Enable remote connections for SQL Server Express 2012

Question

I just installed SQL Server Express 2012 on my home server. I\'m trying to connect to it from Visual Studio 2012 from my desktop PC, and repeatedly getting the well-known e

Answer 1

I had to add port via Configuration Manager and add the port number in my sql connection [host]\[db instance name],1433

Note the , (comma) between instancename and port