topic Re: Having Issue on Registering Feature Service With SQL Server Instance Installed on External Machine in ArcGIS Enterprise Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/having-issue-on-registering-feature-service-with/m-p/563882#M21743 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How you troubleshoot an issue like this depends on one's level of IT comfort/expertise and how much access one has to install software on the machine.</P><P></P><P>This really isn't an ArcGIS issue, it is a SQL Server issue.&nbsp; I suggest you read the <A href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sql_protocols/2008/04/30/steps-to-troubleshoot-sql-connectivity-issues/">Steps to troubleshoot SQL connectivity issues </A>MSDN blog post.&nbsp; The blog post is a bit dated, but the overall message and steps are still valid.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:01:44 GMT JoshuaBixby 2016-12-24T15:01:44Z Having Issue on Registering Feature Service With SQL Server Instance Installed on External Machine https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/having-issue-on-registering-feature-service-with/m-p/563881#M21742 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to publish a feature service from ArcMap 10.4.1 and I need to Register the Map with SQL Server (sde)which is installed in a machine outside of our network. I have all authentications , instance and database name but I am getting this error:</P><P></P><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive_macro_quote jive-quote jive_text_macro"><P>"Failed to connect the specified server. Do you want to continue? Failure to access the DBMS server"</P></BLOCKQUOTE><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/289307_network.png" style="height: auto;" /></P><P></P><P>Can you please let me know is it possible to connect to a SQL server database which is installed out the network? and why I am getting this error?</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:18:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/having-issue-on-registering-feature-service-with/m-p/563881#M21742 BruceGreen 2016-12-23T21:18:44Z Re: Having Issue on Registering Feature Service With SQL Server Instance Installed on External Machine https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/having-issue-on-registering-feature-service-with/m-p/563882#M21743 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>How you troubleshoot an issue like this depends on one's level of IT comfort/expertise and how much access one has to install software on the machine.</P><P></P><P>This really isn't an ArcGIS issue, it is a SQL Server issue.&nbsp; I suggest you read the <A href="https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sql_protocols/2008/04/30/steps-to-troubleshoot-sql-connectivity-issues/">Steps to troubleshoot SQL connectivity issues </A>MSDN blog post.&nbsp; The blog post is a bit dated, but the overall message and steps are still valid.</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:01:44 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/having-issue-on-registering-feature-service-with/m-p/563882#M21743 JoshuaBixby 2016-12-24T15:01:44Z Re: Having Issue on Registering Feature Service With SQL Server Instance Installed on External Machine https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/having-issue-on-registering-feature-service-with/m-p/563883#M21744 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Use IP Address may help if the server is not on the same domain.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:21:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-enterprise-questions/having-issue-on-registering-feature-service-with/m-p/563883#M21744 YungKaiChin 2017-01-03T22:21:00Z