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Figure 1. Using SQL Server Configuration Manager to configure FileStream Access. The second method of enabling FileStream is by using the stored procedure "sp_configure". This stored procedure ...

To do this, I went to the SQL Server Configuration Manager, expanded the SQL Server Network Configuration, selected Protocols for SQLEXPRESS, right-clicked TCP/IP and selected Enable (Figure 5).

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>.

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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 ...

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