When connecting to a SQL Named Instance, you may encounter a Timeout error when trying to connect to it if the client is Vista or Windows 2008 with the client Firewall enabled. This particular issue is only present if you are running the SQL 2008 Browser Service. The browser service is what allows...

Sounds like a movie title. No, it is actually a topic you need to know about if you plan to install SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 on Windows Server 2008. Instead of me trying to explain the details I would rather you learn from the experts on this topic. A very good blog post has been created by...