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Asked: 2026-05-27T20:33:47+00:00

I’m trying to add new data source via the data source configuration wizard. I’m

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I’m trying to add new data source via the data source configuration wizard. I’m using Microsoft SQL Server as data source and .NET framework Data Provider for SQL Server as data provider. In the next window where I have to choose the server name, the list is empty. So I thought one of the SQL services are not working, I opened services.msc and there were 6 services, from which only SQL services vss writer was enabled. I enabled all of them (SQL Server, SQL Server agent, SQL Server browser, SQL Server Active Directory Helper) but the list still is empty. What should I do?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The SQL Browser service is the one used to allow other machines to discover the SQL server’s existence on the network, though this requires TCP/IP or Named Pipes to be enabled in the SQL configuration, so check that too.

    Also check your firewall isn’t blocking the UDP port 1434 (and TCP port 1433 for that matter) [note, these are the default ports; they can be changed in the configuration).

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