Speed Zone Roping » MS SQL http://www.speedzoneroping.com Because our users Love PLESK, and i hate it Mon, 09 May 2011 13:06:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Linking Windows Plesk to external Database http://www.speedzoneroping.com/2009/04/27/linking-windows-plesk-to-external-database/ http://www.speedzoneroping.com/2009/04/27/linking-windows-plesk-to-external-database/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:38:51 +0000 szr http://www.speedzoneroping.com/?p=30 So, I setup Windows in a VM with that old version of windows i had on the shelf for some time. (Thanks XEN HVM), Installed .NET 3.5 SP1 and the KB959209 , Setup MSSQL Express 2008

Things that got setup

SQL SERVER REPLICATION
FULL TEXT SEARCH
REPORTING SERVICES
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DEV STUDIO
Management Tools
SQL Client Connectivity
ms sync framework

From the SQL SERVER CONFIGURATION MANAGER, i enabled TCP/IP from protocols for SQL express

Opened a hole in the firewall for both MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe and \90\Shared\sqlbrowser.exe

and then from within Plesk i added the server

Server Host: mywin.server.com.\MSSQLExpress

Admin User: sa

Admin Pass: Same pass i entered in Mixed authentication for the sa user !

Done, Plesk thinks this is a great thing i have done and accepts the thing instantly

MS advises that i read Understanding Surface Area – In setup help Minimize SQL Server 2008 surface Area

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