Hello All,

I have two Windows 2012 Standard machines. On one machine I have configured a new DNN website with the latest code. On another machine I have installed SQL Server 2012 Web Edition with SP3. In addition, on that machine I have created a new database that my DNN site from the other machine will use. In configuring the database I also created a separate login and assigned schema as "dbo" as well as gave db_owner permissions. I followed the steps for both of these machines using the video tutorials.

When I attempt access the DNN site it launches the install wizard. I input all required fields and when I get to the Database section I select the "Custom" option and Database Type as "SQL Server/SQL Server Express Database". I then enter the proper DB server name, DB name, DB username, and DB password. After clicking the "Continue" button I do get the yellow "Verifying Database Connection" message. After some time, I then get the error "Unable to connect to database". The error that is displayed at the bottom of the page is as follows. I did login to the DB server and attempted to connect to the DNN database using the same user name and password and had no issues there. Thus, I am not sure where it is that I may be going wrong. Any help would greatly be appreciated.

ERROR:Index #: 0
Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider
Class: 20
Number: 53
Message:

Sebastian,

 Thanks for your reply. On the SQL Server I have checked in the "SQL Server Configuration Manager" under "SQL Native Client 11.0 Configuration (32bit)", "SQL Native Client 11.0 Configuration" and "SQL Server Network Configuration" and all three have TCP/IP protocol enabled.

Anything else you can suggest?

Sebastian,

Once again thanks for such a quick response. Could you give details of each of your questions on how to check those specific items, so that I can check and ensure it is setup properly.