title: Connecting to SQL Server running on Parallels on Mac
body: <p>I am running MAC with parallels installed.  I have windows 7 Pro installed on Parallels, and SQLServer Express 2012 installed on Windows 7.</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to connect to the SQL Server database from the Mac OS, but not having any luck.</p>
  
  <p>I followed <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11278114/enable-remote-connections-for-sql-server-express-2012">this post here</a>, but still unable to connect.  So I am thinking it may have to do with it running in a VM?</p>
  
  <p>I'm receiving the following error when attempting to connect:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR: An error occurred while trying to make a connection to
  the database: 
  
  JDBC URL: jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://10.211.55.4:1433;appName=RazorSQL;ssl=request;useCursors=true
  
  Login
  timed
  out.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am able to ping the IP address.  </p>
  
  <p>Has anyone set this up?  Any tricks or pointers you can suggest?</p>
  
  <p>Many thanks in advance</p>