Enabling remote connection to SQL Server 2008 Express on Windows Server 2008

Question

I am trying to connect to the SQL Server 2008 Express from my local machine but for some reasons I am not able to connect to the server.

• sqlserver.exe is allowed in the firewall
• TCP protocol is enabled
• sqlexpress is running
• allowing remote connections to the server

When I disabled the firewall for the public connections it is working fine

Any other suggestions please

Answer 1

from what I read I think the problem is the firewall I came a cross an answer I didn't try it, it could be helpful the solution was found here