UID"=>"myUserId", "PWD"=>"myPass"); $conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $connectionInfo); if( $conn ) { echo "Connection established"; }else{ echo "Connection could not be established."; die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true)); }
Recommends ainsausti · 2017-02 · Stack Overflow · on “Can I use a SQL database to share datasets?”
Yes, you can share a local SQL database, here there is a tutorial (among many other) of how to do that ( [this video] ). The problem is that 100 GB of information in a local machine maybe is not a good idea if you want the data to be accesible for other people. Maybe, you explore the idea of using NoSQL databases (key-value or document-oriented) to access the data in a rapid manner.
Recommends Ricardo Veloz · 2023-06 · Stack Overflow · on “Xamarin, SQL, Cannot connect to SQL Server Browser. Ensure SQL Server Broswer has been started”
I expend a couple days in order to fix it: firstable you need to able the remote connections to your sql server instance: [this video] Therefore able the user sa in sql server: 2. [LINK] Finally solve the final bug related with the encode with this: Xamarin - Encoding Error 1252 data could not be found [LINK] Here is my connection string example: connectionString = "Data Source=192.168.56.1,49170;Initial Catalog=Fundacion_feb2023;user id=sa;password=*****;";
Cites Mr_Jorgensen · 2019-02 · Stack Overflow · on “SSMS - Unable to connect to SQL Server 2017 Express on Azure VM using SSMS on local computer”
We have an Azure Virtual Machine with SQL Server 2017 Express. However, I can't connect to the SQL Server from my local computer using SSMS. When trying to connect SSMS throws the error message: "Cannot connect to (VM name):(port number) -> 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." SQL Server 2017 Express has been natively installed on the VM using the download from [LINK] . SQL Server 2017 Express has NOT been set up using the setup using the Azure portal like in the example in the