Since the Configuration Manager was launched directly from the installer, the server and instance names should already be populated for you. Just click the Connect button to get started.

First, it can be configured through SQL Server Configuration Manager. Figure 1 shows a listing of all the SQL Server Services. Right-clicking on the name of the instance, selecting "Properties", and ...

Figure 2. The SQL Server Management Studio interface. After gathering the pertinent information about my database, I verified that I could connect to the database from the local system by bringing up ...

Click "SQL Server Configuration Manager." Select "SQL Server Services" from the left pane and then right-click the server. Choose "Properties" from the context menu. Click "Startup Parameters." ...

To configure Extended Protection in SQL Server 2008 R2, follow these steps: Open the SQL Server Configuration Manager. Expand Network Configuration. Right-click on Protocols for <Your Instance Name>.

I had to re-start SQL Server for the changes to take effect. After the SQL Server had finished restarting, I went back to the SQL Server Configuration Manager, double-clicked TCP/IP and got the TCP ...