I am having big problems with trying to connect PTP Accounts Production to Microsoft SQL Server. Windows 11 and PTP Accounts Production. Microsoft SQL Server 2019 installed and running and I get this error: Testing connection to Server='xxxxxSQLEXPRESS'....Failed to connect.Unable to contact SQL Server instance 'xxxxx\SQLEXPRESS'. Please ensure that the SQL Server is turned on and that it has been configured for remote access: 1) Click Start | All Programs | Microsoft SQL Server | Configuration Tools | SQL Server Configuration Manager 2) On the left hand side, click on SQL Server Services 3) Ensure the state of the SQL Server (x) service is Running (where "x" is the name of your SQL Server instance) 4) If the state is not Running, right click and choose Start 5) Click Start | All Programs | Microsoft SQL Server | SQL Server Management Studio 6) In the Connect to Server window, select (local)\x in the Server name field (where "x" is the name of your SQL Server instance) and click Connect 7) On the left hand side, right click on (local)\x and choose Properties 8) Go to the Connections section 9) Ensure that the "Allow remote connections to this server" option is ticked 10) If you have to make a change, click OK, right click on the (local)\x again and choose Restart 11) Close the SQL Server Management Studio and click Run Tests Again Status = TEST_FAILED I have done everthing as stated and it does not work. Any bright idears please.
