I'm currently taking a SQL Server online course offered by the Database Training Academy. I'm stuck at the very beginning where I need to connect SQL Server Management Studio to SQL Server Express 2012. This is all local to my PC. When I start the"instance" I have the following:
Server Type: Database Engine
Server Name: name of machine/SQLEXPRESS
Authentication: Windows Authentication
When I hit "connect" i get Error code 26 (to the effect of "...make sure SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections...)
I've done searches on the issue and have done the following:
-enabled TCP/IP and opened firewall for port 1433 in the Configuration Manager
-attempted to start the service and get the Error: The request failed or the service did not respond in a timely fashion....