Arc Catalog 10 – ArcInfo – Database Severs – Add Database Server:
"Add an ArcSDE Personal or Workgroup database server by typing in the SQL Server Express instance you wish to connect to."
I want to connect to an MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer (like Enterprise) server on another machine, but it sounds like I cannot do that from here. If I try it anyway I get the message, "Connections to this edition of the database server are not supported."
My keycodes file for licensing has "svrenterprise" in it, so I don't know why I cannot connect to this database server. I want to make a direct connection to the database server, through the open port 1433, not 5151 SDE port.
Best Answer
You are using the wrong option, you need to use the 'Database Connections' versus 'Database Servers' option. You can setup 'A Spatial Database Connection' from here.