I have fixed it, yay It was dynamic port settings
Suz xx On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Suzzi Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > I need your help again as this is really doing my head in. > > I am installing SCCM 2012 with a remote SQL 2012 server. > > The account I am using has local admin rights on the remote SQL server and > full access to the SQL instance. > > But I am getting the following error > > Setup is unable to connect to SQL Server with connection information > provided. Verify the following: > The SQL Server and instance names are entered correctly > The specified SQL Server instance is not configured to use dynamic ports > If a firewall is enable on the SQL Server, inbound rules exist to allow > connections to the correct ports > The account used to run Setup has permissions to connect to the specified > SQL Server instances > > I have disable all the firewalls, I can connect to the SQL server and > instance with management studio. > > The error appears very quickly and there is nothing in the SQL server logs > about a failed login. > > Please help I have run out of ideas > > Suz xx > >

