Hi Billy,
Sorry for the delay, was travelling.
Issue with testing by connecting with the SSMS is to verify:
- That the native client and Tools are correctly installed on the client,
- That the communication is properly working with the server from the client.
This has exactly nothing to do with integration working thru a server.
Firewall: again, issue is to check that communication is properly working from the client to the server, not that that the server is working.
DI API: same answer: the fact that it works on the server, doesn't mean it works on the client. In particular depending on how the client is installaed, what I asked to check.
Regards,
Eric