What Protocols should be enabled using a local copy of SQL Express?
Shared Memory
Name Pipes
TCP/IP
VIA

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Matt Campbell
mattc (at) saunatec [dot] com
Plamen Ratchev - 31 Mar 2008 03:00 GMT
For local connections using Shared Memory (enabled by default) is
sufficient. To connect from remote computers you need to enable TCP/IP
and/or Named Pipes (both disabled by default). VIA is not supported in SQL
Server Express.
HTH,
Plamen Ratchev
http://www.SQLStudio.com