title: Could not open connection to the host, on port 1433: Connect failed
body: <p>Today I installed SQL Server. And I tried to connect from an application that SQL Server. But connection failed. I tried to <strong>telnet</strong> to following</p>
  
  <pre><code>telnet 127.0.0.1 1433
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but I got following message :</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HFcCz.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p><strong>Note :</strong> I tried to ping it is successful. </p>
  
  <p>I need information to enable port number 1433 on SQL Server. I am using SQL Server 2008 client (management studio) and SQL Server 2008 Express engine.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>