Enabling SQL Server 64 bit for network use - configuration console is empty

Question

I have a sql server instance on the machine that I want to open in order to be accessible over the network. However, I think there are several problems here, and I'm not sure which one is the real factor.

Used Version:

select @@version 

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 - 12.0.2269.0 (X64) June 10, 2015 03:35:45 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Enterprise Edition: Kernel-based licensing (64-bit) in Windows NT 6.3 (Build 14393 :)

I believe that I need to enable network configuration in SQL Server Configuration Manager , but when I look at my manager, I don’t see anything useful:

Is there anything that clearly tells you why this would be empty? Am I doing it right?

Answer 1

Install SQL Server and / or OS if necessary.

See related questions here and here . What version of your OS? Perhaps this is an architecture mismatch - 64-bit SQL on a 32-bit machine? Or version mismatch. Is SQL Enterprise installed in Windows Home Edition?

Yes, you can troubleshoot and fix, but SQL installations do some heavy lifting. The best and most thorough solution here is to clean and start a new one. It will provide you peace of mind.