Enable Named Pipes and TCP/IP for Microsoft SQL Server 2005

For the upgrade from Parallels Pro Control Panel 10.3.2, you must enable named pipes and TCP/IP for the existing database service Microsoft SQL Server 2005, if they are not already enabled.

To enable named pipes and TCP/IP for Microsoft SQL Server 2005:

  1. Click Start > Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2005 > Configuration Tools > SQL Server Configuration Manager.
  2. Under SQL Server 2005 Network Configuration > Protocols for MSSQLSERVER:
    1. Double-click the protocol name TCP/IP and set the property ENABLED to Yes.
    2. Double-click the protocol name Named Pipes and set the property ENABLED to Yes.
  3. To restart MS SQL 2005 service, run the following commands in the command prompt window of the Parallels Pro Control Panel server:

    net stop mssqlserver
    net start mssqlserver