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Asked: 2026-05-24T22:53:49+00:00

I’m trying to connect to a SQL Server Express remote database, in a domained

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I’m trying to connect to a SQL Server Express remote database, in a domained network. The server is running in 50833 port, wich I’ve openned in firewall. Testing with telnet xx.xxx.xxx.xx 50833, connection is ok. When I try to configure ODBC DataSources to connect the Server, I receive a connection error like “Connection failed SQL Estate ‘08001’ SQL Server Error -1: Error locating Server/Instance Specified.” What should be going wrong? Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think that you may not be specifying the port number properly in your ODBC config.
    Please consult the “client setup” part of this KB to make sure that your ODBC connection specifies the port number (i.e. instance name) properly.

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