The first one was simple. The Developer Edition of SQL Server is not set up for Remote connections by default so I had to enable TCP/IP in the SQL Configuration Manager for the Database Servers.

If you need to allow remote connections to your MySQL server, see how you can easily accomplish that task.

For those legacy SQL Server 2008/R2 applications that remain critical, some form of high availability or disaster recovery protection will be required to preserve business continuity.

This guide will walk you through the process of installing a database, configuring the database for remote access, and then creating a database and giving a user access.

SecurityFocus is recommending that companies running SQL Server check that their account does not have a blank password, and use a firewall to block port 1433.

Let us see how to fix the issue. Windows could not start the SQL Server (<DB-NAME>) on Local Computer. For more information, review the System Event Log.

Amazon EC2 SLA caveat emptor Before covering the HA/DR options available for SQL Server, it is important to be aware of certain limitations in the Amazon EC2 Service Level Agreement.

The Microsoft OLE DB Provider is an SQL tool that enables developers to write code that provides an application with ADO access to an SQL database. The OLE DB Provider is not installed by default ...