Error installing WSUS using a remote SQL and non-standard SQL port
Ran into this error earlier today while trying to install WSUS using a remote SQL 2014 SP2 server with non-standard SQL ports. 2016-11-22 20:30:13 Stopping service WSUSService 2016-11-22 20:30:13 Stopping service W3SVC 2016-11-22 20:30:13 Configuring database... 2016-11-22 20:30:13 Configuring the database... 2016-11-22 20:30:13 Establishing DB connection... 2016-11-22 20:31:14 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a [...]