New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "SQLServer default instance" -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 1433 -Protocol TCP -Action Allow New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "SQLServer Browser service" -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 1434 -Protocol UDP -Action Allow New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "SQLServer sqlservr.exe" -Direction Inbound -Program "D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.GILDE\MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe" -Action Allow
Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Windows Management Instrumentation (DCOM-In)" Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI-In)"
Start: SQL Server Configuration Manager
Expand: SQL Server Network Configuration
Click: Protocols for SQLINSTANCE
Named Pipes: Enabled
TCP/IP: Enabled
Test SQL connectivity
$serverInstance = "SQL\DATABASE"
$username = "sa"
$password = "Passw0rd"
$connectionString = "Server=$serverInstance;User Id=$username;Password=$password;TrustServerCertificate=True;Connection Timeout=5"
try {
$connection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection($connectionString)
$connection.Open()
Write-Host "Connection successful!" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host "Server Version: $($connection.ServerVersion)"
$connection.Close()
} catch {
Write-Host "Connection failed: $($_.Exception.Message)" -ForegroundColor Red
}