Why? Because even if we failed at this stage (i.e. For default instance, you never see this. Actually, this error message give customers very specific information and the solution is quite simple.įirst of all, you get this error message only if you are trying to connect to a SQL Server named instance.
In most forums, people says this is because remote connection is not enabled on the server.
Users often see this error message when connection to a SQL Server and don't know where to start to solve the problem.