Enable Remote Connections to SQL Server using IP address

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Enable Remote Connections to SQL Server using IP address
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TimeXtender Desktop and ODX Service may connect to a SQL Server in various scenarios.  This article describes configuration steps to enable a SQL connection from a remote machine.

Before connecting TimeXtender to a remote SQL Server, you may use SQL Server Management Studio to verify the connections. Take a note of server machine’s IP address.

Configure SQL Server machine

  1. Windows Firewall ->Advanced Settings->Inbound Rules
  2. Run SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) on SQL Server machine
    • Server Properties -> Security -> SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode (Enable) 
       

       
  3. Server Properties - > Connections -> Allow Remote Connections ..” should be checked
     


     

  4. Add a SQL login (if not already there)
     

     
  5. Enable SQL Service to listen on TCP/IP 
    • Check SQL Server version and run appropriate version of SQL Configuration Manager to enable TCP. 
       

       
  6. Restart SQL Server Service 
     

     
  7. Now you can run SSMS on the client machine, connect to (remote) SQL Server by specifying its local or public IP address, or name.  In the example below, all three connections refer to the same remote SQL Server.
    • Once you are able to configure connection to a remote SQL Server, the same address (or server name) should connect OK from TimeXtender.
       

 


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