So the administrators group has FULL CONTROL granted on the winreg key. I'm member of that group.

What am I looking for?

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio12.0.4100.1

Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools12.0.4100.1

Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)6.3.9600.17415

Microsoft MSXML3.0 6.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer9.11.9600.18500

Microsoft .NET Framework4.0.30319.34209

Operating System6.3.9600

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How would I check this?

It is running under a different account then the one I am logged in as, but both accounts have sys admin role membership.

Hmm, that's interesting. I'm trying remotely. It looks like it works when I remote into the server and run the restart from SSMS on the server its self.

What does...

Also, tried uninstalling visual studio and reinstalling Visual Studio 2013 (with SQL Data Tools). Same error:

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Failed to connect to server . (Microsoft Visual Studio)

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Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ConnectionManager.Connect()

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SoHelpMeCodd,

Thanks for those steps. I performed them and I was able to use telnet to connect to the remote server from the SQL client. I tired connecting to a...

Thanks to everyone for the thoughtful answers. I wish I was insightful enough to have thought through the scenarios that percolated up in the replies.

Why question was much simpler and...

Neil,

I'm sorry, I'm not understanding. Take a look at this article:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188664(v=sql.100).aspx

In it, it states you must specify the source and destination server. You would just use the...

Maybe I'm making the wrong assumption, but I thought you were using the database transfer wizard to transfer a database from server A to server B. You should be able...

Make sure you're using SSMS from the 2014 install.

Thanks for the confirmation. I'll let you know if I see anything blow up!