I am in the process of trying to configure SQL Server 2008 to accept remote connections. I have been through all the documentation I can find and yet when I attempt to connect through management studio I get an error stating that the server could not be found.
Interestingly I can connect through telnet to the remote server via the port that sql server is listening on. In the SQL Server logs I can see the connection attempt. So SQL Server is up and running and listening on the correct port - no firewall blocking it.
It would appear that by default SQL Server is listening on port 50314 but management studio attempts to connect on port 1433. Weird.
Server Management Studio = no dice.
Anyone got any ideas? Server is set to allow remote connections - TCP IP is enabled, firewall is off.
Thanks