The RPC port number is usually 135 or 445, depending on your system configuration.
Check that the RPC port on your SQL server is open. If the RPC port on the server that hosts your SQL database is blocked, the installation of your Control Center fails. You can find the program in the folder C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Binn. Start Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and add a new Inbound Rule to allow the program sqlservr.exe to accept incoming connections. Start SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand SQL Server Network Configuration and enable the TCP/IP for your server/instance.Įnable the inbound connection towards the SQL Server. This makes the instances visible to external clients.Įnable the TCP/IP protocol for your SQL Server, if you install the SQL Server on a different machine than the Control Center Web page. The Control Center database requires that you install SQL Server with case-insensitive collation.Įnable the SQL Server Browser service, if you use instance names.
