====== Microsoft SQL Server Firewall ====== Type in the search box ''firewall'' and select Windows Firewall with advanced security. Go to ''Inbound Rules'' and add the ports one by one: **New Rule -> TCP -> Specific Local Ports -> Next -> Domain -> Next -> Finish** Use these Ports: ^Protocol ^Port ^Description ^ |TCP |135 |Transact SQL Debugger | |TCP |1433 |SQL Traffic | |UDP |1434 |SQL Browser Traffic | |TCP |2383 |SQL Analytics Traffic | |TCP |4022 |SQL Broker Traffic |