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Was it a firewall issue ?
I have SQL server on a windows server machine on domain. why I cant connect to it from another device
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Abdelrahman Abhari
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I have SQL server on a windows server machine on domain. why I cant connect to it from another device
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Olaf Helper 43,331 Reputation points2023-02-02T08:45:27.62+00:00 With that less on information no one can guess.
Can you ping the server from client, what happens when you try, do you get an error message?
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Abdelrahman Abhari 0 Reputation points
2023-02-02T09:28:39.54+00:00 yes its pinging successfully.
I choose the server name and i put the user name and password for SQL server auth. -
Olaf Helper 43,331 Reputation points
2023-02-02T10:16:18.3833333+00:00 Again, do you get an error message? You use SQL auth; is the SQL Server runing in Mixed Mode? Default is Windows only.
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LiHongMSFT-4306 25,651 Reputation points2023-02-16T07:16:03.9166667+00:00 Is this issue solved now? If you have any questions, please feel free to share with us.
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Carlos D 46 Reputation points2023-03-01T17:00:20.72+00:00 N/A - N/A
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LiHongMSFT-4306 25,651 Reputation points
2023-02-03T08:37:11.0366667+00:00 Please refer to following doc to Troubleshoot connecting to the SQL Server Database Engine.
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL ServerBest regards,
Cosmog Hong
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