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

In my case the database was running on non standard port. Check that the port you are connecting is the same as the port the database is running on. If there are more instances of SQL server, check the correct one.