How to: Configure SQL Express to accept remote connections

I just installed SQL express 2008 recently and wanted to use it for a test application that I have in a hosted server. I wanted for this application to connect to my local SQL express 2008 database but soon I found out I needed to do some adjustments for this to work. So this is what I did to to make my local SQL express 2008 db accept remote connections. Go to Start - All Programs - Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Configuration Tools - SQL Server Configuration Manager Select the SQL Server Network...

posted @ Friday, June 19, 2009 1:54 PM | Feedback (2)